The — Sandman

The true genius of The Sandman lies in the family at its core: the Endless. They are not gods. Gods are born of belief and can die when forgotten. The Endless are primordial, conceptual entities. They simply are . And they are, in Gaiman’s hands, deeply, tragically human.

When DC approached Neil Gaiman in the late 1980s to revive the character, Gaiman did something revolutionary. He killed the superhero. In the very first issue, "Sleep of the Just," an occultist attempting to capture Death accidentally traps Dream instead. For 70 years (in comic time), the Lord of Dreams lies imprisoned in a glass bubble. The Sandman