The Absolute Sandman Volume Two

by Neil Gaiman

Series: The Absolute Sandman (2), The Sandman (Omnibus 04-06)

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Collects The Sandman #21-39, "The Flowers of Romance" from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1, "A Longer and Stranger History" from The Sandman Cold Cast Porcelain Figurine and The Sandman: A Gallery of Dreams #1.

THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOLUME TWO reprints issues 21-39 of THE SANDMAN and features remastered coloring prepared especially for this edition on all nineteen issues, as well as brand-new inks on THE SANDMAN #34 by the issue's penciller, Colleen Doran. This volume also includes two never-before-reprinted stories by Gaiman (a Desire story painted by John Bolton, and a prose Sandman story previously only available to buyers of the very first Sandman statue, released in 1991), a complete reproduction of the never-before-reprinted one-shot THE SANDMAN: A GALLERY OF DREAMS, and the original script and pencils by Gaiman and Kelley Jones for Chapter Two of "Season of Mists" from THE SANDMAN #23.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 140121083X, Hardcover)

THE SANDMAN, written by New York Times best-selling authorNeil Gaiman, was the most acclaimed comic book title of the 1990s.A richblend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction,historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, THE SANDMAN is also widely considered one of the most original and artistically ambitiousseries of themodern age. By the time it concluded in 1996, it had made significantcontributions to the artistic maturity of comic books and had become a popculture phenomenon in its own right.Now, DC Comics is proud to present this comics classic in an all-newAbsolute Edition format. The second of four beautifully designed slipcasedvolumes, THE ABSOLUTESANDMAN VOL. 2 collects twenty tales of THE SANDMAN and features completelynew coloring, approved by the author, as well as never-before-seen extramaterial.

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