The Sandman: The Wake #[10]

([July] 1997)

Introduction by Mikal Gilmore (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mikal Gilmore

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Sandman (Egmont Polska, 2002 series) #[17] - Przebudzenie ([maj] 2007)
• in The Sandman (DC, 2018 series) #10 - The Wake ([September] 2019)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Michael Zulli (credited)

Inks

Michael Zulli (credited)

Colors

Michael Zulli (credited)

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Inks

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Colors

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Eblis O'Shaughnessy

Reprints

• from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #70 (August 1995)

Chapter One: Which Occurs in the Wake of What Has Gone Before (Table of Contents: 4)

Sandman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Neil Gaiman (credited)

Pencils

Michael Zulli (credited)

Inks

Michael Zulli (credited)

Colors

Daniel Vozzo (credited); Digital Chameleon (credited) (separations)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Destiny; Despair; Death; Desire; Delirium; Barnabas; Sithcundman of Litharge; Eblis O'Shaughnessy; Cain; the Corinthian; Dream [Daniel]; Abel; Eve; Matthew the Raven; Nuala; Rose Walker; Richard Madoc; Merv Pumpkinhead; Lyta Hall; Alex Burgess; Hob Gadling; Fiddler's Green; Titania; Duma; Bast; Chiron

Reprints

• from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #70 (August 1995)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Inks

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Colors

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #71 (September 1995)

Chapter Two: In Which a Wake Is Held (Table of Contents: 6)

Sandman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Neil Gaiman (credited)

Pencils

Michael Zulli (credited)

Inks

Michael Zulli (credited)

Colors

Daniel Vozzo (credited); Digital Chameleon (credited) (separations)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Eblis O'Shaughnessy; Dream [Daniel]; the Fashion Thing; Lucien; Cain; Abel; Goldie; Calliope; Titania; Thessaly; Matthew the Raven; Merv Pumpkinhead; Mad Hettie; Nuala; Cluracan; Lyta Hall; Rose Walker; Jed Walker; Eve; Raja Bharthari; Superman; Batman; Martian Manhunter; John Constantine; Doctor Occult; Phantom Stranger; Chiron; Hob Gadling; Delirium; Barnabas; Death; Desire; Despair; Destiny

Reprints

• from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #71 (September 1995)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Inks

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Colors

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #72 (November 1995)

Chapter Three: In Which We Wake (Table of Contents: 8)

Sandman / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script

Neil Gaiman (credited)

Pencils

Michael Zulli (credited)

Inks

Michael Zulli (credited)

Colors

Daniel Vozzo (credited); Digital Chameleon (credited) (separations)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Duma; Hob Gadling; Bast; Lucien; Merv Pumpkinhead; Rose Walker; Jed Walker; Lyta Hall; Thessaly; Cluracan; Nuala; Mad Hettie; Delirium; Despair; Desire; Death; Destiny; Eblis O'Shaughnessy; Dream [Daniel]; Destruction; Darkseid; Joshua Abraham Norton; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Matthew the Raven; Odin; Barnabas; Mazikeen; Lucifer; Shivering Jemmy; Pharamond; Anubis; Nada; Orpheus; Calliope; Richard Madoc; the Corinthian; Doctor Destiny [John Dee]; Alex Burgess; Paul McGuire

Reprints

• from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #72 (November 1995)
• from The Dreaming (DC, 1996 series) #8 (January 1997)

Indexer Notes

Three pages completed after the original issue was published, which were presented for the first time in The Dreaming (DC, 1996 series) #8, are incorporated into the story here, replacing the original page 17.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Inks

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Colors

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #73 (December 1995)

The Wake: An Epilogue Sunday Mourning (Table of Contents: 10)

Sandman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Neil Gaiman (credited)

Pencils

Michael Zulli (credited)

Inks

Michael Zulli (credited)

Colors

Daniel Vozzo (credited); Digital Chameleon (credited) (separations)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Hob Gadling; Guenevere; Gerry; Hinnegan; Cordelia; Death; Dream [Morpheus]; Destruction

Synopsis

Robert Gadling, given immortality by Morpheus, is brought to a Renaissance Fair by his girlfriend. Depressed by his memories of the time, he encounters Death but decides to keep living.

Reprints

• from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #73 (December 1995)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Inks

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Colors

Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Master Li

Reprints

• from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #74 (January 1996)

Exiles (Table of Contents: 12)

Sandman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Neil Gaiman (credited)

Inks

Jon J. Muth (credited)

Colors

Jon J. Muth (credited); Digital Chameleon (credited) (separations)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Master Li; Dream [Morpheus]; Dream [Daniel]

Synopsis

Master Li is exiled from the Chinese imperial court and wanders the desert where he meets the Sandman who offers him a job as counselor but Li turns him down.

Reprints

• from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #74 (January 1996)

Indexer Notes

The art for this story was produced directly in ink without pencil art first.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dave McKean (credited)

Inks

Dave McKean (credited)

Colors

Dave McKean (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Dream [Morpheus]

Reprints

• from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #75 [Direct Sales] (March 1996)

The Tempest (Table of Contents: 14)

Sandman / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script

Neil Gaiman (credited)

Pencils

Charles Vess (credited) (signed as C. Vess); John Ridgway; Bryan Talbot; Michael Zulli

Inks

Charles Vess (credited) (signed as C. Vess)

Colors

Daniel Vozzo (credited); Digital Chameleon (credited) (separations)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

William Shakespeare; Judith Shakespeare; Anne Hathaway; Mistress Quiney; Tom Quiney; Miranda; Prospero; Ben Johnson; Caliban; Ariel; Susanna Shakespeare; Dream [Morpheus]; Trinculo; Alonso; Ferdinand; Christopher Marlowe

Synopsis

Shakespeare writes The Tempest for The Sandman as he had agreed to do.

Reprints

• from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #75 (March 1996)

Indexer Notes

In the credits of the original issue, Bryan Talbot, John Ridgway and the Mysterious Mister Zed are thanked, but this message is omitted from this volume. Definitive credits for pencils and inks are listed in The Absolute Sandman (DC, 2006 series) #4.

Acknowledgements (Table of Contents: 15)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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 The Sandman: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2020 series) #5 (2021 [April 2022])

Biographies (Table of Contents: 16)

illustration / 6 pages (report information)

Pencils

Neil Gaiman (credited, signed) (illustration); Michael Zulli (credited) (signed as MZ) (illustration); Charles Vess (credited) (illustration); Jon J. Muth (credited) (illustration); Dave McKean (credited) (illustration); Daniel Vozzo (credited) (illustration); Todd Klein (credited) (illustration); Karen Berger (credited) (illustration); Shelly Bond (credited as Shelly Roeberg) (illustration); Bob Kahan (credited) (illustration); Mikal Gilmore (illustration); ? [as D. Chameleon] (illustration)

Inks

Neil Gaiman (credited, signed) (illustration); Michael Zulli (credited) (signed as MZ) (illustration); Charles Vess (credited) (illustration); Jon J. Muth (credited) (illustration); Dave McKean (credited) (illustration); Daniel Vozzo (credited) (illustration); Todd Klein (credited) (illustration); Karen Berger (credited) (illustration); Shelly Bond (credited as Shelly Roeberg) (illustration); Bob Kahan (credited) (illustration); Mikal Gilmore (illustration); ? [as D. Chameleon] (illustration)

Letters

Charles Vess (credited) (illustration)

Synopsis

Self-portraits by the creators and editors of the book.

Reprints

• in The Sandman (DC, 2018 series) #10 - The Wake ([September] 2019)