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A review by brightoning
The Sandman Universe #1 by Neil Gaiman, Tom Fowler, Max Fiumara, Bilquis Evely, Kat Howard, Jae Lee, Dominike Stanton, Mat Lopes, Sebastian Fiumara, June Chung, Bilquis Everly, Dan Watters, Nalo Hopkinson, Simon Spurrier
4.0
4/5 stars
The Sandman story takes on a whole new life as a continuation of the beloved series that introduces 4 new stories set in the Sandman universe.
The stiry ends on a cliffhanger, revealing a plot twist in which Daniel, Morpheus's white-clad successor, seems to have quit his job as an Endless. The only thing I don't like about this plot twist is that there's no build up as to why Daniel decided to make this decision. In the original Sandman series, it's revealed that one of the other members of the Endless, Destruction, also quit his job. His explanation makes sense: he hates his job, he hates causing destruction, and he knows that destruction will happen whether or not he's around to control it. But in this story, there's no background that gave us a reason for Dream to react the way he did. Except, I guess, that he's a child?
But I liked the build up to every story. I liked all of the series connected to this one shot in their original forms: Lucifer, The Dreaming, Books of Magic. And there is an additional new series being started also: House of Whispers, an addition to House of Mysteries and House of Secrets.
Sure, each intro ended with a cliffhanger, but I'm okay with it. I thought the characterization of the characters in the stories were very like their original - Lucien and Matthew the Raven are my favorite - and it was well written and intriguing. I'm excited to see what comes next.
The Sandman story takes on a whole new life as a continuation of the beloved series that introduces 4 new stories set in the Sandman universe.
The stiry ends on a cliffhanger, revealing a plot twist in which Daniel, Morpheus's white-clad successor, seems to have quit his job as an Endless. The only thing I don't like about this plot twist is that there's no build up as to why Daniel decided to make this decision. In the original Sandman series, it's revealed that one of the other members of the Endless, Destruction, also quit his job. His explanation makes sense: he hates his job, he hates causing destruction, and he knows that destruction will happen whether or not he's around to control it. But in this story, there's no background that gave us a reason for Dream to react the way he did. Except, I guess, that he's a child?
But I liked the build up to every story. I liked all of the series connected to this one shot in their original forms: Lucifer, The Dreaming, Books of Magic. And there is an additional new series being started also: House of Whispers, an addition to House of Mysteries and House of Secrets.
Sure, each intro ended with a cliffhanger, but I'm okay with it. I thought the characterization of the characters in the stories were very like their original - Lucien and Matthew the Raven are my favorite - and it was well written and intriguing. I'm excited to see what comes next.