The Sandman: Brief Lives
#[7]
[First Printing]
(1994 [January 1995])
DC,
1994 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 19.95 USD; 27.95 CAD
- Pages
- 260
- On-sale Date
- 1994-11-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Suggested for Mature Readers
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC Comics; Vertigo
- ISBN
-
1-56389-138-7
- Barcode
- 761941202372 00111
- Printer
- Bound in the USA; Printed in Canada
- Editing
- Bob Kahan (credited) (editor - collected edition); Karen Berger (credited) (executive editor); Lisa Aufenanger (credited) (assistant editor - original series); Shelly Bond (credited as Shelly Roeberg) (assistant editor - original series)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Binding
- softcover
- Publishing Format
- collected edition
Issue Notes
Reprints Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #41-49.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- The Sandman: Brief Lives (DC, 1994 series) #[7] [Third Printing]
- The Sandman: Brief Lives (DC, 1994 series) #7 [Fourth Printing]
- The Sandman: Brief Lives (DC, 1994 series) #7 [Fifth Printing]
- The Sandman: Brief Lives (DC, 1994 series) #7 [Sixth Printing]
- The Sandman: Brief Lives (DC, 1994 series) #7 [Eighth Printing]
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in The Sandman (Planeta DeAgostini, 2010 series) #4 - Destrucción (Diciembre 2010) - in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (Watson-Guptill Publications, 1998 series) (1998) [cover]
-
Brief Lives
Sandman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (DC, 1997 series) (1997 [January 1998]) which is reprinted
- in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (DC, 1998 series) ([September] 1998)
- in The Absolute Sandman (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2008) [cover sans title or trade dress]
- in The Sandman Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #2 (2013 [January 2014])
- in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (DC, 2014 series) (2014 [January 2015])
- in The Sandman: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2020 series) #2 ([May] 2021)
-
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[no title indexed]
text story / 1 page
- Script
- John Aubrey (quotation)
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- Dave McKean (credited) (design); typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As he have laye unravelling in the agonie of death,...
Brief Lives
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- Dave McKean (credited) (design); typeset
Indexer Notes
Title page.
[Credits]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- Dave McKean (credited) (design); typeset
[Indicia]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
[Publisher Credits]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- Dave McKean (credited) (design); typeset
Not an Introduction: A Few Words
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
-
in Sandman (Egmont Polska, 2002 series) #[12] - Ulotne życia część 1 ([sierpień] 2005) - in The Sandman (DC, 2018 series) #7 - Brief Lives ([June] 2019)
-
Dedication
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited); Jill Thompson (credited); Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke)
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- Dave McKean (credited) (design); typeset
- Reprints
- in The Sandman (DC, 2018 series) #7 - Brief Lives ([June] 2019)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #41 (September 1992)
-
Chapter 1
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Jill Thompson (credited)
- Inks
- Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited as Danny Vozzo)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Andros Rhodocanakis; Kris; Orpheus; Mary Canby; Delirium; Lisa; Desire; Despair; Destruction
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #41 (September 1992)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dream [Morpheus]
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #42 (October 1992)
-
Chapter 2
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Jill Thompson (credited)
- Inks
- Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited as Danny Vozzo)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dream [Morpheus]; Lucien; Nuala; Merv Pumpkinhead; Matthew the Raven; Abel; Goldie; Delirium; Taramis; Desire; Delight; Destruction
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #42 (October 1992)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dream [Morpheus]
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #43 (November 1992)
-
Chapter 3
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Jill Thompson (credited)
- Inks
- Vincent Locke
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited as Danny Vozzo)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Bernie Capax; Death; Delirium; Dream [Morpheus]; Marie; Aisleen; Pharamond; Etain; Destruction; Barnabas; Chloe Russell; Ruby DeLonge
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #43 (November 1992)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dream [Morpheus]
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #44 (December 1992)
-
Chapter 4
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Jill Thompson (credited) (signed as JT)
- Inks
- Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited as Danny Vozzo)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Leib-Olmai; Dream [Morpheus]; Delirium; Ruby DeLonge; Danny Capax; Tiffany Calhoun; Ishtar; Nancy; Roger; Lucien; Destruction; the Corinthian; Dickon Hawksthorne
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #44 (December 1992)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dream [Morpheus]
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #45 (January 1993)
-
Chapter 5
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Jill Thompson (credited)
- Inks
- Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited as Danny Vozzo)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Tiffany Calhoun; Ishtar; Delirium; Dream [Morpheus]; Tom Flaherty; Matthew the Raven; Nancy; Dan; Roger; Jay Musgrave; Murray Brown; Shep Cayce; Desire
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #45 (January 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dream [Morpheus]
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #46 (February 1993)
-
Chapter 6
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Jill Thompson (credited)
- Inks
- Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited as Danny Vozzo)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Destruction; Barnabas; Delirium; Dream [Morpheus]; Matthew the Raven; Nuala; Lucien; Pharamond; Bast; Merv Pumpkinhead; Death
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #46 (February 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dream [Morpheus]
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #47 (March 1993)
-
Chapter 7
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Jill Thompson (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (credited); Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited as Danny Vozzo)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Destruction; Barnabas; Delirium; Dream [Morpheus]; Destiny; Death; Desire; Despair; the Corinthian; Dream [Daniel]; Kris; Andros Rhodocanakis
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #47 (March 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dream [Morpheus]
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #48 (April 1993)
-
Chapter 8
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Jill Thompson (credited)
- Inks
- Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited as Danny Vozzo)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dream [Morpheus]; Delirium; Destruction; Barnabas
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #48 (April 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dream [Morpheus]
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #49 (May 1993)
-
Chapter 9
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Jill Thompson (credited)
- Inks
- Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited as Danny Vozzo)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Eurydice; Orpheus; Delirium; Dream [Morpheus]; Barnabas; Despair; Desire; Andros Rhodocanakis; Nuala; Lucien; Merv Pumpkinhead; Mary Canby; Chloe Russell; Danny Capax; Tom Flaherty; Tiffany Calhoun; Kris
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #49 (May 1993)
-
On Mortality and Change: Brief Lives Indeed
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 10 pages
- Script
- Peter Straub (credited)
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- in The Sandman (DC, 2018 series) #7 - Brief Lives ([June] 2019)
-
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
Brief Lives
Sandman -
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
["As he have laye unravelling in the agonie of death,..."]
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3.
Brief Lives
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4.
[Credits]
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5.
[Indicia]
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6.
[Publisher Credits]
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7.
Not an Introduction: A Few Words
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8.
Dedication
-
9.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
10.
Chapter 1
Sandman -
11.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
12.
Chapter 2
Sandman -
13.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
14.
Chapter 3
Sandman -
15.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
16.
Chapter 4
Sandman -
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[no title indexed]
Sandman -
18.
Chapter 5
Sandman -
19.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
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Chapter 6
Sandman -
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[no title indexed]
Sandman -
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Chapter 7
Sandman -
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[no title indexed]
Sandman -
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Chapter 8
Sandman -
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[no title indexed]
Sandman -
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Chapter 9
Sandman -
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On Mortality and Change: Brief Lives Indeed
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Steve Dasinger
- Kauldi Gilibert
- Nuno Miranda
- Ramon Schenk
- Andrew S. Troth
- Jim Van Dore
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