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Issue Details

Issue #47
Published March 1993
Cover Price 1.75
Pages 36
Editing Karen Berger
Notes first issue printed under the Vertigo Imprint; letter page (2)

Cover Details - "brief lives 7"

Genre fantasy
Pencils Dave McKean (mixed media)
Inks Dave McKean (mixed media)
Colors Dave McKean (mixed media)
Notes first issue printed under the Vertigo Imprint; 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 Vertigo promo (ad from the publisher)

Genre horror
Letters Type

24 page Sandman story SEVEN: COOKING CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE FINE ARTS-"MY ENVELOPE ISN'T ANY GOOD ANYMORE"-WHERE ALL MAZES MEET-THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN-LIFE AS A GLASS OF BITTER WINE-CHERRIES ARE COUNTED, AND A BARGAIN IS MADE-AN UNLIKELY GROWTH. [Brief Lives Part 7]

Genre fantasy
Script Neil Gaiman
Pencils Jill Thompson
Inks Vince Locke; Dick Giordano
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 Mercy promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils Paul Johnson
Inks Paul Johnson
Colors Paul Johnson
Letters Type

1 page On The Ledge text article

Script Karen Berger
Letters Type

1 page Sandman Mystery Theatre promo (ad from the publisher)

Letters Type