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Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 73-75

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Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue #73 Title: An epilogue- Sunday Morning Artist: Michael Zulli Collected in: The Wake Plot: Hob Gadling’s new girlfriend Gwen works at a Renaissance Faire and he accompanies her. Hob, who was alive during the time, finds fault with everything. He feels guilty about his role in the slave trade, and discovers one of his own books. Hob gets drunk and finds his way into a condemned building. He meets Death, who confirms Morpheus is dead and sees if Hob … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 73-75

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Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 70-72

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Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman   Issue #70 Title: Which occurs in the wake of what has gone before Artist: Michael Zulli Collected in: The Wake Plot: The members of the Endless receive messages and they gather at the Necropolis. They create an envoy whom they name Eblis O’Shaughnessey to gather the sacred relics in order to have a funeral for Morpheus. In the Dreaming, Matthew is grieving. He feels guilty for leaving Morpheus to face his fate alone. Cain demands that Daniel recreate Abel, … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 70-72

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Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 65-69

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Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman   Issue # 65 Title: The Kindly Ones: 9 Artist: Marc Hempel Collected in: The Kindly Ones Plot: Rose takes up Paul’s offer to tour Fawney Rig. She discovers the secret chamber where Morpheus was imprisoned. Desire is there, and introduces themselves as Roses’s Grandfather. Rose wakes up and Paul finds a lighter in the shape of a heart. In Swartalfheim, [footnote] “Land of dark elves”. One of the nine worlds of Norse myth. [/footnote] the Corinthian and Matthew enter … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 65-69

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Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 61-64

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Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue # 61 Title: The Kindly Ones: 5 Artist:Marc Hempel & D’Isrseli Collected in: The Kindly Ones Plot: Still in her inner journey, Lyta Hall is offered Medusa’s place by the Gorgon sisters, but she declines, still searching for the Furies. Rose Walker visits Zelda, who is dying of AIDS. Zelda gives Rose a message from her dead grandmother, to go to the place where she slept and she will give Rose her heart back. Dream has remade the Corinthian. … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 61-64

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