The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

Neil Gaiman, (Artist) Mike Dringenberg, (Artist) Malcolm Jones, (Artist) Chris Bachalo, (Artist) Michael Zulli, (Artist) Steve Parkhouse, (Introduction) Clive Barker

ISBN 10: 0930289595 / ISBN 13: 9780930289591

Published by Vertigo, 1991

About this Item

This second volume in the collected edition of the Sandman comic books series includes issues 9-16.

Seller Inventory # 406791

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House
• Publisher: Vertigo
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0930289595
• ISBN 13: 9780930289591
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Malcolm Jones III; Mike Dringenberg; Michael Zulli; Steve Parkhouse
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • COMICS-VERTIGO

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Synopsis

The Sandman returns to his kingdom as Rose Walker discovers her true identity and serial killers gather.

Review

The immense popularity of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series is due in large part to the development of his characters. In The Doll's House, the second book of the Sandman magnum opus, Gaiman continues to build the foundation for the larger story, introducing us to more of the Dream King's family of the Endless.

The Sandman returns to his kingdom of the Dreaming after nearly a century of imprisonment, finding several things out of place; most importantly, an anomaly called a dream vortex has manifested itself in the form of a young girl who unknowingly threatens to rip apart the Dreaming. And there's the smaller matter of a few nightmares having escaped. Among them is Gaiman's creepiest creation: the Corinthian, a serial killer with a miniature set of teeth in each eye socket. Because later volumes concentrate so much on human relationships with Gaiman's signature fair for fantasy and mythology, it is sometimes easy to forget that the Sandman series started out as a horror comic. This book grabs you and doesn't let you forget that so easily. --Jim Pascoe