 Wesley Dodds, also known as Sandman, is the original costumed crimefighter who used the name.According to Gaiman, he was merely filling a hole in the universe in a similar way to a process of evolution, in which animals fill up a niche—for instance, what should fly.He is first seen in "The Sandman" series in a two-panel cameo in issue #1, and another cameo in issue #26.