Also included is the spectacular short story 'Ramadan,' a tale of a young king of ancient Baghdad and the deal he strikes with The Sandman to grant his city immortality, with spectacular illustrations by P. But their journey through the Waking World has dramatic repercussions for their family and also for the relationship between the Sandman and his wayward son, Orpheus. 3 presents several key SANDMAN tales in a slipcased hardcover edition, including 'Brief Lives,' in which the Sandman's sister Delirium prevails upon her older brother to help her find their missing sibling, Destruction. The Deluxe Death HC is also available for 'The Wheel' at a retail price of $35 (though it can be had for much less online).ĮTA: Here's the 'Resurrected' special: It does include all three of Gaiman's Endless stories from those books.The third volume collecting Neil Gaiman's seminal, award-winning series starring the Dream King in deluxe format.

If anyone wants to read these stories, the original Winters Edge books shouldn't be too hard to find, and I think DC also released these stories in one of their giant-sized $7.99 'Resurrected' specials. The reason that these were never included in the TPB and HC editions is that these stories were all created after the TPB and HCs of the whole series were released, and DC never updated the contents of those books in later editions.

Is getting the Absolute editions the only way to read every single Sandman story? I thought I read that there were some stories in the Absolute editions that you can't get anywhere else.There are a handful of stories in the Absolutes that aren't in the other TPBs or HCs:Ībsolute Sandman Vol 2 contains the Desire story from Winter's Edge #1 and the short prose story from a Sandman statue.Ībsolute Sandman Vol 3 contains the Desire story from Winter's Edge #3Ībsolute Death contains the Death story from Winter's Edge #2 (illustrated by Jeffrey Jones) and 'The Wheel' from one of the 9/11 tribute books DC did - though I think these two stories are included in recently issued 'Death: Deluxe Edition' hardcover.

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