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SANDMAN

SANDMAN Vol. 2 #4 April 1989 [$1.50] Cover Credit: Dave McKean (art)

Story: "A Hope In Hell" (24 Pages)

Credits: Neil Gaiman (plot, script); Sam Kieth (pencils); Mike Dringenberg (inks); Todd Klein (letters); Robbie Busch (colors); Karen Berger (edits)

Feature Character: Morpheus

Supporting Characters: Nada (first appearance; a former love Morpheus's; last in flashback in #9; next in issue #22)

Villains: Choronzon (first actually seen; from behind the scenes in issue #1; a demon Duke of Hell and captain of the Horde of Lord Beelzebub; next in Lucifer #5); John Dee (last in issue #2)

Guest Appearances: Etrigan the Demon (last in Action Comics Weekly #641; next in Detective Comics #602); Lucifer Morningstar (the ruler of Hell; last behind the scenes in Hellblazer #12; next in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #48/2), Beelzebub (first appearance; the Lord of Flies; last behind the scenes in Hellblazer #12), Azazel (first appearance; latter two rulers of Hell along with Lucifer as the Triumvirate)

Other Characters: Agony, Ecstacy (both last in Hellblazer #12); Squatterbloat (first appearance; a demon), Roger Huntoon (last in issue #2; behind the scenes)