Sunday, January 31, 2021

Bacchante # 12 (illustrated by Xaveria)

After Orpheus returns from the Underworld he encounters the Bacchante.

His mother Calliope warns him that they are coming and that he should flee, but he ignores her advice and unfortunately is torn apart by the Bacchante.

This Bacchante is seen in the Sandman Special # 1, on page 43 in panel 6. She standing in the background as the other women begin feeling the excitement of their frenzy.

Friday, January 29, 2021

Aurelian Palace Guard # 10 (illustrated by Lars Brown)

After escaping from his prison cell, Cluracan confronted Carnifex Carys XXXV, who was hiding in the tomb of the previous Carnifexs while the city revolted.

After Carnifex Carys XXXV was thrown out the window by the reanimated mummified corpse of the previous Carnifex, Cluracan began climbing down the stairs of the temple and was confronted by two of the palace guards.

This is one of the palace guards that Cluracan fought.

He appears in Sandman # 52, on page 24 in panel panel 4.

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

French Captain (illustrated by Kai Martin)

In Thermidor (published in Fables And Reflections) Louis-Antoine St. Just and Maximilien Robespierre are trying to recover the head of Orpheus for their own political gains and in hopes of destroying all “magic” from the world, bringing about an age of reason.

This Captain in the French army is tasked with finding the Orpheus and ransacks Johanna Constantine’s room trying to discover where she has hidden it. When they cannot locate it, he threatens her with the guillotine.

When Louis-Antoine St. Just arrives he repremands the captain for his treatment of their prisoner. The captain, apologizes and promises that the search for the head of Orpheus will continue.

He appears in Sandman # 29, on page 6, in panel 6-7.

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Customer At Lux # 4 (illustrated by Max Rugers)

In The Kindly Ones, Lyta Hall goes out to dinner with Eric Needham at an upscale restaurant called Lux, which is owned by Lucifer.

As Lyta enters the restaurant she is greeted by Mazikeen, who is the hostess.

This man is one of the customers of Lux, who is standing in the doorway as Lyta speaks to Mazikeen.

He appears in Sandman # 57, on page 17, in panel 3.

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Opponents Lawyer # 2 (illustrated by Anna Hybsier)

In “15 Portraits Of Despair,” from Endless Nights a father is in court hoping to get justice for something done to his child. The man is not rich, but hired a lawyer to help with the case.

The opponent has money and multiple lawyers.

The judge’s verdict favors the opponent.

There are no details given in this story, but given the feeling of the story, I suspect that the opponent did something pretty horrible to the man’s child and is able to use his money and influence to escape justice. This would lead me to believe that the opponent’s lawyer is not a very nice person or possibly has low moral standards.

Anna’s portrait certainly lends credibility to my theory that this man is not necessarily the most honest man.

This is one of the opponent’s lawyers. He appears in the 12th Portrait of Despair on page 94 of Endless nights, or page 15 of the Despair story.

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Undercut Patron # 52 (illustrated by Hayden Sengua)

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 man is at the show and is waiting for the show to start.

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

Monday, January 18, 2021

The Monk At The Funeral # 1 (illustrated by Lars Brown)

In order to save the life of The Fox, the Monk enters The Dreaming and makes an agreement with Dream to allow the Fox to be released from the trap created by the Onmyoji and to allow him to take her place.

When the Fox awakes she discovers the Monk, still asleep, and she stays by his side until he died.

There was a little funeral for the Monk at his temple and he was buried on the mountainside beside the previous monks who cared for the temple.

This monk is one of the men who attended the funeral.

He appears in the P. Craig Russell version of Dream Hunters in issue # 4, on page 5, in panel 5. The funeral for the Monk is also described in the Amano version of Dream Hunters on page 110.