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The Sandman (Single Issues)
The Sandman #6
Over the course of 24 horrific hours, Dr. Destiny unleashes impossibly dark terror on six unsuspecting people in a small-town diner. Armed with Morpheus’ Dreamstone, Destiny can rearrange time and space and does so to dreadful ends in this eerie, nearly standalone issue.
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First published June 1, 1989
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November 26, 2015
The horror and gore. Not a big fan of dark, bloody, creepy. The villain scared the crap out of me though. I kept thinking, Where's Sandman? They showed a scene where this bad guy watches a kid's show and makes this cute dinosaur hand puppet explain how to slit the wrist. That made me laugh and then I felt weird for laughing.
November 15, 2020
Christ on a fucking cracker! Holy shit
May 3, 2022
درخشانترین جلد تا اینجا!
اوووف، این چی بود من خوندم :)))
خیلی دقیق و کامل ذهن یه دیوانه رو نشون داده بود، ترسناک هم بود ، هیجانانگیز هم بود ، عالی بود!
اوووف، این چی بود من خوندم :)))
خیلی دقیق و کامل ذهن یه دیوانه رو نشون داده بود، ترسناک هم بود ، هیجانانگیز هم بود ، عالی بود!
September 25, 2022
Such raw madness.
May 16, 2017
"All Bette’s stories have happy endings. That’s because she knows where to stop. She’s realized the real problem with stories--If you keep them going long enough, they always end in death."
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November 10, 2022A director I'm working with told me he wanted to make a movie about people trapped in a diner. The Thing and this specific issue of The Sandman were the only two reference points he gave me. I said, sure, I'll come up with a story for you, we can hash out the details, and I'll get to work on the script right away. Well, I haven't quite come up with the story yet. And I'm still miles away from starting that script. But I did just read this issue. And it was great.
January 22, 2018
Madness. Games. Death. Doctor Dee. Savagery. Wild. Pleasure.
Best one ever!!
Best one ever!!
January 17, 2021
I am out of words
Simply the best comic I have ever read...
The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman once again proves why he is the best writer ever.And this issue is my favorite so far in the series.
Simply the best comic I have ever read...
The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman once again proves why he is the best writer ever.And this issue is my favorite so far in the series.
June 4, 2024
What the FUCK was that!!!?
February 3, 2015
This issue made me ridiculously grateful that Stephen King doesn't do graphic novels. (If he does and I have yet to hear about it, please don't tell me.)
If he did do them, it would be like this. The words are rivetting, the storyline about the lunatic Dr. Destiny is compelling, the artwork though speeds past gory and enters a territory somewhere between demented and good-God-look-away.
Plotwise, the Sandman, master of Dreams is tracking down the final of three tools stolen from him when he was imprisoned. It is being held by a Justice League, super-villain, Dr. Destiny. The entire issue plays out in a cafe. And it is chilling.
If he did do them, it would be like this. The words are rivetting, the storyline about the lunatic Dr. Destiny is compelling, the artwork though speeds past gory and enters a territory somewhere between demented and good-God-look-away.
Plotwise, the Sandman, master of Dreams is tracking down the final of three tools stolen from him when he was imprisoned. It is being held by a Justice League, super-villain, Dr. Destiny. The entire issue plays out in a cafe. And it is chilling.
June 13, 2019
Dr.Dee opens up the gates of chaos and madness upon the entire world and sits and laughs and waits for the lord of dreams.
The restaurant acts as the microcosm for the psychotic instability he has unleashed and the viciousness of the horror and gore was actually terrifying.
Dee is the God of his world (apparently not for too long), and he knows how to use his powers so as to achieve his means.
As morpheus said ' its never just a dream' and Dee knows it just as well.
The restaurant acts as the microcosm for the psychotic instability he has unleashed and the viciousness of the horror and gore was actually terrifying.
Dee is the God of his world (apparently not for too long), and he knows how to use his powers so as to achieve his means.
As morpheus said ' its never just a dream' and Dee knows it just as well.
