The Sandman Library, Volume 2: The Doll's House - Softcover

Neil Gaiman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0930289595 ISBN 13: 9780930289591

Publisher: Vertigo, 1991

Synopsis

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

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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

About this edition

• Publisher: Vertigo
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0930289595
• ISBN 13: 9780930289591
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Illustrator: Malcolm Jones III, Mike Dringenberg, Michael Zulli, Steve Parkhouse