Sandman Vol 2 37

"I Woke Up and One of Us was Crying": In what little remains of The Land, Dream informs Barbie that she can ask of him just one boon. She considers having him kill the Cuckoo, or to recreate the land, but ultimately she has to take more time to decide

"I Woke Up and One of Us was Crying"
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Sandman Vol 2 #37
May, 1992
Executive Editor	Dick Giordano
Cover Artists	Dave McKean
I Woke Up and One of Us was Crying
Writers	Neil Gaiman
Pencilers	Shawn McManus
Inkers	Bryan Talbot
Colorists	Daniel Vozzo
Letterers	Todd Klein
Editors	Karen Berger Alisa Kwitney
Previous Issue	Sandman Vol 2 # 36
Next Issue	Sandman Vol 2 # 38

And if there's a moral there, I don't know what it is, save maybe that we should take our goodbyes whenever we can.

— Barbie

Sandman (Volume 2) #37 is an issue of the series Sandman (Volume 2) with a cover date of May, 1992.

Synopsis for "I Woke Up and One of Us was Crying"

In what little remains of The Land, Dream informs Barbie that she can ask of him just one boon. She considers having him kill the Cuckoo, or to recreate the land, but ultimately she has to take more time to decide. Dream then turns to the three women who found their way there through witchcraft, and informs them that they will all be trapped there as punishment for entering a skerry without his permission.

Finally, Barbie decides that her boon should be that they all be sent home safe, and sound - including the Cuckoo. Surprised, the little girl thanks Barbie, and then transforms into a bird and flies away. Because she asked to be sent back safe and sound, Dream cannot comply with the boon yet, and so the girls must all stay in the skerry until such time as it would be safe for them to return home. Dream bids farewell to Barbie, and then to Hazel and Foxglove who he warns were lucky in getting to go on this adventure, and then to Thessaly who he chides for having been unconsidered in her actions. After Dream has gone, and after some time of sitting alone, the girls suddenly feel the sensation of waking up.

Some time later, Barbie is in Kansas. She goes to a diner, where she meets with Wanda Mann's aunt Dora. The woman is reluctant to acknowledge that Wanda is not the man she once was, Alvin. She warns that in talking with Wanda's parents, Barbie should refer to her old friend as a man. As it turns out, the hurricane in New York City destroyed the building and Wanda was killed. Barbara had awakened in the rubble of her old apartment building, saved by the corpse of the old woman that Wanda had brought inside. Seeing Wanda's body was traumatic for her. She recalls that Foxglove, Hazel, and Thessaly all survived as well. Their landlord had survived by being out of town. After talking for some time, Wanda's aunt drives Barbie to the funeral.

Wanda's parents and family make Barbie uncomfortable, and she stands in the back during the service. Afterwards, she pays her respects, leaving a Hyperman comic on her friend's coffin, and using lipstick to scratch out Alvin and write in Wanda on the headstone.

On the bus to Indianapolis, Barbie dreams of Wanda being taken away by Death; happy.

Appearing in "I Woke Up and One of Us was Crying"

Featured Characters:

• Princess Barbara (Barbie) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a dream sequence)
• Dream (Flashback only)

Supporting Characters:

• Death (Flashback only)
• Dora Mann (Single appearance)
• Foxglove (Flashback only) (Also in a dream sequence)
• Hazel McNamara (Flashback only) (Also in a dream sequence)
• Maisie Hill (Dies in flashback)
• Thessaly (Flashback only) (Also in a dream sequence)
• Wanda Mann/Alvin Mann (Dies in flashback) (Also as a corpse) (Also as a spirit)

Antagonists:

• The Cuckoo (Flashback and main story)

Other Characters:

• Ezekiel "Zeke" Mann (Single appearance)
• "The Weirdzos" (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
  • Hyperman (In a comic book only) (Cameo)
• Jenny-Sue (Single appearance)
• Joan-Ellen Mann (Single appearance)
• Mary Gentian (First appearance) (Flashback only)
• New York Fire Department (Flashback only)
• Alianora (Mentioned only)
• Billy Hill (Mentioned only)
• "George" (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Judy (Foxglove's ex-girlfriend) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Ken (Mentioned only)
• Martin Tenbones (Erased) (Mentioned only)
• Prinado (Erased) (Mentioned only)
• Rose Walker (Mentioned only)
• Wilkinson (Erased) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• The Dreaming (Flashback only)
  • Place of Lost Carnadine/"The Land" (Erased) (Mentioned only)
• Sunless Lands (Flashback only)
• Waking World
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • Indiana
        • Indianapolis (Flashback only)
      • Kansas
      • New York
        • New York City (Flashback and main story)
          • Manhattan
            • Barbie's Condo (Flashback only) (In ruins)
              • George's Apartment (Flashback only) (In ruins)
    • Greece (Mentioned only)
      • Thessaly (Mentioned only)
  • Earth's Moon (Mentioned only)
  • "The Weirdzo World" (Mentioned only)
• The Moon's Road (Mentioned only)
• Oz (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Hyperman Comics (Cameo)

Vehicles:

• Dora Mann's Car
• Greyhound Bus (Flashback only)

Concepts:

• Hurricane Lisa (Flashback only)
• Magic
  

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in Sandman: A Game of You and The Absolute Sandman Vol. 2.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Sandman series
• Images from Sandman Vol 2 37