CATALOG RECORD

Sandman #8

DC · Series began 1989 · August 1989

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Dates

Cover date: August 1989
On sale: June 29, 1989
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Story arc: Preludes & Nocturnes

This is part 3 of 3. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Dave McKean, Mike Dringenberginks: Dave McKean, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones IIIcolors: Dave McKean, Robbie Buschscript: Jenette Kahn, Ramsey Campbell, Alan Moore, Stephen Gallagher, Stephen R. Bissette, Don Thompson, Will Shetterly, Bryan Talbot, Emma Bull, Vincent Cecolini, Rick Veitch, Clive Barker, Mike Harrison, James Herbert, Mary Gentle, Neil Gaimanletters: Todd Klein

Stories

In the Beginning... · 5 pages
The Sound of Her Wings [Master of Dreams Part 8] · 24 pages
Morpheus meets his sister in Central Park and then accompanies her around New York as she works.

Publisher’s description

Spend a day with Dream as he catches up with his younger sister, Death, in search of inspiration. When the King of Dreams is depressed, can even a pep talk from Death set him on the right path?

Reprinted in

The Sandman: The Doll's House (1990), The Sandman: The Doll's House (1990), The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes (1991), The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes (1991), The Sandman: The Doll's House (1995), Essential Vertigo: The Sandman (1996), The Sandman [Sandman Library Edition] (1999), The Absolute Sandman (2006), The Absolute Death (2009), The Annotated Sandman (2011), DC Through the '80s: The Experiments (2021)