Essential Vertigo: The Sandman

    (Vertigo, 1996-1999)
™ and © DC Comics, Inc.

Reprinting the groundbreaking Sandman series from Neil Gaiman, Essential Vertigo: The Sandman provides readers unfamiliar with the award winning series an opportunity to catch it a second time around — much like a re-release of a famous movie.

The Sandman tells the story of the Lord of Dreams’ return to power after being held captive by a human sorcerer for over half a century. After freeing himself from a 72-year imprisonment and discovering the deterioration of his realm, the Dreaming, Morpheus sets about recovering his tools of power—a pouch of sand, a sacred amulet and his helm of office. Not only does his quest take him to the seedy streets of mortal men, but it also drops him within the deepest recesses of hell itself.
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Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #1

August, 1996
Cover Price: $1.95
4 copies available from $7.60 		Neil GaimanMike Dringenberg, Sam Kieth
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #2

September, 1996
Cover Price: $1.95
7 copies available from $2.25 		Neil GaimanMike Dringenberg, Sam Kieth
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #3

October, 1996
Cover Price: $1.95
4 copies available from $1.25 		Neil GaimanMike Dringenberg, Sam Kieth
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #4

October, 1996
Cover Price: $1.95
3 copies available from $8.00 		Neil GaimanMike Dringenberg, Sam Kieth
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #5

December, 1996
Cover Price: $1.95
4 copies available from $1.75 		Neil GaimanMalcolm Jones III, Sam Kieth
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #6

January, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $0.80 		Neil GaimanMalcolm Jones III, Mike Dringenberg
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #7

February, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
4 copies available from $1.75 		Neil GaimanMalcolm Jones III, Mike Dringenberg
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #8

March, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $39.95 		Neil GaimanMalcolm Jones III, Mike Dringenberg
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #9

April, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
3 copies available from $2.75 		Neil GaimanMalcolm Jones III, Mike Dringenberg
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #10

May, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $9.98 		Neil GaimanMalcolm Jones III, Mike Dringenberg
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #11

June, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $1.50 		Neil GaimanMalcolm Jones III, Mike Dringenberg
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #12

July, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $2.00 		Neil GaimanChris Bachalo, Malcolm Jones III
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #14

September, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $1.20 		Neil GaimanMalcolm Jones III, Mike Dringenberg
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #15

October, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
6 copies available from $1.65 		Neil GaimanMalcolm Jones III, Mike Dringenberg
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #16

November, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
3 copies available from $1.00 		Neil GaimanMalcolm Jones III, Mike Dringenberg
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #17

December, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $4.95 		Neil GaimanKelley Jones, Malcolm Jones III
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #18

January, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $14.98 		Neil GaimanKelley Jones, Malcolm Jones III
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #19

February, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
12 copies available from $2.00 		Neil GaimanCharles Vess
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #20

March, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $1.50 		Neil GaimanColleen Doran, Malcolm Jones III
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #22

May, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $1.20 		Neil GaimanKelley Jones
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #23

June, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $4.98 		Neil GaimanKelley Jones
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #24

July, 1998
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $5.98 		Neil GaimanKelley Jones
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #26

September, 1998
Cover Price: $2.25
1 copy available for $1.75 		Neil GaimanKelley Jones
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #27

October, 1998
Cover Price: $2.25
1 copy available for $3.98 		Neil GaimanKelley Jones
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #28

November, 1998
Cover Price: $2.25
1 copy available for $2.98 		Neil GaimanMike Dringenberg
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #29

December, 1998
Cover Price: $2.25
2 copies available from $2.00 		Neil GaimanStan Woch
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #30

January, 1999
Cover Price: $2.25
2 copies available from $1.75 		Neil GaimanBryan Talbot
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #31

February, 1999
Cover Price: $2.25
1 copy available for $4.98 		Neil GaimanShawn McManus
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #32

March, 1999
Cover Price: $4.50
1 copy available for $6.98 		Neil GaimanBryan Talbot, Tom Canty, Dave McKean, Barry Windsor-Smith, Craig Russell, Duncan Fegredo, Simon Bisley, Kent Williams, Sergio Aragonés