Sandman #6
(June 1989)

DC, 1989 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; 0.80 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989-04-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Suggested for Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Karen Berger (credited) (editor); Art Young (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

Awards
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sandman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean (signed as Dave McKean) (painting)
Inks
Dave McKean (signed as Dave McKean) (painting)
Colors
Dave McKean (signed as Dave McKean) (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints
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Publishorial (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

24 Hours [Master of Dreams Part 6] (Table of Contents: 2)

Sandman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited)
Pencils
Mike Dringenberg (credited) (artist)
Inks
Malcolm Jones III (credited) (artist)
Colors
Robbie Busch (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)
Job Number
G-4640
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hour 1: The flies walked into the web.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Doctor Destiny [John Dee] (antagonist); Dream (featured); Bette; Judy; Mark; Garry Fletcher; Kate Fletcher; Marsh; the Hecateae
Synopsis
John Dee, using the power of Dream's ruby, terrorizes the patrons of a diner over a 24 hour period.
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Indexer Notes

Credits include "Special thanks to Dom Carola."

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

Justice League / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Green Arrow; The Question / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Sandman / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Art Young (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Karen, The first I ever heard of Black Orchid and Neil Gaiman was when I...

Indexer Notes

Letters by Glenn V. Morrison, Malcolm Bourne, William T. Carmichael, Erich Mees, R. Eric Smith, David Allmond, and Sergio J. Andrade.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Action Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  2. 1. Publishorial
    DC Publishorial
  3. 2. 24 Hours [Master of Dreams Part 6]
    Sandman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Justice League
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Green Arrow; The Question
  6. 5. ["Dear Karen, The first I ever heard of Black Orchid and Neil Gaiman was when I..."]
    Sandman
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Action Comics
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