From: lsmith@exa.cs.umn.edu (Lance "Squiddie" Smith)
Subject: Re: Sandman: Darkness in Corinth (Small Spoiler)
Keywords: SPOILERS, really, I mean it.
Organization: Little Eye Eating Squids of the Poor
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 22:04:59 GMT


tweaver@nyx.cs.du.edu (T.C.Weaver) writes:
> lsmith@deci.cs.umn.edu (Lance "Squiddie" Smith) writes:
>>tweaver@nyx.cs.du.edu (T.C.Weaver) writes:

>And there really are spoilers. trust me <cackle> 

Yup plenty of spoilers ahead. Maybe even some new ones.


>>>Back? I don't think so. I think we merely see him again.
>>
>>????? As in we see him in flashback or as in he was never really gone?

[Description of the Corinthian's role in future issues deleted.]

>So, in flashback.

Darn. An awful lot of idle specualtion shot to hell. Good thing I'm 
especially idle these days.

>>"In Part 4 of Brief Lives, Sandman and Delirium continue their search for
>> the the missing sibling Destruction. This issue features the return of
>> the evil Corinthian and many strange dreams."

>I though Part Four was going to be the Alderman biting off his shadow and
>turning into a bear (I *love* this storyline). Then, there's to be "Lots of
>nudity and dancing". I hope the concerned mothers of america appreciate it.

Excuse me while I try this vacuous look on for size. That first bit about the
Alderman sounds oddly fimiliar. Emphasis on the odd part.

I think the blurbos have the strip club coming up in issue #45. Although
I like the idea of a stripping alderman, I assume this is the "dancing woman"
part. My original guess was that the dancing woman might be Kali, but I have 
a hard time imagining her at a strip bar. Well, after this latest revelation
I suppose anything is possible.

The Concerned Moms would be really happy if the nude dancers were lesbian,
crack-smoking Satan worshipers who plan to vote for Clinton. Hard to work
all of that into one issue, I suppose. 

>>So how and why does the Corinthian return? I'd argue he was "gone" as 
>>Morpheus has control over his creations and we did see the body (a portion
>>of it anyway) in one of the last issues of Season. 

>I would still say he hasn't returned yet. Unless the upcoming issue is not
>the one I'm expecting.

The flashback makes more sense. I think the recent break-up would have had 
to have been fairly ugly for Dream to reform the Corinthian again.

ObCorinthianFact: Color blindness was studied by chemist John Dalton who
proposed that it was caused by a discoloration in the humor of the eye.
(Daltonism was coined as a term for this condition.) Since Dalton suffered
from color blindness his will included a clause that his eyes were to be
disected after his death, to see if such a discoloration existed. No dis-
coloration was found.

Sudden Question: Why did Delirium keep talking about getting caught in a
flood of <that stuff in eyes> back when she was talking to Despair? Relevant
or just an interesting mental image?
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