Essential Vertigo Sandman (1996) comic books 1999

Reprints Sandman (1989 2nd Series) #30. Distant Mirrors: Part 2 of 3: August - Written by Neil Gaiman. Art by Bryan Talbot & Stan Woch. Cover by Dave McKean. In classical Rome, during the late, sultry days of Augustus Caesar, the most powerful man in the empire dons ragged robes and masquerades on the streets as a common beggar for one day out of every year. What drives a man capable of destroying entire civilizations to such madness? Haunted by a dark secret known only to the Prince of Stories -- the Sandman -- the revered emperor destined to be worshipped as a god must come to terms with the disturbingly human man beneath the mantle of power. 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.25.

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Reprints Sandman (1989 2nd Series) #31. Distant Mirrors: Part 3 of 3: Three Septembers and a January - Written by Neil Gaiman. Art by Shawn McManus. Cover by Dave McKean. Despair, Desire and Delirium make a nineteenth-century mortal man their pawn in a game of family intrigue against Dream. Challenged to keep the man out of the three sisters' realms until his death, Morpheus grants one Joshua Abraham Norton the dream of a lifetime: To crown himself Norton I, Emperor of the United States of America. 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.25.

Reprints Sandman Special (1991) #1. The Song of Orpheus - Written by Neil Gaiman. Art by Bryan Talbot & Mark Buckingham. Cover by Dave McKean. When Morpheus' son, Orpheus, loses his new wife Eurydice in a tragic accident, he turns to his father for help in reclaiming his love. Finding Morpheus reluctant to intervene, Orpheus forsakes his father and ventures to Hades, with tragic results. This issue also features an 8-page gallery of the Endless, including art by Barry Windsor-Smith, P. Craig Russell, Simon Bisley, Sergio Aragones, Duncan Fegredo, Kent Williams, Tom Canty and Dave McKean. 64 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $4.50.