In the Sandman story, "The Golden Boy", we see a strange figure reappear a number of times called Boss Smiley. He is apparently "the prince in that world", and appears at the end of the issue in a God-like situation despite being portrayed as more like a mob boss through the comic. Was it ever revealed, in- or out-of-comic, what Boss Smiley was supposed to represent?

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