The Sandman Universe Vol 1 1

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The Sandman Universe
October, 2018
Rated M for Mature (18+)
Publisher	Vertigo
Executive Editor	Mark Doyle
Cover Artists	Jae Lee June Chung
Variant Cover Artists
Cover Variant #1	Dave McKean
Cover Variant #2	Jill Thompson
Cover Variant #3	Jim Lee Alex Sinclair
Cover Variant #4	Sam Kieth
Cover Variant #5	P. Craig Russell Lovern Kindzierski
Cover Variant #6	David Mack
Writers	Neil Gaiman Simon Spurrier Kat Howard Nalo Hopkinson Dan Watters
Pencilers	Bilquis Evely Tom Fowler Dominike Stanton Max Fiumara Sebastian Fiumara
Inkers	Bilquis Evely Tom Fowler Dominike Stanton Max Fiumara Sebastian Fiumara
Colorists	Mat Lopes
Letterers	Simon Bowland
Editors	Molly Mahan Arianna Turturro Maggie Howell

There is a place where Gods are born. There is a place where a few ragged sounds can suggest a symphony. A place where pandemonium presents pattern where idle fancies turn to fornications and memories feign memories. A place where... for as long as sleeper can sleep... stories are spun. And so listen. Listen, now. At the heart of the Dreaming sits a castle. At the heart of the castle, a library. And in the library... a Librarian...

— Lucien

The Sandman Universe #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of October, 2018. It was published on August 8, 2018.

Appearing in the 1st Story

Featured Characters:

• Lucien (Flashback and main story)
• Matthew the Raven (Matthew Cable) (First appearance as Matthew the Raven)

Supporting Characters:

• Cain
• The Devil (Lucifer Morningstar) (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Also in a vision)
• Dream (Daniel Hall) (Cameo)
• Eve
• Erzulie Frèda (First appearance)
• Merv Pumpkinhead (First appearance)
• Timothy "Tim" Hunter
• Zombified Raven (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Dies in flashback)

Antagonists:

• Dora (First appearance)
• Dr. Rose (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Abel (Dies) (Also as a corpse)
• Barnabas the Dog (Cover only)
• Dreamthings
  • Blanks (First appearance; unnamed)
  • The Corinthian (Cover only)
  • The Fashion Thing (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
• Mr. Brisby (First appearance) (Appears only as a corpse) (Cameo)
• Demons (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
• The Endless
  • Death (Cover only)
  • Delirium (Cover only)
  • Desire (Cover only)
  • Despair (Cover only)
  • Destiny (Cover only)
  • Destruction (Cover only)
  • Dream (Morpheus) (First appearance) (Deceased) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Habibi (First appearance) (Also in a vision)
• Ivy Walker (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
• Latoya (First appearance) (Also in a vision)
• Lumi (First appearance) (Also in a vision)
• Maggie (First appearance) (Also in a vision)
• The Archangel Michael (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Rose Walker (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
• Tim Hunter's schoolmates (First appearance)
  • Ellie (First appearance) (Cameo)
  • Tyler (First appearance) (Cameo)
• Uncle Monday/"Alligator King" (First appearance)
• Unnamed female cook (Single appearance) (In a vision) (Also in a dream sequence)
  • The cook's daughters (Single appearance) (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Anatole (Mentioned only)
• Caliban (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• The Cockatrice (Mentioned only)
• Gargoyles (Mentioned only)
  • Goldie (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Ghosts (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• The Guardians (Mentioned only)
  • "The Hippogriff" (Mentioned only)
  • The Wyvern (Mentioned only)
• Hippogriffs (Mentioned only)
• Sycorax (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Hypertime
  • Alternate Earth 0 Future/"The Final Magical Conflict" (Tim Hunter chose Evil over Good) (Unnamed)
    • 21st Century (See Notes)
      • Earth
        • England
          • London (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
• Multiverse (Behind the scenes)
  • Collective Unconscious (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
    • Sycorax's Mindspace (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
  • Earth 0/Waking World
    • England
      • London
        • Hunter Residence (First appearance)
        • Tim Hunter's School (First appearance; unnamed)
    • United States of America
      • Los Angeles
        • The Lux (First appearance) (In ruins) (Flashback and main story)
      • New Orleans
      • Orlando
        • Gately House (Mentioned only)
  • Sphere of the Gods
    • The Dreaming
      • Ghost Castle
        • The Gallery of Dream (First appearance)
        • The Great Hall (First appearance)
          • The Throne of the Dreaming (First appearance) (Cameo)
        • Lucien's Library
      • House of Mystery
      • Eve's Cave (Mentioned only)
    • Heaven (Flashback only)
    • Hell (Flashback only)
    • Skyland
      • The Bayou (First appearance; unnamed)

Items:

• Despair's Hook (Replica) (Cameo)
• Dream's Helm (Replica)
• Michael's Spear (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Moonlight Blade (First appearance)

Events:

• The Final Magical Conflict (In dream sequence only)
• War in Heaven (Flashback only)

Concepts:

• Magic
• The Rift (First appearance)
  

Notes

• Dream/Daniel Hall's story continues from the epilogue of Dark Nights: Metal #6.
  • Lucien and Dream's story is continued in The Dreaming (Volume 2) #1.
  • Lucifer's story is continued in Lucifer (Volume 3) #1.
  • Erzulie's story is continued in House of Whispers #1.
  • Tim Hunter's story is continued in Books of Magic (Volume 3) #1.
• This story reveals that most of the Sandman/Vertigo continuity was restored in the aftermath of the Rebirth.
  • Lucifer's retirement to Los Angeles, the death of Dream/Morpheus and the rise of Dream/Daniel Hall confirm that the Season of Mists and The Kindly Ones storylines from Sandman (Volume 2) have happened in the current continuity;
  • As a consequence of the Rebirth, Matt Cable, who was only a human during The New 52 era, is also restored to his Pre-Flashpoint counterpart;
    • Matthew being currently alive and the main Raven of the Dreaming also implies that most of the events from The Dreaming (Volume 1) didn't happen in the Post-Flashpoint continuity;
  • The Devil, Lucifer Morningstar, has been restored into the continuity. However, his New 52 self has not been erased from existence and, after the Rebirth, has become a separate character.
  • During The New 52, Tim Hunter originally appeared in Justice League Dark #12 and was displaced to Epoch in Justice League Dark #18 at the climax of the war against the Network. However, after the Rebirth, those events have been erased from the continuity and Tim Hunter was reverted back to some version of his Pre-Flashpoint counterpart.
    • Although the events of The Books of Magic (Volume 1) are actually part of the continuity, Tim still being a child obvsiously suggests that the events of The Books of Magic (Volume 2), The Names of Magic (Volume 1) and Hunter: The Age of Magic (Volume 1) never happened on Prime Earth.
• The possible future of the "Final Magical Conflict" has shifted forward in time after the Flashpoint. In the Pre-Flashpoint continuity, it was supposed to take place in 2005; however, in the modern continuity, it's meant to take place around early 2030s.
• This issue is reprinted in:
  • House of Whispers: The Power Divided;
  • The Sandman, Book Six.

Trivia

• Jill Thompson's variant cover is inspired by her Sandman one-shots, The Little Endless Storybook and Delirium's Party: A Little Endless Storybook.

See Also

• Images from The Sandman Universe Vol 1 1

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