Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives Vol 1 3

"The Secret of Immortality, Part Three": The Marquis de Marquez teaches Charles and Edwin how to tap into their powers as ghosts in order to find the elusive Hob Gadling. But is Hob truly the killer that they seek?

"The Secret of Immortality, Part Three"
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Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives Vol 1 #3
October, 2001
Publisher	Vertigo
Executive Editor	Karen Berger
Cover Artists	Dave McKean
The Secret of Immortality, Part Three
Writers	Ed Brubaker
Pencilers	Bryan Talbot
Inkers	Steve Leialoha
Colorists	Daniel Vozzo
Letterers	Willie Schubert
Editors	Will Dennis Jenette Kahn
Previous Issue	Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives # 2
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Oh dear, Charles... What have we done?

— Edwin Paine

Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives #3 is an issue of the series Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 2001.

Synopsis for "The Secret of Immortality, Part Three"

The Marquis de Marquez teaches Charles and Edwin how to tap into their powers as ghosts in order to find the elusive Hob Gadling. But is Hob truly the killer that they seek?

Appearing in "The Secret of Immortality, Part Three"

Featured Characters:

• Dead Boy Detectives
  • Charles Rowland
  • Edwin Paine

Supporting Characters:

• Mr. Chippy (Real name revealed) (Flashback and main story)
• Hob Gadling
• Mad Hettie

Antagonists:

• Marquis de Marquez

Other Characters:

• Chippy
• Margaret Gadling (Deceased) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Dream (Daniel Hall) (Mentioned only)
• Dream (Morpheus) (Mentioned only)
• Marcia (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
  • 2001
    • United Kingdom
      • England
        • London
          • Mr. Chippy's House (Single appearance)
          • Marquez Estate
          • The Treehouse

Items:

• Marquis de Marquez's Coin

Concepts:

• Magic
  

Notes

• Hob Gadling invokes his friend Dream of the Endless but, as of this story, he has never met his current counterpart, Dream/Daniel Hall.

Trivia

• The death of Margaret Gadling was originally shown in The Dreaming #32.

See Also

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