The Dreaming Vol 2 5

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"The Balance"
The Dreaming Vol 2 #5
March, 2019
Rated M for Mature (18+)
Publisher	Vertigo
Executive Editor	Mark Doyle
Cover Artists	Jae Lee June Chung
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Writers	Simon Spurrier
Pencilers	Bilquis Evely
Inkers	Bilquis Evely
Colorists	Mat Lopes
Letterers	Simon Bowland
Editors	Molly Mahan Arianna Turturro Maggie Howell
Previous Issue	The Dreaming Vol 2 # 4
Next Issue	The Dreaming Vol 2 # 6

Even if you can beat the Judge... the Dreaming... it's sick. It's dying!

— Lucien

The Dreaming (Volume 2) #5 is an issue of the series The Dreaming (Volume 2) with a cover date of March, 2019. It was published on January 9, 2019.

Appearing in "The Balance"

Featured Characters:

• Dora
• Dream (Morpheus) (Flashback and main story) (Also as an illusion)
• Lucien (Flashback and main story) (Apparent Death)

Supporting Characters:

• Anatole (First full appearance)
• Blanks
• Dream (Daniel Hall) (Cameo)
• Eve
• The Fashion Thing (Unnamed)
• Matthew the Raven

Antagonists:

• Judge Gallows
  • The Baku (Flashback only)
  • Brute (Flashback and main story)
  • Glob (Flashback and main story)
  • German Dream soldiers
  • Lucid Dreamers (Behind the scenes)
  • Merv Pumpkinhead

Other Characters:

• Abel
• Cain
• Goldie the Gargoyle (Cameo)
• The Guardians of the Gate
  • "The Hippogriff"
  • The Sphinx (Unnamed)
  • The Wyvern
• The Endless (Mentioned only)
  • Destruction (Mentioned only)
• Ashikaga Shogunate (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse
  • Earth 0
    • England
      • Wych Cross
        • Fawny Rig (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • The In-Between (Cameo)
  • Sphere of the Gods
    • The Dreaming (Flashback and main story)
      • The Gates of Horn and Ivory
      • Ghost Castle (Flashback and main story)
        • Library of Dreams
    • The Fulcrum (First full appearance)

Items:

• Dream's Helm (Flashback and main story)
• Dream's Sand Pouch (Flashback and main story)
• Dreamstone (Flashback only)
• The Fulcrum Greatsword (Real name revealed) (First full appearance)
• Judge Gallows' Gun

Concepts:

• Lucid Dreaming
• Magic
• The Rift
• Sleepy Sickness (Mentioned only)
  

Notes

• This story confirms that the events of Sandman (Volume 2) #1 happened in the Post-Flashpoint continuity.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the The Dreaming series
• Images from The Dreaming Vol 2 5

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