Story: "The Brute Act One" (24 Pages)

Credits:

Matt Wagner (plot, script)
R.G. Taylor (pencils, inks)
David Hornung (colors)
John Costanza (letters)
Karen Berger (edits)

Feature Character:

Sandman I

Supporting Characters:

Dian Belmont
Lawrence Belmont
Thomas Schaeffer (in between #4 and #11)

Villains:

Arthur Reisling (first appearance; a fight promotor and drug dealer)
Dennis Reisling (Arthur's elder son), the Brute (Maria Reisling; Arthur's daughter)
Ross
Larry
Reuben (three of Reisling's men)

Other Characters:

Charles "Rocket Eddie" Ramsey (a boxer)
Emily Ramsey (his daughter)
Mel (Eddie's coach), "Iron Dog" Stinson (a boxer)
Charles Reisling
Tobias Reisling (Arthur Reisling's youngest sons)

Synopsis:

Wesley 's dark dreams grow more intense, drawing the Sandman into a complex conspiracy involving child abuse and boxing scams, as "Rocket Eddie", a retired boxer, is lured back into a black market boxing game so he can save his tubecular child.