The Sandman: The Doll's House
| The Sandman: The Doll's House | |
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Cover of The Sandman: The Doll's House (1991), trade paperback collected edition.Art by Dave McKean.
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Publication date | September 1989 - June 1990 |
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| Title(s) | The Sandman #9-16 |
| Main character(s) | Dream |
| ISBN | ISBN |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Neil Gaiman |
| Artist(s) |
Mike Dringenberg Malcolm Jones III Chris Bachalo Michael Zulli Steve Parkhouse Dave McKean |
| Penciller(s) |
Sam Kieth Mike Dringenberg Michael Zulli Chris Bachalo |
| Inker(s) |
Malcolm Jones III Steve Parkhouse |
| Letterer(s) |
Todd Klein John Costanza |
| Colorist(s) | Robbie Busch |
| Editor(s) |
Karen Berger Art Young Tom Peyer |
The Doll's House (classified as The Sandman, vol. 2: The Doll's House) is the second trade paperback of the DC comic series The Sandman. It collects issues #9–16. It was written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Chris Bachalo, Michael Zulli and Steve Parkhouse, coloured by Robbie Busch and lettered by Todd Klein.
It is preceded by Preludes & Nocturnes and followed by Dream Country.
The Doll's House was the first Sandman paperback collection. The first edition printed in 1990 collected issues #8-16. Its success led to the printing of Preludes and Nocturnes, which collected issues #1-8. Later editions of The Doll's House would omit issue #8.
The collection was later reissued in hardcover in 1995. The collected edition features a foreword by Gaiman's friend Clive Barker.
As part of a manhood ritual, an old man in the desert tells a younger man an ancient story, detailing the tragic love between Dream and Queen Nada. Fearing the consequences of loving an immortal, Nada spurns Dream. In anger, Dream sends Nada to Hell, where she remains to the present day.
Meanwhile, Dream's androgynous sibling Desire calls upon their twin, Despair, to inform her there is a new dream vortex. The two of them allude to a scheme against Dream.
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