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Death: The High Cost of Living #3

DC · Series began 1993 · May 1993

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Dates

Cover date: May 1993
On sale: March 18, 1993
In stores: March 17, 1993
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Uncorrected First Printing
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Corrected First Printing
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Creators

pencils: Dave McKean, Chris Bachalo, John Totlebeninks: Dave McKean, Mark Buckingham, John Totlebencolors: Dave McKean, Steve Oliff, Olyopticsscript: Neil Gaimanletters: Todd Klein

Stories

Chapter Three: The High Cost of Living · 25 pages
Death becomes mortal for a day.

Publisher’s description

Death's day as a mortal may end sooner than she had planned. Cornered by the Eremite in a warehouse, she teaches Sexton a hard lesson about the economics of existence.

Characters

DeathGodDespairMister EMad HettieDonna CavanaghHazel McNamara

Reprinted in

Death: The High Cost of Living (1994), Death: The High Cost of Living (1994), The Absolute Death (2009), Death: The Deluxe Edition (2012), The Sandman Omnibus (2013), Death (2014)