Hassan The Sweet Maker

When The King Of Dreams and Haroun al Raschid walk through the market place of Baghdad Hassan the Sweet Maker approaches them and offers them sweets that taste better than any sweets in the city, candy made from spices and honeys and fine wines.

Hassan appears in “Ramadan,” which is Sandman # 50, on page 25 in panels 1 and 2.

The Duke's Servant

When Vassily finds the locket with a picture of a beautiful girl in it he vows to meet her. He travels for many days and has many adventures until he eventually arrives at the Duke’s Winter Palace (with the help of Baba Yaga).

The Duke’s Servant greets Vassily and leads him through the palace and into the dungeon.

The Duke’s Servant appears in Sandman # 38, “The Hunt,” on page 17 and 18.

Gaius Cassius Longinus

Gaius Cassius Longinus was a soldier for Rome and held several appointed offices, but he is probably best known as one of the conspirators in the assassination plot to kill Julius Caesar.

Aside from appearing in Sandman # 30 , entitled “August,” on page 13 panel 5, Gaius Cassius Longinus also appears in at least two other prominent literary works, William Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar” and Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno”.

Sigyn

In Norse mythology Sigyn is a goddess and the wife of Loki.

We first see Sigyn in Season Of Mists chapter three (or chapter four if you include the prologue) and she lives in the Cavern Beneath The World and she spends her life holding a bowl to catch the venom from The Snake, preventing it from falling into the face of an imprisoned Loki. Once the bowl is filled, Sigyn must empty it into the pit and during those moments when the venom drips into Loki’s face, he writhes in pain and “when he writhes, the earth quakes.” (Sandman # 24, page 3, panel 2)

When Loki is taken away from the cavern, she no longer has a job and so she simply waits for her husband to return….and he always does.

In The Kindly Ones, Loki is recaptured and returned to the Cavern Beneath The World after kidnapping Daniel, the son of Lyta Hall, Odin tells Sigyn that she no longer needs to stay with Loki, that she is free to go and that Loki deserves the pain of the venom dripping into his face and burning his eyes, but she chooses to remain with her husband despite the curses. “He dissects her with his words, whips her with obscenities and bruises her with curses. She begins to cry, softly, deep in her throat; then tears well up, which she had imagined far beyond tears. The salt-warm drops fall on her husband’s face, and he winces at each drop… Each word is like a slap, a blow, a kick, a burn. And she takes it. ‘I am pleased you came back, my love,’ whispers his wife. …and he begins to laugh inanely, high and wordless.” (Sandman # 66, page 7, panel 6-10 ).

I like Scott’s portrait of Sigyn, but I think it’s more of a classical mythology look and less of a Sandman mythology version. In Sandman Sigyn is emaciated and nearly skeletal. She looks unhealthy and abused, which is how I see her in the context of the Sandman universe.

Demon # 133

There are many demons in Hell that have a similar head structure, so this one will not necessarily be easy to spot.

This particular demon is in the audience of the Hellfire Club watching as Choronzon succumbs to defeat at the hands of Dream.

He can be seen in Sandman # 4 on page 20 in panel 4 on the far left side.

Boy # 9, Boy # 10 and Boy # 11

These three boys appear in Sandman # 50, “Ramadan.”

The boys appear in the market place and are looking at a box of fruit. They are largely ignored while two men are arguing, presumably over the price of the fruit.

You can find these boys in Sandman # 50, on page 24, in panel 1.

Bartender

This bartender served drinks and lunch to Samuel Clemens and Emperor Norton in a San Francisco saloon in 1864.

He appears in “Three Septembers And A January” (Sandman # 31) on page 13 in panel 1.