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Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #1 (1996) · The Collector

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Essential Vertigo: The Sandman (1996)
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DC Comics#1

Essential Vertigo: The Sandman

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Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #1

Sleep of the Just

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: August 1996
On sale: Jun 12, 1996
Cover price: $1.95
Pages: 52
Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers

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Grand Comics Database issue 59131

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Credits

Writer: Neil Gaiman
Penciller: Sam Kieth
Inker: Mike Dringenberg
Colorist: Robbie Busch
Letterer: Todd Klein
Cover: Dave McKean
Cover colors: Dave McKean
Editors: Karen Berger, Art Young
Cover letters: Dave McKean
Other: Bob Kahan

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