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It was written by Neil Gaiman, known at the time for his dark-fantasy novels “Coraline“ and “Stardust”, and drawn by a group of shifting artists; each with their own unique style but with certain similarities that remain a constant during the entire series. The series attracted a lot of readers, even from the first issue; this is mostly due to the fact that the comic-book readers of the time were slowly getting fed up with the classical superhero/supervillain conflict and “Vertigo” was establishing itself as a seller of oddities in the comic-book universe. And what and oddity “The Sandman” was. Despite there already being a “Sandman” in the DC Comic Universe, Gaiman’s Sandman was far different and far more read. This is partly thanks to the peculiar plot and partly to the way Gaiman writes. Anyone who has ever read Neil’s works will describe his writing as fantasy with occasional gothic and horror elements. The Sandman, or Dream how he is usually called, is one of the seven Endless: Destiny, Death, Desire, Despair, Destruction and Delirium. They are the oldest entities in the world, creators of gods, man and pretty much the entire universe. The Endless themselves are quite original, but Gaiman doesn’t hesitate to use elements from a variety of mythologies, religions and literature.  \nMain characters  \nDream  \nKnown by many names - Dream, Lord Shaper or Morpheus, he is the main character of the series, hence the name of the comic. During his imprisonment we are not given any insight into his personality or who he really is, but, upon his escape we are slowly introduced to him. He is an allpowerful and seemingly immortal being. He speaks using dated terms and archaic phrases as though he were very old, as he later turns out to be. He is proud, serious, and meticulous about his work and is convinced that, since he is immortal, his personality cannot change. His realm is The Dreaming in which all dreams and nightmares live. Dream lives in a giant castle in which there is a library of all the books  \nthat have ever been thought of being written, with Lucien as its librarian. It is not unusual for the Endless to have pets, Dream, for instance, has a talking raven named Matthew who was actually once a mortal Greek poet chosen by Dream to become his companion.  \nDeath  \nDream’s older sister. She is the second member of the Endless we meet. Unlike Dream she is pleasant and warm, beautiful and full of understanding. She is not represented as a terrifying Grim Reaper, but as a goth-chic who no one can help but feel at ease with. When asked what awaits mortals after death she says that she does not know and that her job is only to lead the spirits of the dead through the darkness. Unlike Dream, Death follows the trends of the everchanging mortal world and uses slang and new-age terms in her speech. Once every hundred years Death becomes a mortal for only one day, upon the end of which she dies. She does this in order to better understand her job as Death. Her realm is shown as a small suburban flat. She has no serventsand also has pets: two goldfish. She is the only member of the Endless that later gets her own mini-series – “Death: The Time of your Life“ and“Death: The High Cost of Living“  \nDesire and Despair  \nDesire is cruel and everchanging like love and lust. Desire frequently switches between male and female form. She constantly torments Dream by making him fall in love with mortals, loves that are doomed to fail. Actually, Desire torments everone, she does it by making them fall in love with married people, by driving them mad with lust. That is probably oneof the reasons she does not have any pets, for all people are her playthings. Desire’s realm is represented as a temple in the shape of the human body spreading ","cbCaigBogjxmNFXM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigBogjxmNFXM","pdf",6193737,32,"English","# Overview\n## Publication and background\n## The Endless\n# Main characters\n## Dream\n## Death\n## Desire and Despair\n## Destruction and Delirium","[{\"question\":\"Who wrote and published The Sandman, and when was it released?\",\"answer\":\"The Sandman was written by Neil Gaiman and published by Vertigo Comics (a DC Comics branch) from 1988 to 1996 across seventy-five issues.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the “Endless” in The Sandman?\",\"answer\":\"The Endless are seven ancient entities—Destiny, Death, Desire, Despair, Destruction, Delirium, and Dream—described as creators of gods, humans, and much of the universe.\"},{\"question\":\"How is Dream characterized and where does he live?\",\"answer\":\"Dream (Morpheus) is powerful and seemingly immortal, speaks in archaic terms, and is meticulous about his work. 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