Sandman, #12

The Sandman (Single Issues)

by Neil Gaiman

The chilling secret behind two of the escaped dreams is revealed, and it’s connected to a pair of lost DCU Super Heroes! Meanwhile, Jed escapes imprisonment, but lands in the hands of the third, murderous escaped dream! Can Rose find him in time to save his life?

Genres: Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Horror, Graphic Novels Comics, Dc Comics

36 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Snow]

Issue #12: Playing House (The Doll's House Part III)

I love the play on superheroes and I found Lyta's story to be quite intriguing. Dream can be so cold sometimes, so I'm interested in what's going to happen to her and her baby. I love how elegant Morpheus was during the whole fight and I absolutely adore how amused he was when he saw the "Sandman"(morpheus: *facepalms* hahah I love him<3). Jed's abuse is also horrifying and it's interesting to see it represented in comic form.

[OinkFish Pigs · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this was pretty great. I loved a lot about it, and I love how this is really building up to the big climax, unlike what most of Preludes and Nocturnes did. You know something will happen, you’re just waiting when.

10

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gaiman no puede negar que es pupilo de Alan Moore. Gaiman maneja la tragedia de manera excelente. El Sueño muestra cada vez como y por qué los humanos son irrelevantes para él Salvo excepciones. Se ataron muchos cabos sueltos es este capítulo, pero creo que todo concluirá en el próximo.

[Fay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wouldn't want to piss off Morpheus.

[Rick Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Doll's House, Part III: "Playing House"

Morpheus' hunt for two of his missing nightmares - Brute and Glob - leads him to the cellar where young Jed Paulsen is being kept by his abusive foster family. Unraveling Jed's dreams, Morpheus learns that the pair of mischievous nightmares have crafted an elaborate new world where a deceased Hector Hall has been propped up as the new "Sandman". Morpheus puts an end to the tomfoolery, much to Lyta's chagrin who desperately wants to hold on to her child she had with the deceased Hector. Jed manages to run away where he is unfortunately picked up by the other missing nightmare, the Corinthian.

Fantastic issue again with the tragic story of Hector and Hippolyta acting as a gut punch.

[Ali Hasan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes, all we need is to let go, of a person, a memory, or even a love. We ache to crawl back, to hold that one person just once more. But that longing, when it turns to obsession, can twist dreams into nightmares and build illusions that block us from moving forward.

In this issue, Hector’s wife’s unborn child becomes a symbol of the future, unwritten and full of potential, while Hector himself represents the love, the past, the people we've lost but can't quite release. Neil Gaiman captures these deeply human emotions with such quiet brilliance. It’s astonishing how he weaves grief, love, and healing into something so surreal yet relatable.

This issue really hit me. Gaiman is a master.

[Suellen Rubira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tinha parado no número 11 e fiquei uns dias sem ler. Percebi que a coisa deve ser devorada mesmo (pelo menos para quem ainda está começando bem de leve na história), pois a gente pode ficar meio perdido. Nesse caso específico, comecei a me sentir confusa com aquele Sandman que mais parecia qualquer super herói. Mas ok, do meio para o fim a gente se habitua e meio que recupera o ritmo habitual dessa loucurada toda! :D

[Iranoctis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Glob und Brutes künstliche neue Traumwelt, die sich einigen vernünglichen Spaß auf Kosten des Superhelden Sandman gönnt, ist eine von diesen großen Ideen, die Gaiman wie im Vorübergehen verarbeitet, nicht zu knapp, nicht zu langatmig, einfach on point und mit großartigen Bildern von Bachalo, der gerne mehr als nur ein Gastkünstler sein dürfte (und es ja auch zu Ruhm schaffte).

[Daniel Guglielmo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again I have to write a review for The Sandman; and once again I have no idea where to start.
Continue to be very impressed with the official Audible rework that takes the lack of visual art and replaces with an entire audio-immersive experience. As a fan of audiobooks, I wish all were this way!

[Gunnar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Also middle of the pack here, but damn are there some good panels in this one.

Also, introduction to one of the coolest character designs ever in the Corinthian, and Gaiman is planting so many seeds so early with Lyta Hall.

[D. Darko · Rating 5 out of 5]

Morpheus is bad ass, I likey!!!

[Raquel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ufff....poor woman. And Jed!!!

[Fernando · Rating 2 out of 5]

Random stuff happens to side characters. The plot does move a bit towards the end.

[Lola · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ha ha the plot thickens, I must have missed most of the DCU connections but I like it better when Morpheus shows the extent of his powers.

[Luiz Santiago · Rating 5 out of 5]

5

[Jenna Alcock · Rating 4 out of 5]

It doesn't take much for an endless to win, with is expected but a bit of a struggle would be good every so often.

[Jennifer Naveiras · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nada,igual que el anterior. Es una trama bastante aburrida.

[Stere Lizia · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Lucia]

1 star this one goes on my hate list

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brute and Glob are lovable idiots.

[André Sousa · Rating 4 out of 5]

9/10

[Daniel Carvalho · Rating 3 out of 5]

O novo arco adensa-se, as implicações crescem em todos os sentidos, e demonstra-se um crítico espírito de agência. A narrativa mostra o seu quê de imprevisível, mas mais concreto e menos abstracto.

[Steven · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Playing House,” from Sandman #12, drawn by a young Chris Bachalo. Amazingly, this is Bachalo’s first professional comic book work (what a debut!) and only a few months later he would go on to co-create the revamped and hallucinatory Shade, The Changing Man with Peter Milligan. In “Playing House,” Gaiman gives us a Sandman story firmly footed in the DC Universe—those kinds of stories would be less prevalent as the series unfolded—and we find out that Brute and Glob have concocted their own mini-dreamworld in the mind of a child, with the colorful DCU Sandman as their plaything. In then-current DC continuity the superhero Sandman was Hector Hall, and he and his wife Lyta (both former members of the second-generation superteam Infinity, Inc.), had a little homestead inside the dreamworld. The confrontation between Hall and Morpheus is a tragic one, since Hall “died” in Infinity, Inc. long before, and was living as Sandman on borrowed time. Morpheus puts him to rest, leaving the angry, grieving, and pregnant Lyta to fend for herself.

Hauntingly, Morpheus leaves her with these words: “the child you have carried so long in dreams. That child is mine. Take good care of it. One day I will come for it.”

[Daniel Guglielmo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again I have to write a review for The Sandman; and once again I have no idea where to start.
Continue to be very impressed with the official Audible rework that takes the lack of visual art and replaces with an entire audio-immersive experience. As a fan of audiobooks, I wish all were this way!

[Apoorva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ah, puny humans.

[Anna Medeiros · Rating 5 out of 5]

2 out of 4 stray dreams captured.

[Hugo · Rating 3 out of 5]

O Sandman da série kirbyana dos anos 70 enfrenta nosso Sandman e tudo se desenvolve sem muita surpresa ou graça. Meh...