Story: "Calliope" (24 Pages)

Credits:

Neil Gaiman (plot, script)
Kelley Jones (pencils)
Malcolm Jones III (inks)
Todd Klein (letters)
Robbie Busch (colors)
Karen Berger (edits)

Feature Character:

Morpheus

Supporting Characters:

Mildred
Mordred
Cynthia (all three in 1986; all three next in issue #2)

Villains:

Erasmus Fry (first appearance; a writer; also in flashback preceding main story; dies)
Richard Madoc (first appearance; a novelist)

Other Characters:

Calliope (first appearance; the youngest of the Nine Muses; also in flashback to 1927 following Sandman Special #1 and preceding the main story in this issue)
Felix Garrison (a doctor)
Harry (Richard Madoc's agent; first appearance of both)