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Issue Details

Issue #75
Published March 1996
Cover Price 3.95 USD
Pages 52
Editing Karen Berger; Shelly Roeberg (associate editor)

Cover Details

Genre fantasy
Pencils David McKean (photo collage)
Inks David McKean (photo collage)
Colors David McKean (photo collage)
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

38 page Sandman story "The Tempest"

Characters Sandman; William Shakespeare; Ben Johnson
Synopsis Shakespeare writes The Tempest for The Sandman as he had agreed to do.
Genre fantasy
Script Neil Gaiman
Pencils Charles Vess; Bryan Talbot ?
Inks Charles Vess; John Ridgeway ?
Colors Daniel Vozzo; ? [as Digital Chameleon]
Letters Todd Klein
Notes Last issue. In the credits, Bryan Talbot, John Ridgway and the Mysterious Mr. Zed are thanked.
Reprinted in Sandman: The Wake, The (DC, 1996 series) #nn; in Sandman: The Wake, The (DC, 1997 series) #nn; in Sandman: The Wake, The (Titan Books, 1997 series) #nn

1 page Sandman insert or dust jacket "The Sandman (poster)"

Genre fantasy
Pencils David McKean ? (painted)
Inks David McKean ? (painted)
Colors David McKean ? (painted)
Notes Stapled in the middle of the book

1 page Sandman insert or dust jacket "Timeline (poster)"

Synopsis Real world and story occurrences from Sept. 1987-March 1996.
Genre fantasy
Pencils J. Beatman; Brainstorm Unltd. (designer)
Letters typeset
Notes Flip side of poster. A selection of artwork from the series is included as well as a photo of Gaiman.

1 page Sandman text article "Afterword"

Genre fantasy
Script Neil Gaiman
Pencils J. Beatman; Brainstorm Unltd. (designer); Kelli Bickman (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes An obituary of Malcolm Jones III, the inker on #5-25 and Gaiman's thoughts on the future of the series.