75), Shawn McManus (#31–33, 35–37), Duncan Eagleson (#38), John Watkiss (#39 and 52), Jill Thompson (#40–49), P. Craig Russell (#50), Alec Stevens (#51), Mike Allred (#54), Shea Anton Pensa (#55), Gary Amaro (#56), Marc Hempel (#57–61, 63, 65–69), Glyn Dillon and Dean Ormston (#62), Teddy Kristiansen (#64) and Jon J. Muth (#74); published under the Vertigo imprint starting with issue #47, 1989–1996) collected as: Preludes and Nocturnes (collects #1–8, tpb, 240 pages, 1991, ; hc, 1995, ) The Doll's House (collects #9–16, tpb, 256 pages, 1990, ; hc, 1995, ) This was the first Sandman collection that led to the other volumes being printed in chronological order. The first printing of this volume included issue #8, which was later moved to Preludes and Nocturnes. Dream Country (collects #17–20, tpb, 160 pages, 1991, ; hc, 1995, ) Season of Mists (collects #21–28, hc, 224 pages, 1992, ; tpb, 1992, ) A Game of You (collects #32–37, hc, 192 pages, 1993, ; tpb, 1993, ) Fables and Reflections (collects #29–31, 38–40, 50, hc, 264 pages, 1993, ; tpb, 1994, ) Includes The Sandman Special (written by Gaiman, art by Bryan Talbot, 1991) Includes the "Fear of Falling" short story (art by Kent Williams) from Vertigo Preview (one-shot, 1992) Brief Lives (collects #41–49, hc, 256 pages, 1994, ; tpb, 1994, ) Worlds' End (collects #51–56, hc, 168 pages, 1995, ; tpb, 1995, ) The Kindly Ones (collects #57–69, hc, 352 pages, 1996, ; tpb, 1996, ) Includes "The Castle" short story (art by Kevin Nowlan) from Vertigo Jam (anthology one-shot, 1993) The Wake (collects #70–75, hc, 192 pages, 1997, ; tpb, 1997, ) Includes the "Three Lost Pages from The Wake" segment (art by Michael Zulli) from The Dreaming #8 (1997) Shade, the Changing Man vol. 2 #32 / Hellblazer #62 / The Sandman vol. 2 #46: "Death Talks About Life" (with Dave McKean, co-feature, 1993) An 8-page AIDS awareness story published in three pre-Vertigo titles with a February 1993 cover date; released as a giveaway pamphlet in 1994. Collected in Death: The High Cost of Living (hc, 104 pages, Vertigo, 1993, ; tpb, 1994, ) 9-11 Volume 2: "The Wheel" (with Chris Bachalo, anthology graphic novel, 224 pages, 2002, ) The DC Universe by Neil Gaiman (hc, 224 pages, 2016, ; tpb, 2018, ) collects: Batman: Secret Origins (anthology): Secret Origins vol. 2 #36: "Pavane" (with Mark Buckingham, 1989) Secret Origins Special