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The Sandman is a series of books based on a brand-new story by Neil Gaiman and written and drawn by new creative teams hand-picked and overseen by the legendary author. Conjuring epic storytelling and immersing readers in the evolving world of , Universe begins anew with four existing in a shared universe and building upon Gaiman’s New York Times best-selling series that lyrically weaved together stories of dreams and magic.

The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes Books of Magic Vol. 1: Movable Type 30th Anniversary Edition (The Sandman Universe) Neil Gaiman Kat Howard | Tom Fowler 9781401284770 9781401291341 10/30/2018 $19.99/$25.99 CAN 7/16/2019 | TP | $16.99/$22.99 CAN New York Times best-selling author may be destined to Neil Gaiman’s transcendent series The become the most powerful magician Sandman is often hailed as the definitive in the universe, but he’s still a London Vertigo title and one of the finest teenager, and having magical abilities is achievements in graphic storytelling. about to turn his world upside down.

The Dreaming Vol. 1: Pathways and Emanations House of Whispers Vol. 1: The Power Divided (The Sandman Universe) (The Sandman Universe) Simon Spurrier | Bilquis Evely Nalo Hopkinson | Dominike “Domo” Stanton 9781401291174 978140129135 6/11/2019 | TP | $16.99/$22.99 CAN 7/24/2019 | TP | $16.99/$22.99 CAN There is a place where are born Welcome to the House of Dahomey, the and stories are spun. Today its walls houseboat of Erzulie Fréda, where the lie slashed and bleeding. Twenty-three souls of Voodoo followers go when they years after Lord Daniel was anointed sleep. But even the fearsome Erzulie is as its master, the lord of dreams has powerless when her river turns inexplicably abandoned his domain … sour, tossing her house from one realm and his absence triggers a series of crimes and calamities and into another ... the Dreaming! that consume the lives of those already tangled in his fate.

Lucifer Vol. 1: The Infernal Comedy (The Sandman Universe) FOR ORDER INFORMATION, please contact your Dan Watters | Max Fiumara, Sebastian Fiumara 9781401291334 Penguin Random House Publisher Services rep at: 6/25/2019 | TP | $16.99/$22.99 CAN (800) 733-3000, or [email protected]. Lucifer, the onetime ruler of Hell, FOR OTHER INQUIRIES, please contact has gone missing. He finds himself Anna Morrow with DC Marketing at: imprisoned and crippled by mysterious [email protected]. forces who seek to torment him for their own terrible ends. He also happens to have no idea how he got there. RATED M MATURE Enter the world of Neil Gaiman’s New York Times best-selling series The Sandman MARKETING PLANS

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