{"product_id":"the-sandman-vol-x-the-wake-by-neil-gaiman-first-edition-paperback-1997-dc","title":"The Sandman Vol. X: The Wake by Neil Gaiman [FIRST EDITION PAPERBACK] 1997 • Vertigo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sandman X: The Wake by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by  Michael Zulli, Jon J. Muth \u0026amp; Charles Vess  [THE SANDMAN Volume #10]\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION [1997] VERTIGO • DC\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThird printing of this Trade Paperback variant First Edition. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook is in excellent condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLight shelf wear to cover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReads like new.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e⚜︎\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e⚜︎\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandman: The Wake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is comprised of the last six issues of the regular \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e comic book series. The first three cover the actual wake of Morpheus, King of Dreams. In this story within a story characters from the series meet to remember and pay their respects to the fallen immortal. In eulogies which alternate between respect, praise and villification, the Dream Lord's character is summed up and his flaws laid bare to, literally, all the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the final chapter of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the reader is returned to an earlier time in the saga of the Sandman, when an aging \"William Shekespeare\" having just completed his final play \"The Tempest,\" commissioned at the bequest of the Dream Lord, reflects on his life, his struggles, tragedies and a bargain for greatness he made with Morpheus many years earlier. In perhaps the series' most poigniant line, a statement which ironically becomes the Sandman's own epitaph, Morpheus reveals that he made the bargain because  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"...I am the King of Stories, but I have no story of my own.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarefully balancing melancholy and tragedy with hope and determination the beautifully illustrated and even more beautifully written \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandman: The Wake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands counter to Morpheus' own words and serves as an extrodinary ending to one of the most incredible stories in the history of comics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48472314446073,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/sandmanxthewake-1.jpg?v=1780367291","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/the-sandman-vol-x-the-wake-by-neil-gaiman-first-edition-paperback-1997-dc","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}