he’s the kind of guy you dream about
literally welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we will explore the comic book
origins of DCs Sandman as with most
comic book characters there are often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we have chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 1989’s Sandman number one
and two which completely reimagined the
characters originally introduced in both
1939 s adventure comics number 40 and
1974 Sandman number 1 before being
expanded upon in 1990s Sandman number 12
and 2012 earth 2 number 5 The Sandman
also known as dream of the endless among
many other names made writer Neil Gaiman
a fan favorite after his debut in 1989
but this Sandman who is a being of
almost godlike power who controlled the
land of dreams and nightmares was not
the first DC character to bear that name
the July 1939 issue of adventure comics
introduced DC’s first Sandman a
millionaire playboy by the name of
Wesley Dodds he would Don an orange suit
purple cape and gas masks to fight crime
although devoid of superpowers he
possessed a gas gun that put his
supposed to sleep a second Sandman
turned up in 1974 created by the
legendary team of Joe Simon and Jack
Kirby this Sandman lived in the dream
dimension aided by his nightmarish
assistants brute and glob The Sandman
helped protect children from dangerous
nightmares he would also sometimes
venture outside the dream dimension to
fight villains in the waking world
this second Sandman was originally a
scientist named Garrett Sandford when he
passed away the mantle was taken up by
Hector Hall the hero formerly known as
the silver scarab in 1988 however all of
these previous and men were mere mortals
whereas dream of the endless was much
much more dream was one of a family of
beings known as the endless who watched
over various aspects of human and
non-human life in addition to dream
other endless beings included his older
siblings destiny and death and the
younger siblings desire despair and
delirium the family is billions
years old and how they came to be is
unknown they simply seemed to have come
into existence fully formed even what
they actually are is hard to pin down
perhaps anthropomorphic personifications
as Deathlands called them is the best
way to describe them in his premiere
outing dream was captured by a master of
the black arts named Roderick Burgess
Burgess had been attempting to imprison
death but ended up with dream by mistake
he and his son held dream captive for
more than seven decades during this time
the land where the Sandman lives known
as The Dreaming fell into decay and
despair through retroactive continuity
both the 1939 and 1974 incarnations of
Sandman are thusly explained to be the
product of dreams absence dream
eventually maneuvered an escape though
he vented his rage on his remaining
capture by sentencing him to a life of
nightmares from which he can never
awaken the Sandman then returned to the
dreaming to set it right and to
recapture the tools which had been taken
from him during his imprisonment during
one of Dreams later adventures readers
discovered that neither Garrett Sandford
nor Hector Hall really had been in
charge of their lives as the Sandman
brute and glob had abandoned their posts
while dream was imprisoned they had
recruited Sanford and Hall to act as
their playthings a fact that greatly
displeased dream dreams the series ended
in 1996 but other characters have since
popped up using the Sandman identity in
recent years DC’s new 52 relaunch
introduced a new version of Sandman with
a character named Wesley Dodds once
again playing the role speaking of dots
the original Sandman has popped up in
comics many times over the decades and
even on the small screen dream also
technically shows up anytime you fall
asleep but that’s not really canonical
are you a fan of Sandman or any of his
incarnations for more comic book origins
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
it’s time for the Sandman to finally
have a good night
literally welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we will explore the comic book
origins of DCs Sandman as with most
comic book characters there are often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we have chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 1989’s Sandman number one
and two which completely reimagined the
characters originally introduced in both
1939 s adventure comics number 40 and
1974 Sandman number 1 before being
expanded upon in 1990s Sandman number 12
and 2012 earth 2 number 5 The Sandman
also known as dream of the endless among
many other names made writer Neil Gaiman
a fan favorite after his debut in 1989
but this Sandman who is a being of
almost godlike power who controlled the
land of dreams and nightmares was not
the first DC character to bear that name
the July 1939 issue of adventure comics
introduced DC’s first Sandman a
millionaire playboy by the name of
Wesley Dodds he would Don an orange suit
purple cape and gas masks to fight crime
although devoid of superpowers he
possessed a gas gun that put his
supposed to sleep a second Sandman
turned up in 1974 created by the
legendary team of Joe Simon and Jack
Kirby this Sandman lived in the dream
dimension aided by his nightmarish
assistants brute and glob The Sandman
helped protect children from dangerous
nightmares he would also sometimes
venture outside the dream dimension to
fight villains in the waking world
this second Sandman was originally a
scientist named Garrett Sandford when he
passed away the mantle was taken up by
Hector Hall the hero formerly known as
the silver scarab in 1988 however all of
these previous and men were mere mortals
whereas dream of the endless was much
much more dream was one of a family of
beings known as the endless who watched
over various aspects of human and
non-human life in addition to dream
other endless beings included his older
siblings destiny and death and the
younger siblings desire despair and
delirium the family is billions
years old and how they came to be is
unknown they simply seemed to have come
into existence fully formed even what
they actually are is hard to pin down
perhaps anthropomorphic personifications
as Deathlands called them is the best
way to describe them in his premiere
outing dream was captured by a master of
the black arts named Roderick Burgess
Burgess had been attempting to imprison
death but ended up with dream by mistake
he and his son held dream captive for
more than seven decades during this time
the land where the Sandman lives known
as The Dreaming fell into decay and
despair through retroactive continuity
both the 1939 and 1974 incarnations of
Sandman are thusly explained to be the
product of dreams absence dream
eventually maneuvered an escape though
he vented his rage on his remaining
capture by sentencing him to a life of
nightmares from which he can never
awaken the Sandman then returned to the
dreaming to set it right and to
recapture the tools which had been taken
from him during his imprisonment during
one of Dreams later adventures readers
discovered that neither Garrett Sandford
nor Hector Hall really had been in
charge of their lives as the Sandman
brute and glob had abandoned their posts
while dream was imprisoned they had
recruited Sanford and Hall to act as
their playthings a fact that greatly
displeased dream dreams the series ended
in 1996 but other characters have since
popped up using the Sandman identity in
recent years DC’s new 52 relaunch
introduced a new version of Sandman with
a character named Wesley Dodds once
again playing the role speaking of dots
the original Sandman has popped up in
comics many times over the decades and
even on the small screen dream also
technically shows up anytime you fall
asleep but that’s not really canonical
are you a fan of Sandman or any of his
incarnations for more comic book origins
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
it’s time for the Sandman to finally
have a good night
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