num_pages: 616
description: One of the most popular and critically acclaimed comic book titles of all time, New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman's masterpiece 
  The Sandman
 set new standards for mature, lyrical fantasy and graphic narrative. Now, Vertigo and DC Comics are proud to present the second of four definitive Absolute Editions collecting this groundbreaking series in its entirety. 
  The Absolute Sandman, Volume Two
 reprints issues 21-39 of The Sandman and features remastered coloring prepared especially for this edition on all nineteen issues, as well as brand-new inks on The Sandman 34 by the issue's original penciller, Colleen Doran. This volume also includes two never-before-reprinted stories by Gaiman (a Desire story painted by John Bolton, and a prose Sandman story previously only available to buyers of the very first Sandman statue, released in 1991), a complete reproduction of the never-before-reprinted one-shot The Sandman: A Gallery of Dreams, and the original script and pencils by Gaiman and Kelley Jones for Chapter Two of "Season of Mists" from The Sandman 23.
language: English
title: The Absolute Sandman, Volume 2
titlecomplete: The Absolute Sandman, Volume 2
characters: Dream of the Endless
genres: Mythology, Comic Book, Graphic Novels, Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels Comics, Horror, Urban Fantasy, Fiction, Dc Comics
ratings_count: 8782
series: The Sandman, The Absolute Sandman
publisher: Vertigo