Story: "The Hourman Act One" (23 Pages)

Credits: Matt Wagner and Stephen T. Seagle (plot, script); Guy Davis (pencils, inks); David Hornung (colors); John Costanza (letters); Karen Berger (edits)

Feature Character: Sandman I (last in Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1/4)

Supporting Characters: Dian Belmont (last in Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1/4), Lawrence Belmont (next in issue #31), Leslie Humphries (last in issue #27)

Guest Star: Man of the Hour (Rex "Tick-Tock" Tylor; last in flashback in Hourman #5)

Villains: Lenny (first appearance; leader of the Breezy boys); Jerry Kenton, Mickey (two of the Breezy Boys), the Breezy Boys (first appearance of all)

Other Characters: Rosie Kenton (Jerry's wife), Manny Kenton, Willa Kenton (Jerry's children; first apperance of all three); Alexander Bannermain (first appearance; head of Bannermain Chemicals)