The Sandman: The Wake

The Sandman: The Wake
Cover of The Sandman: The Wake  (1997), trade paperback collected edition, art by Dave McKean
PublisherDC Comics
Publication dateAugust 1995 – March 1996
Title(s)The Sandman #70-75
Main character(s)Dream
ISBNISBN 1-56389-287-1
Creative team
Writer(s)Neil Gaiman with material from William Shakespeare
Artist(s)Dave McKean
Michael Zulli
Charles Vess
Bryan Talbot
John Ridgway
Jon J Muth
Daniel Vozzo
Penciller(s)Michael Zulli
Charles Vess
Bryan Talbot
John Ridgway
Inker(s)Jon J Muth
Charles Vess
Letterer(s)Todd Klein
Colorist(s)Daniel Vozzo
Jon J Muth
Editor(s)Karen Berger
Shelly Roeberg

The Wake is the tenth and final collection of issues in the American comic book series The Sandman. It is written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Michael Zulli, Jon J. Muth and Charles Vess, colored by Daniel Vozzo and Jon J. Muth, and lettered by Todd Klein.[1]

The collection opens with James Elroy Flecker's poem "The Bridge of Fire", prefacing the events which follow.

The stories in the collection first appeared in 1995 and 1996.[2] The collection first appeared in paperback and hardback in 1996.

It was preceded by The Kindly Ones and followed by Endless Nights.

  1. ^ Gaiman, Neil (1997). The Sandman: The Wake. New York, NY: DC Comics. p. 5. ISBN 1-56389-279-0.
  2. ^ Gaiman, Neil (1997). The Sandman: The Wake. New York, NY: DC Comics. p. 6. ISBN 1-56389-279-0.