* In the Vertigo comic book series, The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, the notion that Faerie pays a sacrificial tithe to Hell is mentioned in the storyline " Season of Mists ".

* Fables and Reflections ( collecting The Sandman # 29 – 31, 38 – 40, 50 ; Sandman Special # 1 ; and Vertigo Preview # 1, 1991 – 1993, ISBN 1-56389-105-0 ): A collection of short stories set throughout Morpheus ' history, most of them originally published directly before or directly after the " Game of You " story arc.

Fables and Reflections also includes the Sandman Special, originally published as a stand-alone issue, which assimilates the myth of Orpheus into the Sandman mythos, as well as a very short Sandman story from the Vertigo Preview promotional comic.

* The Kindly Ones ( collecting The Sandman # 57 – 69 and Vertigo Jam # 1, 1993 – 1995, ISBN 1-56389-204-9 ): In the longest Sandman story, Morpheus becomes the prey of the Furies, avenging spirits who torment those who spill family blood.

In 2010, Vertigo began releasing a new edition of Sandman books, featuring the new coloring from the Absolute Editions.

3 ( collecting The Sandman # 40 – 56, along with " Fear of Falling " from the Vertigo Preview, and " The Song of Orpheus " from the Sandman Special ), June 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1084-8

IGN declared The Sandman as the best ever Vertigo comic.

Dream is a fictional character and the protagonist of DC Comics ' Vertigo comic book series The Sandman, written by Neil Gaiman.

Since the creation of the Vertigo imprint ( itself largely inspired by the success of DC Comics ' increasingly mature titles such as Swamp Thing, Watchmen, Hellblazer, and The Sandman ), DC's horror / occult characters such as Morpheus have drifted progressively further away both from DC continuity and from each other.

Note: Dream does not appear in every issue of The Sandman, nor did he appear in the first DC Comics The Sandman series, although several supporting characters in the Vertigo series did.

Vertigo comics series have won the comics industry's Eisner Award, including the Best Continuing Series of various years ( The Sandman, Preacher, 100 Bullets and Fables ).

Debuting alongside ongoing former-DC series Swamp Thing # 129, Hellblazer # 63, Sandman # 47, Doom Patrol # 64, Animal Man # 57, and Shade, the Changing Man # 33, the first new comic book printed under the " Vertigo " imprint was Death: The High Cost of Living # 1, debuting a scant couple of weeks before Enigma # 1 in January ( March ) 1993.

Instead, the key launch Vertigo writers were part of the " second wave " of British talent, focused in large part around Gaiman, whose Sandman was so critical to the decision to create Vertigo, and whose Death miniseries launched it.

The ninth comic launched at Vertigo's 1993 debut was the Vertigo Preview, showcasing the concurrently released titles, as well as J. M. DeMatteis ' Mercy, Ann Nocenti's Kid Eternity ( an ongoing series spun off from the earlier Morrison-penned miniseries ), Dick Foreman's Black Orchid ( an on-going series spun off from the Gaiman / McKean miniseries ) and Matt Wagner's Sandman Mystery Theatre.

Berger included in the initial Vertigo line-up the five titles she had had some hand in creating or editing ( Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Animal Man, Sandman and Shade ) as well as Doom Patrol which she " decided to include ... because Grant Morrison was working on it and the sensibility was very much like the other series.

" In addition, Berger won Eisner Awards for her editing in 1992, 1994 and 1995 for her work on the proto-and early Vertigo titles Sandman, Shade, Kid Eternity, Books of Magic, Death: The High Cost of Living and Sandman Mystery Theatre.

* Eve ( DC Comics ), in the Sandman comic book series

* Morpheus ( DC comics ), a moniker for Dream, a fictional god of dreams in the comic book The Sandman

* The Sandman ( wrestler ), Jim Fullington, professional wrestler

* Sandman ( Marvel Comics ), a comic book super villain who can transform his body into sand

* Sandman ( DC Comics ), the name of many superhero characters published by DC Comics

** Sandman ( Wesley Dodds ), a comic book superhero first appearing in the 1930s

** Sandman ( Sandy Hawkins ), former sidekick of Wesley Dodds and current Sandman

* Sandman ( magazine ), a music magazine

* The Sandman ( book ), a children's book by Ralph Fletcher

* The Sandman ( novel ), a novel by Miles Gibson

* The Sandman ( 1991 film ), a short horror stop-motion animation film

* The Sandman ( 2000 film ), a 2000 short film by the Brothers Quay

* Sandman ( 1993 film ), an indie horror movie directed by Eric Woster and co-written by Frank Rhodes

* The Sandman ( Doctor Who audio ) ( 2002 ), a 2002 audio drama

* Sandman ( album ), a 1976 album by Harry Nilsson

Fox had worked on the Hawkman, Flash and Sandman features in All-Star for its first two issues ( Summer and Autumn, 1940 ), but from issue # 3 ( Winter ), he assumed full writing duties for the issue, with all features ( by different artists ) working within the framing device wherein the characters were described as part of a " Justice Society ".

Each character-Fate, Sandman, Flash and Hawkman were joined by Dr. Mid-Nite, Hour-Man, the Spectre, the Atom and Green Lantern-was introduced individually ( by Johnny Thunder ), and related a solo adventure, before being charged at the title's end with remaining a loose team by the Director of the FBI.

The little Sandman ended the story sprinkling some sleepy magic sand over the children ( puppets ), causing the usual dry eyes feeling observed in the rubbing of their eyes.

* Popular music including " Mr. Sandman " popularized by the Chordettes, " The Japanese Sandman " ( 1920 ) by Raymond B. Egan and Richard A. Whiting, " Sandman " by America ( band ), " In Dreams " by Roy Orbison, " Enter Sandman " by Metallica, and " Mr. Sandman " from the album Tical by Method Man.

* Neil Gaiman, in the first issue of his comic Sandman, introduced the grimoire titled Grimorium Magdelene.

Livia appears in Neil Gaiman's comic " Distant Mirrors-August " collected in The Sandman: Fables and Reflections.

In Fables and Reflections, the seventh volume of Neil Gaiman's comic series The Sandman, the maenads feature in the story Orpheus, in which they gruesomely murder the titular character after he refuses to cavort with them ( echoing the events of the actual Greek myth of Orpheus ).

Ishtar is also a love interest for Destruction of The Endless in Neil Gaiman's Sandman comic book series.

The Wake is the tenth and final collection of issues in the comic book series The Sandman.

The Sandman is a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics.

While months later Berger offered Gaiman a comic title to work on, he was unsure his Sandman pitch would be accepted.

The Sandman was initially published as a monthly serial, in 32-page comic books ( with some exceptions to this pattern ).

* The Sandman: The Kindly Ones ( 1996 ), the ninth volume of The Sandman comic book series by Neil Gaiman

He is one of the Endless in Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman.

Like Lucien, Cain and Abel and some other Sandman characters, Destiny first appeared as host of a 1970s DC horror comic, Weird Mystery Tales.

Destruction is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman.

Despair is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman.