The Sandman: Overture

"Best-selling author Neil Gaiman made his name writing the horror/fantasy comic book series The Sandman about the godlike character Morpheus, the Lord of Dreaming. Its 75-issue run revealed Gaiman’s seemingly limitless imagination — he wrote stories about a convention for serial killers, the gods that view hell as prime real estate for development once Lucifer abandons it, and the premiere of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream held for an audience from the fairy realm. For the 25th anniversary of the comic book, Gaiman returned to his beloved characters for a six-issue miniseries. Here, Morpheus is tasked with saving the universe from complete destruction — a destruction he himself set in motion. The Sandman: Overture serves as a prequel to the original series and gives you the chance to read it all over again."