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The Corinthian | |
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Publisher | DC Comics (Vertigo) |
First appearance | The Sandman vol. 2 #10 (October 1989) |
Created by | Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg |
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Abilities | Limited clairvoyance, supernatural vision ("sees" despite lack of eyes), skilled combatant |
The Corinthian is a fictional character in Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman. He first appeared in The Sandman #10 (October 1989), which is part of the second story arc, The Doll's House. The Corinthian is an anthropomorphized living nightmare created by Dream, who destroys him in the same collection for going rogue and failing to fulfill his original design. Dream later recreates him with "some changes", though the exact nature of these changes is not explicit. His most notable physical feature is his lack of eyes: in their place, two rows of small, jagged teeth line each eye socket, which he often covers with sunglasses. He can speak, eat, see, and even breathe through these mouths.
Boyd Holbrook portrayed the Corinthian in the first season of the Netflix television series The Sandman.