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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published October 1996
Cover Price 1.95
Pages 36
Editing Bob Kahan (Essential Vertigo editor)

Cover Details - "Preludes & Nocturnes"

Characters John Constantine
Genre occult; horror
Pencils Dave McKean (mixed media art)
Inks Dave McKean (mixed media art)
Colors Dave McKean (mixed media art)
Letters Dave McKean (logo design)
Reprinted from Sandman, The (DC, 1989 series) #3 (March 1989) [with new text and border added]

6 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes B&W house ad for House Of Secrets; colour house ads: Dhampire: Stillborn; House Of Secrets subscription ad; Bloody Mary (Helix); Vertigo trade paperback list; October 1996 cover date Vertigo shipping list

24 page Sandman [The Dreaming]; Hellblazer story "...Dream A Little Dream Of Me."

Characters Rachel; John Constantine; Mad Hettie; Sandman [Morpheus]; Chas
Synopsis Morpheus gets John Constantine to help him find his missing pouch of sand.
Genre fantasy
Script Neil Gaiman
Pencils Sam Kieth; Mike Dringenberg
Inks Mike Dringenberg
Colors Robbie Busch
Letters Todd Klein
Editing Karen Berger (original editor); Art Young (original asst. editor)
Notes bottom panel on page 3 was printed without any captions in this edition
Reprinted from Sandman, The (DC, 1989 series) #3 (March 1989)

4 page advertisement

Notes Crash Bandicoot music CD offer (Universal Interactive); Screaming Trees & The Why Store CDs (Sam Goody); Heat (Pay-Per-View); back cover: Alice In Chains Unplugged CD (Sam Goody)

Half page On The Ledge promo (ad from the publisher) "On The Ledge"

Script Steven T. Seagle
Letters typeset
Notes promo for House Of Secrets