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Issue: Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #5
Publication Date: December 1996
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Issues: #5 of 32 Issues (35 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Vertigo; DC ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 10/09/1996
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194120846600511
Price: $2.75 CAD
$1.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Suggested for Mature Readers
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bob Kahan (Essential Vertigo editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Preludes & Nocturnes

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dave McKean (mixed media art)
Inker(s): Dave McKean (mixed media art)
Colorist(s): Dave McKean (mixed media art)
Letterer(s): Dave McKean (logo design)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sandman
Character(s): Scott Free [Mr. Miracle]
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From Content Item: FlagSandman #5 published May 1989
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]with new text and border added
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2.72
Disclose Notes: Black-and-white house ad for Mythos: The Final Tour; color house ad: Preacher Special: The Story Of You-Know-Who; December 1996 cover date Vertigo shipping list.
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Passengers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Neil Gaiman
Penciller(s): Sam Kieth
Inker(s): Malcolm Jones III
Colorist(s): Robbie Busch
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Editor(s): Karen Berger (original editor); Art Young (original assistant editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Sandman
Character(s): John Dee [Doctor Destiny]; Jonathan Crane [Scarecrow]; Scott Free [Mr. Miracle]; Sandman [Morpheus]; J'onn J'onzz [Martian Manhunter]; Merv Pumpkinhead [Mervyn Pumpkinhead]
Synopsis: Morpheus visits the JLA to find out where his ruby is.
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From Content Item: FlagSandman #5 published May 1989
was Passengers [Master of Dreams Part 5] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: ZPC PC game (GT Interactive); Eels & Fun Lovin' Criminals CDs (Sam Goody); Executive Decision (Pay-Per-View); Crash Bandicoot PlayStation game (Universal Interactive); back cover: Millennium (Fox Broadcasting Company).
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Essential Vertigo The Sandman

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Kahan (text); Neil Gaiman (captions)
Penciller(s): Sam Kieth; Mike Dringenberg
Inker(s): Mike Dringenberg
Letterer(s): typeset (text); Todd Klein (captions)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Sandman
Character(s): John Constantine
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Recap of the story from #4 and preview of the story from #6. Page includes a list of Vertigo Sandman trade paperbacks and a black and white reprint of the bottom panel from page 3 of the story from #3 with captions included.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Dillon
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): On the Ledge
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Pages: 0.28
Disclose Notes: Promo for Preacher Month retail products.

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