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Sandman: Endless Nights

SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS

Cover Date: November 2003
Cover Price: $24.95
Publication Date: 2003-09-17

TITLE INDEX

Cover Credits:
Art: Dave McKean


Story: "Death and Venice" (34 Pages)

Credits:

StoryNeil Gaiman
ArtP. Craig Russell
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsP. Craig Russell

Feature Character(s):

Death

Supporting Character(s):

Sergei (first appearance; also in flashback to his youth)
The Count (Alain; first appearance; conceals his island from time and death on May 23rd, 1751; finally dies)
The Count's party guests (first appearance for all; all die)

Location(s):

Near Venice, Italy (in modern times and 1753)


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Second Story: "What I've Tasted of Desire" (21 Pages)

Credits:

StoryNeil Gaiman
ArtMilo Manara
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsMilo Manara

Feature Character(s):

Desire

Supporting Character(s):

Kara (first appearance; a young woman who meets Desire and instills it in others)

Location(s):

Unnamed northern villages in the Iron Age


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Third Story: "The Heart of a Star" (18 Pages)

Credits:

StoryNeil Gaiman
ArtMiguelanxo Prado
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsMiguelanxo Prado

Feature Character(s):

Dream

Supporting Character(s):

Killalla of the Glow (first appearance; a young Oan woman who is Dream's lover, later combining her essence with Sto-Oa)
Mizar (first appearance; a blue star)
Desire
Rao (first appearance; a red giant star)
Sol (first appearance; a young yellow star)
Death
Delight
Destruction
Destiny
Sto-Oa (first appearance; the personification of the star of Oa)
Despair (first appearance; see Comments)

Location(s):

The Parliament of Stars (first appearance; also known as the City of the Stars; next in Sandman: Overture #3)

Comment(s):

The Despair shown in this story is the first Despair, not the second one seen in the Sandman series.
This story takes place in the distant past, probably after the formation of Earth's solar system.
This story is narrated by Sol to his young daughter, Gaia.


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Fourth Story: "Fifteen Portraits of Despair" (20 Pages)

Credits:

StoryNeil Gaiman
ArtBarron Storey
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsBarron Storey

Feature Character(s):

Despair

Comment(s):

Layout designed by Dave McKean
This really is not a story, just fifteen views of people seeing despair in their lives.


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Fifth Story: "Going Inside" (18 Pages)

Credits:

StoryNeil Gaiman
ArtBill Sienkiewicz
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsBill Sienkiewicz

Feature Character(s):

Delirium (appears next in the following story)

Supporting Character(s):

Barnabas
Dream

Other Character(s):

A young catatonic girl (first appearance; cured of her affliction)
A schizophrenic homeless graphitti writer (first appearance)
A paranoid prostitute (first appearance)
An elderly janitor (first appearance)
An acid casualty (first appearance)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Sixth Story: "On the Peninsula" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryNeil Gaiman
ArtGlenn Fabry
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsGlenn Fabry

Feature Character(s):

Destruction (called Joe in this story)

Supporting Character(s):

Delirium (last in the previous story)

Other Character(s):

Rachel (first appearance; an archaeologist who dreams of apocalyptic futures)
Stanley (first appearance; in charge of the dig of artifacts from the future; dies)

Location(s):

San Raphael (first appearance; off the coast of the island of Sardinia)


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Seventh Story: "Endless Nights" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryNeil Gaiman
ArtFrank Quitely
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsFrank Quitely

Feature Character(s):

Destiny

Location(s):

Destiny's Garden


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