With the original, oversized Vertigo hardcover THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS (JUN030253) advance solicited in the June Previews (Volume XIII #6), DC Comics offers a special incentive to qualifying retailers: THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS SPECIAL (JUN030254), scheduled to be in stores on September 4, two weeks before the ENDLESS NIGHTS HC. The 24-page specialpresents the ideal introduction to the fantastic world of The Sandman for comics and fantasy readers who have yet to experience the wonders of The Sandman mythos -- and especially for DC Universe fans.
The special includes the compelling 20-page story "The Heart of a Star," featuring a rare look at the Endless when they were young. The story is written by New York Times best-selling and Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning writer Neil Gaiman, with art by Spanish architect and illustrator Miguelanxo Prado (Streak of Chalk, Peter and the Wolf), along with a look at Prado's preliminary work.
"The story 'The Heart of a Star' is chronologically the first Sandman story I've ever told," says Gaiman. "It's set at the dawn of time, and answers quite a few questions people have asked me about the relationships between the Endless.
"And when you're doing a story that early, you get to start a number of other stories as well -- so events in the Green Lantern mythos, in the Superman mythos, even for Books of Magic, have their starting point in this story.
"For people who like the idea of starting at the beginning of the story, this is probably a very good place to start ... "
THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS (JUN030253) is advance solicited in the June Previews (Volume XIII #6). THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS SPECIAL (JUN030254) is offered only through the June Previews Order Form, and only to qualifying retailers. For more information, please see the June Previews Order Form Retailer Incentive page and the DC Advertorial pages in the June issue of Diamond Dialogue.
