Question: "The Sandman" comic book series and "The Sandman: The Dream Hunters" novella are written by who?

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Endless (comics): The Endless (Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium) are a group of fictional beings appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics imprint Vertigo.  The characters embody powerful forces or aspects of the universe in the comic book series "The Sandman", by Neil Gaiman.  They have existed since the dawn of time and are thought to be among the most powerful beings in the universe.  They are distinct from and supposedly more powerful than most gods.  Dream is the protagonist of "The Sandman" series, but all of the Endless play major roles.

Dream (comics): Dream is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics' imprint Vertigo.  The character is the protagonist of the comic book series "The Sandman", written by Neil Gaiman.  One of the seven Endless, inconceivably powerful beings older and greater than gods, Dream is both lord and personification of all dreams and stories, all that is not in reality (which, in turn, Dream may define by his existence).  He has taken many names, including Morpheus and Oneiros, and his appearance can change depending on the person who is seeing him.  Dream was named the sixth-greatest comic book character by "Empire Magazine".  He was also named fifteenth in IGN's 100 Top Comic Book Heroes list.

Sandman Midnight Theatre: Sandman Midnight Theatre is the title of a one-shot comic book in which two DC comics characters called the Sandman — Dream and Wesley Dodds — encounter each other.  "Sandman Midnight Theatre" was co-written by "Sandman Mystery Theatre" author Matt Wagner (co-plot) and "The Sandman" author Neil Gaiman (co-plot/script), and featured painted artwork by Teddy Kristiansen and lettering by Todd Klein.  It received the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Original Graphic Novel/Album for 1996.

Corinthian (comics): The Corinthian is a fictional character in Neil Gaiman's comic book series "The Sandman".  He can first be seen in "The Sandman" #10 (October 1989), which is part of the second story arc, "".  The Corinthian is a nightmare created by Dream, who destroys him in the same collection for going rogue and failing to fulfill his original design.  Dream later recreates him with "some changes", though the exact nature of these changes is not explicit.  His most notable physical feature is his lack of eyes: in their place, two rows of small, jagged teeth line each eye socket, which he often covers with sunglasses.  He can speak, eat, see, and even respire through these mouths.

The Sandman (Vertigo): The Sandman is a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics.  Its artists include Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson, Shawn McManus, Marc Hempel, and Michael Zulli, with lettering by Todd Klein and covers by Dave McKean.  Beginning with issue No. 47, it was placed under the Vertigo imprint.  It tells the story of Dream of the Endless, who rules over the world of dreams.  The original series ran for 75 issues from January 1989 to March 1996.

Destiny (DC Comics): Destiny is a DC Comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Bernie Wrightson, first appearing in "Weird Mystery Tales" #1 (1972), and was regular host of that series for the first fourteen issues, after which he hosted "Secrets of Haunted House".  He is one of the Endless in Neil Gaiman's comic book series, "The Sandman".  In "The Sandman Special" #1, he was also referred to by his Greek name, Potmos.  In 1997, he starred in an eponymous three-issue limited series written by Alisa Kwitney.

Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sandman Mystery Theatre is a comic book series published by Vertigo, the mature-readers imprint of DC Comics.  It ran for 70 issues between 1993 and 1999 and retells the adventures of the Sandman, a vigilante whose main weapon is a gun that fires sleeping gas, originally created by DC in the Golden Age of Comic Books.  In a similar vein to Batman, the Sandman possesses no superhuman powers and relies on his detective skills and inventions.

Daniel Hall: Daniel Hall is a fictional character in the "Sandman" comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics.  An infant for the majority of the "Sandman" series, he is the son of Hippolyta 'Lyta' Hall and Hector Hall, borne "in utero" for two years in the Dreaming.  Hector Hall was a perennial DC character, son of Carter Hall (the Golden Age Hawkman), and has assumed many guises during his stay in the DC Universe, and was at one point the Sandman.  Lyta was the daughter of the Golden Age Wonder Woman (later changed post-Crisis to a new "Golden Age Fury") and once a superheroine called the Fury whose powers were derived from Tisiphone.  When her fellow members of Infinity, Inc. learned she was pregnant, she was forced to resign from the team.  Daniel, at the end of the Sandman series, becomes the new "Dream of the Endless".

The Sandman: The Dream Hunters: "The Sandman: The Dream Hunters" is a novella by English author Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano.  The story is tangential to "The Sandman" comic book series, and can be read without prior knowledge of the main sequence.  It won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative.  The story deals with a love affair between a Buddhist monk and a fox spirit or kitsune.

List of The Sandman characters: This is a list of characters appearing in "The Sandman" comic book, published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.  This page discusses not only events which occur in "The Sandman" (1989–94), but also some occurring in spinoffs of "The Sandman" (such as "The Dreaming" [1996–2001] and "Lucifer" [1999–2007]) and in earlier stories that "The Sandman" was based on.  These stories occur in the DC Universe, but are generally tangential to the mainstream DC stories.

Supporting paragraphs: The Sandman: The Dream Hunters The Sandman (Vertigo)
Answer: Neil Gaiman