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Issue Details

Issue #48
Published April 1993
Cover Price 1.75
Pages 36
Editing Karen Berger; Shelly Roeberg (assistant)
Notes letter page (2)

Cover Details - "brief lives 8"

Genre fantasy
Pencils Dave McKean (painting)
Inks Dave McKean (painting)
Colors Dave McKean (painting)
Notes letter page (2)
Reprinted in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (DC, 1997 series) #nn; in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (DC, 1998 series) #nn; in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (Titan Books, 1997 series) #[nn]; in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (Watson-Guptill Publications, 1998 series) #nn

24 page Sandman story "EIGHT: JOURNEY'S END-BRAINS, A HEART, A RIDE IN A BALLOON-DINNER-SOMETHING NEW-THE ILLUSION OF PERMANENCE-A WREATH OF BRIGHT STARS-ECHOES OF DARKNESS-UP. OUT. [Brief Lives 8]"

Genre fantasy
Script Neil Gaiman
Pencils Jill Thompson
Inks Vince Locke
Colors Daniel Vozzo
Letters Todd Klein
Reprinted in Sandman: Brief Lives, The (DC, 1994 series) #nn [hardcover]; in Sandman: Brief Lives, The (Titan Books, 1994 series) #nn; in Sandman: Brief Lives, The (DC, 1994 series) #nn [softcover]

1 page Mercy promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils Paul Johnson
Inks Paul Johnson
Colors Paul Johnson
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1 page Vertigo Tour promo (ad from the publisher)

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1 page Hellblazer promo (ad from the publisher)

Genre Occult; Horror
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1 page Vertigo promo (ad from the publisher)

Genre horror
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Notes subscription ad

1 page On The Ledge text article

Script Karen Berger
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