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Issue Details

Issue #41
Published September 1992
Cover Price 1.50
Pages 36
Editing Karen Berger; Lisa Aufenanger (assistant)
Notes letter page (2)

Cover Details - "brief lives 1"

Genre fantasy
Pencils Dave McKean (mixed media)
Inks Dave McKean (mixed media)
Colors Dave McKean (mixed media)
Notes letter page (2)
Reprinted in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (DC, 1997 series) #nn; in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (DC, 1998 series) #nn; in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (Titan Books, 1997 series) #[nn]; in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (Watson-Guptill Publications, 1998 series) #nn

1 page DC Heroes promo (ad from the publisher)

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24 page Sandman story BLOSSOM FOR A LADY-RAIN IN THE DOORWAY-NOT HER SISTER-WANT/NOT WANT-THE VIEW FROM THE BACKS OF MIRRORS-JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR-"THE NUMBER YOU HAVE DIALED..." [Brief Lives Part 1]

Genre fantasy
Script Neil Gaiman
Pencils Jill Thompson
Inks Vince Locke
Colors Daniel Vozzo
Letters Todd Klein
Reprinted in Sandman: Brief Lives, The (DC, 1994 series) #nn [hardcover]; in Sandman: Brief Lives, The (Titan Books, 1994 series) #nn; in Sandman: Brief Lives, The (DC, 1994 series) #nn [softcover]

1 page Titans promo (ad from the publisher)

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1 page Heckler promo (ad from the publisher)

Genre superhero
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1 page John Constantine promo (ad from the publisher)

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Notes subscription ad

1 page Inside DC 40 text article "The Answer Dude"

Script Michael Eury

1 page Hammer Locke promo (ad from the publisher)

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