Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Aurelian Palace Guard # 6 (illustrated by Lars Brown)

Cluracan was sent to Aurelia by Titania and was forced to sit though a council meeting, listening to the various Aurelian Emissaries discuss the alliance between the cities.

During the meeting, Cluracan had a vision and made a prediction that the dead would rise to collect the debts owed to them by Carnifex Carys XXXV.

The Carnifex was very unhappy with this prediction and threw Cluracan into the dungeon.

This palace guard hammered Cluracan’s shackles into place, preventing him from escaping.

He appears in Sandman # 52, on page 15, in panel 4.

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Undercut Patron # 11 (illustrated by Kai Martin)

Didi and Sexton spend the afternoon wandering around New York around New York and end up that evening at a club called The Undercut.

The concert is the first show Foxglove performs. A few years later she will become an international success.

Hazel, who used to work for Sexton’s mother, gets Didi and Sexton into the show for free.

Before the show starts everyone attending is waiting around the stage and talking with friends.

This woman is at the show and is waiting for the show to start.

She appears in Death: The High Cost Of Living # 2, on page 9, in panel 3.

Monday, October 12, 2020

Fireman # 1 (illustrated by Kai Martin)

In Brief Lives, Dream and Delirium travel through the mortal world in search of their missing brother, Destruction.

Along the way they stop at a hotel to rest and during their stay the hotel catches on fire. This Fireman is one of the men who worked to extinguish the blaze.

As the fireman is working to rescure people he encounters Dream and tells him to “Move it” and to leave through the fire exit.

Dream asks if they know how the fire started and the fireman tells him that the lady in the room next to his was smoking in bed and fell asleep, causing the fire. This woman was Ruby DeLonge.

This fireman appears in Sandman # 44, on page 23 in panel 1.

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Citizen Of Baghdad # 80 (illustrated by Max Rugers)

Haroun al Raschid threatens to shatter the Globe Of Sulaiman Ben Daoud, which contains nine thousand and nine Ifrits, Dijinn and Demons unless the King Of Dreams comes to him.

He throws the globe, but Morpheus arrives just as the globe is about to hit the ground.

Haroun al Raschid attempts to make a bargain with Morpheus, but he reminds al Raschid that bargains are best done In the soukh, the marketplace.

The marketplace is crowded and full of people, including this man.

Morpheus and Haroun al Raschid go to the marketplace and it is there that the bargain is explained. Haroun al Raschid wants Baghdad to be remembered as a city of splendor and wonders.

This citizen of Baghdad appears in Sandman # 50, on page 25, in panel 3.

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Japanese Boy # 1 (illustrated by Lars Brown)

After the death of The Monk, the Fox vowed revenge against the Onmyoji.

The Fox appeared before her rival, as a beautiful woman who immediately captured his heart.

He visited her house and she invited him to dine with her.

He expressed his love and desire for her, but she said that she could not be with him because he has a house and wife and mistress and even if she gave herself to him he may one day leave her to return to his own house. She also said that she also would never be able to trust him if she knew that he commanded Tengu and Oni and had in his possession the scrolls that could change her into a bird if she displeased him.

To win the heart of this woman, the Onmyoji put all of the scrolls and books in a cart and delivered them to the woman and burned his house, along with the other house he owned on the outskirts of a neighborhood of ill repute, where three women lived, who had advised him in magics and fate.

This boy was one of the people on the streets in the poor neighborhood where the hovel was burned to the ground. It is said that the only remains found in that house were those of small children and babies.

This boy appears in the P. Craig Russell version of Dream Hunters in issue # 4, on page 20, in panel 2.

Monday, September 28, 2020

Ghost Boy # 27 (illustrated by Anna Hybsier)

In Season Of Mists, Lucifer decides that he is no longer interested in being the ruler of Hell. He empties Hell of all the demons and tortured souls and locks the doors behind him as he leaves.

Some of the dead return to visit their living relatives, while others return to the place where they died.

This Ghost Boy returned to St. Hilarion’s School For Boys.

He is in the auditorium when the Headmaster is addressing the returning students.

The Ghost Boy appears in Sandman # 25, page 15, panel 6. He is sitting behind Peter Hinchcliffe.

Saturday, September 19, 2020

Man # 123 (illustrated by Max Rugers)

Brant Tucker and Charlene Mooney became trapped at a small inn after a car accident caused by a freak snow storm in June. They passed the time listening to stories told by other patrons of the inn.

Mister Gaheris told the story of a man named Robert who loved his city and would often spend his time walking through the city.

This man is one of the people that Robert passed while walking through his city.

He appears in Sandman # 51, on page 10, in panel 6.