Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives Vol 1 1

"The Secret of Immortality, Part One": Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine have decided to set up their own detective agency, and receive their first client, a homeless teenage girl named Marcia, who hires them hoping to find out who's been killing off her fellow runaways.

"The Secret of Immortality, Part One"
Cover
Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives Vol 1 #1
August, 2001
Publisher	Vertigo
Executive Editor	Karen Berger
Cover Artists	Dave McKean
The Secret of Immortality, Part One
Writers	Ed Brubaker
Pencilers	Bryan Talbot
Inkers	Steve Leialoha
Colorists	Daniel Vozzo
Letterers	Willie Schubert
Editors	Will Dennis
Next Issue	Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives # 2

The business of them who're long in the tooth ain't for children to play in, Edwin Paine...

— Mad Hettie

Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives #1 is an issue of the series Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 2001.

Synopsis for "The Secret of Immortality, Part One"

Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine have decided to set up their own detective agency, and receive their first client, a homeless teenage girl named Marcia, who hires them hoping to find out who's been killing off her fellow runaways.

Appearing in "The Secret of Immortality, Part One"

Featured Characters:

• Dead Boy Detectives
  • Charles Rowland (Flashback and main story) (Also as a corpse)
  • Edwin Paine (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Mr. Chippy (First appearance; unnamed)
• Mad Hettie (Flashback only)
• Marcia (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)

Antagonists:

• Francisco Marquez (First appearance; unnamed)

Other Characters:

• Death (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Donnie MacPherson (First appearance) (Dies in flashback) (Also as a corpse)
• Ghosts (Flashback and main story)
• Lauren Vega (Single appearance) (Appears only as a corpse) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Metropolitan Police
• Charles Dickens (Mentioned only)
• Demons (Mentioned only)
• Kady (Mentioned only)
• Sherlock Holmes (Mentioned only)
• James Bond (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
  • United Kingdom
    • England
      • London (Flashback and main story)
        • London Underground (Flashback and main story)
          • Underground City (First appearance)
        • River Thames (Flashback only)
        • St. Hilarion's School for Boys (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        • The Treehouse (First appearance) (Flashback only)
        • Waterloo Bridge (Flashback only)
• Hell (Mentioned only)
  • Nine Circles of Hell
    • The Fourth Circle of Hell (Mentioned only)
• Spirit World (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Death's Ankh (Flashback only) (Cameo)

Concepts:

• Magic
  

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives series