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Sandman: Overture 2

SANDMAN: OVERTURE #2

Cover Date: May 2014
Cover Price: $3.99
Publication Date: 2014-03-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: J.H. Williams III
Colors: J.H. Williams III


Variant Covers:
Cover B
Art: Dave McKean
Cover C
(1:100 Bronze Ink Variant)
Art: J.H. Williams III (signed)
Cover D
(1:200 Copper Ink Variant)
Art: Dave McKean
Cover E
(Combo Pack Variant)
Art: J.H. Williams III (signed)

Story: "Chapter Two" (24 Pages)

Credits:

StoryNeil Gaiman
ArtJ.H. Williams III
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsDave Stewart
Assistant editingSara Miller
EditingShelly Bond

Feature Character(s):

Dream
Dream (of Cats)
Other Aspects of Dream (including a very old Dream that visited the Old Ones that dwell "between spaces")

Supporting Character(s):

Lucien the Librarian (in modern day)
Mad Hettie (in modern day; now 272 years old)

Guest Appearance(s):

Dream (Daniel Hall; in modern day)

Other Character(s):

Knight of Clouds and Shadows (first appearance; accompanied by "forgotten trumps"; granted an audience with Dream in modern day)
Glory of the First Circle (first appearance; an extremely old entity)
Mother Night (first appearance; mother of The Endless)
Dusk (first appearance; attendant to Mother Night)

Location(s):

London, England
Dreaming

Story Reprinted in:

The Sandman: Overture Special Edition #1 (January 2014)
The Sandman: Overture - The Deluxe Edition (2016)
Sandman Overture (2017)
The Sandman: Overture 30th Anniversary Edition (2019)

Solicitation:

The Sandman's epic origin story continues in the second issue of the new miniseries by the superstar team of writer Neil Gaiman and artist J.H. Williams III! In which Daniel enters Mad Hettie's dream and Morpheus discovers why he has been summoned and what he has been summoned to do.


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