- Imagine a story that begins like this: once upon a t ime outside of time there is a place that is not a place. It feels so familiar and so strange that you recognize it as a dream. Then you forget it is a dream. You forget that you are in it.
The Dreaming #8 is an issue of the series The Dreaming (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1997.
Synopsis for "His Brother's Keeper"
Appearing in "His Brother's Keeper"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Eve
- Gregory the Gargoyle
- Jumella (First appearance)
- Matthew the Raven
- The Mandrake (First appearance)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Byron (Single appearance) (In dream sequence only)
- Dana Cleveland (Single appearance) (Deceased) (In dream sequence only)
- Lucien
- Zoe Levine (Single appearance) (Deceased) (In dream sequence only)
- Aclima (Mentioned only)
- Adam (Mentioned only)
- Arthur Pendragon (Mentioned only)
- Cleopatra (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Jesus Christ (Mentioned only)
- Zoe Levine's parents (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Esther (Mentioned only)
- Jacob (Mentioned only)
- Leah (Mentioned only)
- Rachel (Mentioned only)
- Rebecca (Mentioned only)
- Ruth (Mentioned only)
- Sarah (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- The Dreaming
- House of Mystery
- House of Secrets (Cameo)
- Cave of Nightmares (Mentioned only)
- Ghost Castle
- Library of Dreams (Mentioned only)
- Waking World
Items:
- "The Bible" (Mentioned only)
- Cleopatra's Fruit Basket (In dream sequence only)
- Excalibur (In dream sequence only)
Concepts:
- Fourth Wall
- Magic (Behind the scenes)
- Mark of Cain (Behind the scenes)
Trivia
- The introduction of Cain and Abel's three siblings was foreshadowed in Sandman (Volume 2) #72.
- This revelation about Cain and Abel's family was meant to mirror the events of Sandman (Volume 2) #8 that introduced Death, a member of Dream/Morpheus' family.[1]
- Abel and Matthew brakes the fourth wall, talking to the reader, and directing him/her to go the house.
See Also
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