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Another in Neil Gaiman's series of award-winning graphic novels. It blends modern myth and dark fantasy, into which historical drama, contemporary fiction and legend are interwoven.

A journey through the dark and enchanting realm of dreams and nightmares with Sandman. This graphic novel tells of Sandman's attempt to free his lost love from hell, his confrontation with the devil and the consequences of that fateful meeting. This volume introduces the Endless family.

This collection of stories in comic strip form includes an interpretation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream , alongside Calliope , A Dream of a Thousand Cats and Facade . Also included is the annotated script for Calliope , showing the process behind creating a comic-book.

Kai'ckul (the Sandman) tries to keep order in his kingdom of sleep against the forces of darkness and nightmares. This collection contains the full seven-part Doll's House storyline.

Rorschach, a half-psychotic vigilante must convince his ex team-mates, now middle-aged and retired, that he has uncovered a plot to murder the remaining superheroes - along with millions of innocent civilians. Even reunited, will the remnants of the 'Watchmen' be enough to avert a global apocalypse?

There is nothing more dangerous than a childhood fantasy that has outgrown you. This graphic novel, featuring the character Barbie, from The Doll's House , explores issues of gender, identity and the fine line between fantasy and reality.

Lady Johanna Constantine, spy and adventuress, on the run through the streets of Paris during the bloody days of the French Revolution. Joshua Norton, self-styled Emperor of the United States, a pawn in a game grander than he could imagine. These are just two in a collection of nine short stories.

The story of the search for Sandman's missing brother, Destruction, and the consequences of that endeavour. Sandman and his sister Delirium have to travel through the waking world to find the missing member of the Endless family. Sandman also manages to resolve his relationship with his son.

Containing 28 pages of new sketches and a four-page gallery of cover art from the original comic series, this is a revised edition of a Batman graphic novel first published a decade earlier.

Critically-acclaimed writer Alan Moore (Watchmen, V For Vendetta) and award-winning artist Kevin O'Neill (Marshal Law) once more work their alchemy, mixing legend, myth, literature and pulp fantasy into the volatile cocktail that is the fantastic second volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! When alien invaders find they no longer.

Neil Gaiman's enormously successful Sandman series won millions of fans as well as remarkable critical acclaim, and introduced the Endless - Dream, Destiny, Death, Desire, Delirium, Despair and Destruction - a family of beings representing various aspects of the human experience and psyche. Now, Gaiman returns to the ethereal world he created, presenting new tales of the Endless, illustrated by ..

The Corinthian, Lucifer Morningstar, the Three Witches and others - a host of old friends, ancient enemies and unlooked-for betrayers - all come together for a mythic conflagration of nightmare proportions that will affect the future of the Endless and the fate of the Dreaming for all time.

This work concludes the Sandman series. Morpheus is dead. As his family and friends gather to mourn him, a new Lord of the Dreaming begins to rebuild his realm. The volume ends with The Tempest , a flashback to a moment in Morpheus' past, concerning a bargain made with William Shakespeare.

Teenager Sexton Furnival is contemplating suicide when he is befriended by death. Death herself is being hunted by evil forces which prey on her new vulnerability now that she is human. Meanwhile, Mad Hettie threatens to kill Death's suicidal friend if Death won't help her find her heart.

Combines extreme violence with black humour. Jesse Custer is a small-town preacher slowly losing his faith, until he merges with a half-angelic, half-demonic being called Genesis. Now he has his first-hand knowledge of both heaven and hell, he sets out to find God.