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

Credits:

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

Feature Character:

Sandman I

Supporting Characters:

Dian Belmont
Lawrence Belmont (next in issue #59)
Leslie Humphries (last in issue #50)
Hubert Klein (last in issue #49; next in issue #55)

Villain:

The Crone (first appearance; real name revelealed in issue #56)

Other Characters:

Dr. Estelle Beavedere (first appearance; an author)
Jonathan Weiss (dies)
Victor Vye (Jonathan Weiss' successor; dies)
Patricia Honeywell
Farly Wells
Esther Sommers (radio play actors at the RCB show "The Coming of Night")
Nicholas "Nick" Filipi (a producer at the RBC)
Marc Sylvester (an executive at the RCB)
Horace (a sound effects man at RBC; first appearance of all)
Nancy Fullbright (an old friend of Dian's)
Douglas Gordon (a radio play actor; first appearance of both)
Queenie (first appearance; the owner of a bar called Queenie's)