The return of Neil Gaiman's Sandman would be a good reason to celebrate - but that's not exactly when we're getting here.
Instead, The Sandman Universe takes us back to that Vertigo-based series - but the actual Sandman only makes a brief appearance.
This issue is, basically, a trailer for the four comic books that are going to be based in the Gaiman-verse.
But at least it's based on a story by Gaiman! It takes us into the Dreaming, where bad things are happening - and it falls to the flinty raven named Matthew to track down the absent lord of the realm.
That leads him to contact with the characters who will populate the aforementioned books.
Which will include:
- The Dreaming, which is firmly set in the Sandman Universe and the characters who inhabit the land of dream.
- Book of Magic, which stars Tim Hunter, created by Gaiman just before Harry Potter appeared and cornered the "young male magician who wears glasses and is fated to be pivotal in big moments" market.
- Lucifer, which focuses on a quest by you-know-who.
- and House of Whispers, a new addition to DC's mythology that has its foundation planted in the world of voodoo.
So this issue gives us a taste, and it's a promising start. The first two comics are definitely on my "must buy" list, and the second two are on the "we'll see" list.
But it's great to see this mythology back in action again!
Grade: A-
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