DC Comics is proud to
present the second volume of the comics classic The Sandman in Absolute format! The second of four beautifully
designed slipcased volumes, The Absolute
Sandman Volume 2 collects issues #21 - 39 of The Sandman (which takes in the brilliant Season of Mists in which
Lucifer quits and closes Hell) and features re-mastered colouring on all 19
issues as well as brand-new inks on The
Sandman #34 by the issue’s original penciller, Colleen Doran, and a host of
bonus material, including two never-before-reprinted stories by Gaiman (one
prose and one illustrated), a complete reproduction of the
never-before-reprinted one-shot The
Sandman: a Gallery of Dreams, and the complete script and pencils by Gaiman
and Kelley Jones for Chapter Two of "Season of Mists" from The Sandman #23.
The first
volume of this series last winter was one of my favourite books of the
year, well worth every penny for this gorgeous, huge over-sized hardback which
really shows off the artwork beautifully. Written by Neil Gaiman, with artwork
by Shawn McManus, Kelley Jones, Mike Dringenberg, Bryan
Talbot, John Watkiss, Matt Wagner, Stan Woch, Colleen Doran,
Duncan Eagleson, John Bolton, Malcolm Jones III, George Pratt, Dick Giordano,
P. Craig Russell and Vince Locke; featuring a cover by the great Dave McKean.
DC, hardback with slipcase,
616 pages, published October 2007
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