The Dreaming was a 1996 comic series published by Vertigo and a spin-off from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. The series expands the setting of the Dreaming focusing on its key residents. The Dreaming was co-written by Caitlín R. Kiernan and Peter Hogan, while Neil Gaiman served as a creative consultant.[1] It ran from June 1996 to May 2001.[2]
The events of The Dreaming were retconned upon the following release of Endless Nights, which ignored what was established in the series.[3] In 2018, it was retconned and rebooted into a new series within The Sandman Universe.[3]
Synopsis[]
Spinning out of the Neil Gaiman's critically acclaimed SANDMAN series, The Dreaming explores both new and familiar inhabitants of Morpheus's realm in self-contained tales, short story-arcs, and longer, intricately woven sagas by rotating creative teams.
Collections[]
- The Dreaming: Beyond the Shores of Night - Collects The Dreaming #1-8. WorldCat - ISBN 1-85286-904-6
- The Dreaming: Through the Gates of Horn and IvoryCollects The Dreaming #15-19 and #22-25. WorldCat - ISBN 1-56389-493-9.
- The Sandman Presents: Taller Tales - Collects The Dreaming #55. WorldCat - ISBN 978-1401201005).
Issues[]
- "The Goldie Factor" (issues #1 - #3)
- "The Lost Boy" (issues #4 - #7)
- "His Brother's Keeper" (issue #8)
- "Weird Romance" (issues #9 - #12)
- "Coyote's Kiss" (issues #13 - #14)
- "Day's Work, Night's Rest" (issue #15)
- "Ice" (issue #16)
- "Souvenirs" (issues #17 - #19)
- "The Dark Rose" (issues #20 - #21)
- "Unkindness of One" (issues #22 - #24)
- "My Year as a Man" (issue #25)
- The Dreaming: Trial and Error (one-shot)
- "Restitution" (issue #26)
- "Many Mansions" (issues #27 - #34)
- "Kaleidoscope" (issue #35)
- "The Gyres" (issues #36 - #38)
- "The Lost Language of Flowers" (issue #39)
- "Fox and Hounds" (issue #40 - #43)
- "Homesick" (issue #44)
- "Masques & Hedgehogs" (issue #45)
- "Restoration" (issue #50)
- "Second Sight" (issue #51)
- "Exiles" (issues #52 - #54)
- "The Further Adventures of Danny Nod" (issue #55)
- "The First Adventure of Miss Catterina Poe" (issue #56)
- "Rise" (issues #57 - #60)
Trivia[]
- The series was originally intended to be an anthology with self-contained stories by individual writers, and post-issue #22, it started following a consistent storyline when Hogan left, after then Kiernan took over writing.
References[]
Series | |
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The Sandman | |
Collections | Preludes and Nocturnes • The Doll's House • Dream Country • Season of Mists • A Game of You • Fables and Reflections • Brief Lives • Worlds' End • The Kindly Ones • The Wake |
Novellas | Midnight Theatre • The Dream Hunters • Endless Nights • Overture |
Spin-offs | |
The Sandman Universe | The Dreaming • House of Whispers • Lucifer • Books of Magic • John Constantine: Hellblazer • The Dreaming: Waking Hours • Hell & Gone • Nightmare Country |
Other | The Dreaming • Death: The High Cost of Living • Death: The Time of Your Life • Lucifer • Book of Dreams |