August 17, 2020
All Bette's stories have happy endings. That's because she knows where to stop. She's realized the real problem with stories -- if you keep them going long enough, they always end up in death.
A story within a story within a story that is just a horrible train wreck. It was hard to read towards the end, but I could not stop.
A story within a story within a story that is just a horrible train wreck. It was hard to read towards the end, but I could not stop.
October 17, 2020
ترجمهی عالی و دکتر دی اعصاب خردکن😂😑
March 16, 2020
My introduction to Sandman remains one of my favorite comics ever. Because after reading Alan Moore's Swamp Thing #21, I knew comics could be a reading experience that could rival even the novel.
Sandman #6 made me realize comics could be AWESOME.
This is a nasty piece of work. Dooming, sinister, calm, collected, creepy, all consuming and oh so well written. (But you already knew that).
One of the best things about Sandman is that a good chunk of their issues can be their own self contained little reads that stay with you years and years later. I'm still thinking about this, and it's been six years since I read it.
Sandman #6 made me realize comics could be AWESOME.
This is a nasty piece of work. Dooming, sinister, calm, collected, creepy, all consuming and oh so well written. (But you already knew that).
One of the best things about Sandman is that a good chunk of their issues can be their own self contained little reads that stay with you years and years later. I'm still thinking about this, and it's been six years since I read it.
June 15, 2021
Well that escalated quickly…
Gaiman’s writing gets gruesome as he explores the darkness within his characters. This was similar to American gods. In the end we don’t get much development out of it…
Gaiman’s writing gets gruesome as he explores the darkness within his characters. This was similar to American gods. In the end we don’t get much development out of it…
June 4, 2021
Y así, en estas 24 horas, pasamos de la imaginación, el sueño y la locura, a la crudeza, el sadismo y la tortura. Y está perfectamente logrado: la historia comienza con lo banal y cotidiano, y se va sumergiendo progresivamente en el más tremendo horror. Este es el número más crudo y gore hasta ahora.
La cosa se pone cada vez mejor.
La cosa se pone cada vez mejor.
September 4, 2022
Best issue so far. I like the dreamy, nightmare-ish feeling in this one.
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September 2, 2023Issue #6: 24 Hours
made the wrong decision of reading this (and rewatching Ep5: 24/7) before bed and I'm so glad I didn't have any nightmares (thank you morpheus<3). This is so thrilling, dark and horrifying in every way possible and I think it is going to be engraved in my brain for a long time.
(gosh I wish the dino muppet scene was in the adaption)
made the wrong decision of reading this (and rewatching Ep5: 24/7) before bed and I'm so glad I didn't have any nightmares (thank you morpheus<3). This is so thrilling, dark and horrifying in every way possible and I think it is going to be engraved in my brain for a long time.
(gosh I wish the dino muppet scene was in the adaption)
April 11, 2021
This issue is just horrific. There's orgy, suicides, massacre. If it happens in real life it would be very traumatic. What I like about this issue though are the backstories of everyone in that diner, their dreams and sins, their past failures and future hopes
September 15, 2022
Easily my favorite both in the show adaptation and in the comics.
I'm starting to understand why some fans of the comics didn't like the show, the comics are WAY darker and have a slightly different theme that the show failed to deliver, but the show also has its own uniqueness.
I'm starting to understand why some fans of the comics didn't like the show, the comics are WAY darker and have a slightly different theme that the show failed to deliver, but the show also has its own uniqueness.
August 23, 2015
Um dos melhores da série.
July 30, 2017
I'd give it six stars if I could. Read on...
May 11, 2020
That was one of the most disturbing things I have ever read...
January 5, 2026
Disclaimer: I have made it a point to acquire this series second hand as to not directly financially support the writer and their reprehensible actions. While I think it’s important to keep the actions in mind while reading as a direct reflection of the writer and what story decisions are made, a lot of other people put hard work into this series that I believe deserve support as it still remains a pivotal piece in the DC universe, art, and comic spaces that I legitimately want to try and engage with. Thank you for your understanding.
