Issue Description

The ''Season of Mist'' finale circles back around to what kick-started the acclaimed story in the first place: Morpheus's lost love, whom he vanquished to Hell long ago. As the rest of the players slink back to their roles in the universe, all remain changed--but none more so than Hell's new rulers.

"In which we bid farewell to absent friends, lost loves, old gods and the season of mists; and in which we give the devil his due."

This is the epilogue to Season of Mists, also known as 'Season of Mists 7' and 'Season of Mists"

Now that the Key to Hell issue has been resolved, we see how that result has affected a number of beings, in outcomes which may lead to future stories. Remiel and Duma are now Lords of Hell. Duma has stopped speaking entirely, and Remiel has vowed to make Hell a place of punishment for redemption rather than mindless torture. Dream apologizes to Nada for imprisoning her in Hell, and grants her rebirth on Earth. Dream makes a deal with Loki not to return him to torment beneath the Earth in exchange for a future favor. Cluracan forces Nuala to remain in The Dreaming. And Lucifer, Lucifer is just enjoying sitting on the beach.

The Sandman (1989)

Publisher

Vertigo

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The award-winning Sandman follows the return of Dream, the personification of hopes and dreams, to his domain after being trapped and held prisoner for 70 years and his quest to regain the powers he once possessed. It also follows his family, known as the Endless.

The concept of The Sandman emerged from Neil Gaiman's idea to revive Jack Kirby's 1970's Sandman series after his Black Orchid mini series at DC Editor Karen Berger suggested he keep the Sandman name but create the rest of the series entirely from scratch. Using ideas he had of a character that lived in dreams, Gaiman created the character of Morpheus, a literal take on the folklore concept of the Sandman and a personification of dreaming itself. With this, Gaiman revived several dormant DC horror and mystery characters and populated his world of The Dreaming with them. The series soon evolved beyond its DC Universe horror origins and became one of the most critically acclaimed fantasy comic series of all time, regularly outselling its superhero counterparts toward its end and introducing comics to whole new audiences outside of the comics mainstream. The collected editions have been reprinted numerous times and remain best sellers for DC/Vertigo.

The series was originally a DC book, but was one of the original titles moved onto the new Vertigo label with issue #47. Gaiman ended the series at 75 issues, but the run also included The Sandman Special (1991).

Spin-Offs

The series proved so popular that numerous spin-off titles were written, both by Gaiman and those that emerged after Gaiman's initial series ended. They include:

The Dead Boy Detectives (Original Graphic Novel)Dead Boy Detectives (Ongoing Series)Death: The Time of Your Life (Mini-Series)Death: The High Cost of Living (Mini-Series)Death: At Death's Door (Original Graphic Novel)Delirium's Party: A Little Endless Storybook (Original Graphic Novel)Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold (Mini-Series)The Dreaming (Ongoing Series) The Dreaming Special (One Shot)The Girl Who Would Be Death (Mini-Series)God Save the Queen (Original Graphic Novel)House of Mystery (Ongoing Series) House of Mystery Halloween Annual (Annual)Mythos: The Final Tour (mini-series)Little Endless Storybook (Original Graphic Novel)Lucifer (Ongoing Series)Sandman: Book of Dreams (Prose Anthology)The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (Illustrated Novella)The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (Mini-Series)The Sandman: Endless Nights (Original Graphic Novel)Sandman Midnight Theater (One-Shot )The Sandman: Overture (Prequel Mini-Series)The Sandman Presents: Bast (Mini-Series)The Corinthian: Death in Venice (Mini-Series)The Dead Boy Detectives (Mini-Series)Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dreams but Were Afraid to Ask (One-Shot)The Furies (Original Graphic Novel)Lucifer (Mini-Series)Love Street (Mini-Series)Merv Pumpkinhead, Agent of DREAM (One-Shot)Petrefax (Mini-Series)The Thessaliad (Mini-Series)Thessaly: Witch for Hire (Mini-Series)WitchCraft (Mini-Series)WitchCraft: La Terreur (Mini-Series)

*ongoing series are in bold

Trade Paperbacks/Hardcovers

The entirety of the Sandman series collected, albeit out of chronological order, in both soft and hardcover formats. The most recent printings have had their interior art recolored. (This recoloring originally premiered in the Absolute Editions years earlier and was approved by Gaiman.)

Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes (#01-08)Vol. 2: The Doll's House (#09-16)Vol. 3: Dream Country (#17-20)Vol. 4: Season of Mists (#21-28)Vol. 5: A Game of You (#32-37)Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections (#29-31, 38-40, 50, Sandman Special #1, and "Fear of Falling" from Vertigo Preview #1)Vol. 7: Brief Lives (#41-49)Vol. 8: World's End (#51-56)Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones (#57-69 and "The Castle" from Vertigo Jam #1)Vol. 10: The Wake (#70-75)Absolute Editions

Oversized hardcover re-releases that re-colored and collected the entire series chronologically for the first time. Comes packaged in a special slipcase.

Absolute Sandman Vol. 1 (#01-20)Absolute Sandman Vol. 2 (#21-39)Absolute Sandman Vol. 3 (#40-56, Sandman Special #1 and "Fear of Falling" from Vertigo Preview #1)Absolute Sandman Vol. 4 (#57-75 and "The Castle" from Vertigo Jam #1)Absolute Sandman Vol. 5 (The Sandman: Endless Nights, The Sandman: Dream Hunters (Illustrated Novella), The Sandman: Dream Hunters (Comic Adaptation), Sandman Midnight Theatre)Annotated Editions

The original series collected and accompanied by page-by-page annotations by Leslie S. Klinger.

The Annotated Sandman Vol. 1 (#01-20)The Annotated Sandman Vol. 2 (#21-39)The Annotated Sandman Vol. 3 (#40-56, Sandman Special #1 and "How They Met Themselves" from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3)Omnibuses

Massive oversized collections of the original series.

Vol. 1 (#1-37 and The Sandman Special #1Vol. 2 (#38-75 and stories from Vertigo Jam #1 and Vertigo: Winter’s Edge #3

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