Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	December 2006
Cover Price	0.50 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Scott Nybakken

Cover Details

Characters	Morpheus
Genre	Horror; Fantasy; Occult
Pencils	Dave McKean (painted)
Inks	Dave McKean (painted)
Colors	Dave McKean (painted)
Reprinted	from Sandman: The Doll's House, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn

1 page text article "The Origin of the Comic You Are Now Holding (What It Is and How It Came to Be)"

Script	Neil Gaiman
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Neil Gaiman writes about how he came to create his version of the Sandman.
Reprinted	from The Sandman (1989 series) #4

40 page Sandman story "Sleep of the Just"

Characters	John Hathaway; Roderick Burgess; Ellie Marsten; Daniel Bustamonte; Stefan Wasserman; Unity Kinkaid; Alex Burgess; Morpheus; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
Synopsis	Roderick Burgess, seeking to trap Death, snares her brother Dream instead. After many years of captivity, Morpheus is released and takes his revenge.
Genre	Horror; Fantasy; Occult
Script	Neil Gaiman
Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Mike Dringenberg
Colors	Daniel Vozzo
Letters	Todd Klein
Editing	Karen Berger; Art Young (Assistant Editor)
Reprinted	from The Sandman (1989 series) #1

3 page text article "A Small Sampling of the Special Features to Be Found within The Absolute Sandman Vol. 1"

Characters	Morpheus
Script	Neil Gaiman
Pencils	Leigh Baulch; Neil Gaiman
Inks	Leigh Baulch
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Contains part of the original proposal for The Sandman series with a reproduction of its original cover and sketches.

1 page illustration "Sandman Model Sheets by Leigh Baulch"

Characters	Morpheus
Pencils	Leigh Baulch
Inks	Leigh Baulch
Letters	Leigh Baulch
Notes	Four versions of the original design for Morpheus.