This entire issue felt like a spiraling descent into a nightmare, and that legitimately made me feel uncomfortable at times. This issue picks up from the last with Doctor destiny, and the recovered dreamstone, walking into a diner to wait out the end of the world. While seemingly inflicting the power of the stone to cause a wave of bad dreams, madness, and suicides everywhere, doctor destiny spends his time manipulating and breaking down the customers of the diner. The issue actually starts on a hopeful note, as we meet the waitress, Bette, who wants to be a writer and we meet all of her regulars which she writes stories about. But there is one key point the start of this story establishes which defines the rest…the more the story goes on the worse the ending gets. And it doesn’t take long even before Doctor Destiny gets his long fingers into their minds that we start to see the cracks showing as Bette is revealed to be majorly homophobic. There are 6 people here and we proceed to see Doctor destiny use the stone to get into their minds, it starts simple by forcing them to stay at the diner. Causing confusion and worry before giving them dreams and fantasies of the cruelest nature. The diner falls into every whim and pleasure imaginable for destiny as he forces them to fight and worship him and to reveal their deepest darkest secrets. For a time he even gave them back their minds just to see them freak out before spiraling them back under his control. By hour 22 everyone in the diner was dead, Destiny forcing them to kill themselves or each other and finally at hour 24 Dream walked into the bar. I find it interesting how much Destiny’s dialogue boxes have shifted to emulate Dream’s dark dialogue boxes while he is using the stone, but with a complete color shift as if he is trying to become Morpheus. At one point he forced the three women in the diner to emulate the oracles, forcing them to tell him his future and twisting it so that they tell him he will defeat the Dream lord. Now what matters is if Morpheus is powerful enough to defeat Doctor destiny.
This entire issue felt like a spiraling descent into a nightmare, and that legitimately made me feel uncomfortable at times. This issue picks up from the last with Doctor destiny, and the recovered dreamstone, walking into a diner to wait out the end of the world. While seemingly inflicting the power of the stone to cause a wave of bad dreams, madness, and suicides everywhere, doctor destiny spends his time manipulating and breaking down the customers of the diner. The issue actually starts on a hopeful note, as we meet the waitress, Bette, who wants to be a writer and we meet all of her regulars which she writes stories about. But there is one key point the start of this story establishes which defines the rest…the more the story goes on the worse the ending gets. And it doesn’t take long even before Doctor Destiny gets his long fingers into their minds that we start to see the cracks showing as Bette is revealed to be majorly homophobic. There are 6 people here and we proceed to see Doctor destiny use the stone to get into their minds, it starts simple by forcing them to stay at the diner. Causing confusion and worry before giving them dreams and fantasies of the cruelest nature. The diner falls into every whim and pleasure imaginable for destiny as he forces them to fight and worship him and to reveal their deepest darkest secrets. For a time he even gave them back their minds just to see them freak out before spiraling them back under his control. By hour 22 everyone in the diner was dead, Destiny forcing them to kill themselves or each other and finally at hour 24 Dream walked into the bar. I find it interesting how much Destiny’s dialogue boxes have shifted to emulate Dream’s dark dialogue boxes while he is using the stone, but with a complete color shift as if he is trying to become Morpheus. At one point he forced the three women in the diner to emulate the oracles, forcing them to tell him his future and twisting it so that they tell him he will defeat the Dream lord. Now what matters is if Morpheus is powerful enough to defeat Doctor destiny.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 8, 2024
"24 Hours" is simply an iconic issue of The Sandman. Though connected to the events of the previous issues, the story works as a standalone horror vignette whereby we witness one sadistic superpowered individual torture, mutilate and murder a group of unassuming innocent civilians in a 24/7 diner. John Dee, AKA Doctor Destiny, has in his possession the Dreamstone, the last artifact that is being sought after by Lord Morpheus. Using the Dreamstone, Dee is able to control the actions of six people within the diner, including the waitress Bette. Initially told from Bette's perspective where we learn that she loves to craft stories about the various customers she interacts with, we see more insight into what Gaiman's Sandman is really about - the power of stories. But Bette's control of the narrative is brutally ripped away by Dee's use of the Dreamstone as he begins to mentally torment Bette and the five other customers in the diner. Controlling their thoughts and actions, Dee tortures the people of the diner for an entire day before Morpheus arrives to reclaim his Dreamstone.
A truly fantastic horror story that'll make your skin crawl. The adaptations of this issue in both the independent short film and the Netflix adaptation are well worth checking out too.
A truly fantastic horror story that'll make your skin crawl. The adaptations of this issue in both the independent short film and the Netflix adaptation are well worth checking out too.
February 1, 2021
Hasta ahora este es el capítulo más perturbador que he leído. Se enfoca en un grupo de personajes que están siendo manipulados por Doctor Destiny. De esta forma Gaiman nos dice como en el fondo algunos podemos convertirnos en lo que más odiamos o morir por lo que más amamos. Como algunos podemos ser asesinos, monstruos y demonios. Sin embargo los personajes estaban siendo manipulados, ¿eso era más la influencia del Doctor o ellos que se dejaron corromper fácilmente? Es fácil llegar a una conclusión y dejarlo ahí, pero yo prefiero dejarlo como una pregunta.
Los dibujos como siempre son para chuparse los dedos, particularmente la página de la pareja de enamorados. Todos son interesantes pero veo que se le da más atención a unos que a otros, es normal, es arte, no matemáticas.
Como dije en la reseña anterior, esto se sintió menos como parte de una serie, igual que los fascículos pasados exceptuando el anterior, este se siente más como su propia historia.
Los dibujos como siempre son para chuparse los dedos, particularmente la página de la pareja de enamorados. Todos son interesantes pero veo que se le da más atención a unos que a otros, es normal, es arte, no matemáticas.
Como dije en la reseña anterior, esto se sintió menos como parte de una serie, igual que los fascículos pasados exceptuando el anterior, este se siente más como su propia historia.
November 8, 2024
“All Bette’s stories have happy endings. That’s because she knows where to stop.
She’s realized the real problem with stories - if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.”
Endless amount of winks and nods on a re-read. So clever by Gaiman.
As far as I can recall, about as dark as this series gets. It occurs so abruptly but still somehow feels entirely possible in the world that Gaiman has created. Dee loses any charm that he might’ve kept after the previous issue, and is now undeniably a monster.
The perversion of what would otherwise be seen as perfectly normal daydreams is so cool, and expands the reader’s understanding of the scope of what Gaiman defines as “dream” in the first place.
She’s realized the real problem with stories - if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.”
Endless amount of winks and nods on a re-read. So clever by Gaiman.
As far as I can recall, about as dark as this series gets. It occurs so abruptly but still somehow feels entirely possible in the world that Gaiman has created. Dee loses any charm that he might’ve kept after the previous issue, and is now undeniably a monster.
The perversion of what would otherwise be seen as perfectly normal daydreams is so cool, and expands the reader’s understanding of the scope of what Gaiman defines as “dream” in the first place.
January 6, 2023
It’s been a long time since literature has given me that obsessive, anxiously hooked feeling like the climb for the rollercoaster’s big drop.
I watched the Netflix adaptation and was so hooked on the Sandman universe, I knew I had to start from real scratch.
As much as some people feel you miss the visual aspect by listening to the official Audible recreation, I personally feel they did an EXCELLENT job at the sound effects and production to replace the visual with a full audio experience.
I watched the Netflix adaptation and was so hooked on the Sandman universe, I knew I had to start from real scratch.
As much as some people feel you miss the visual aspect by listening to the official Audible recreation, I personally feel they did an EXCELLENT job at the sound effects and production to replace the visual with a full audio experience.
January 26, 2018
Uma edição maravilhosa, passada em 24 horas, servindo pra estabelecer a loucura do vilão Dr Destino. Maravilhosamente escrita e bem pesada, cheia de horror e gore.
“All Bette’s stories have happy endings. That’s because she knows where to stop. She realized the real problem with stories — if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death” (um presságio?)
“All Bette’s stories have happy endings. That’s because she knows where to stop. She realized the real problem with stories — if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death” (um presságio?)
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