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Neil Gaiman - The Sandman
This iceberg and its alt-text are built with the assumption you've either read the main Sandman series to completion or don't mind unmarked spoilers, as marking what is and isn't a spoiler would rather give away there IS something to be spoiled. Either way, reader step lightly.
Tier 1
The Sandman (1989-1996)
Audible adaptation
Netflix adaptation
Neil Gaiman
Dave McKean
Karen Berger
Todd Klein
Vertigo Comics
The Seven Endless siblings
Dream & his titles
Death
Hob Gadling
Lucifer (character)
Lucifer (TV series)
Matthew the Raven
Cain and Abel
Lucien
The Three
Lyta Hall
The eye thing
Tier 2
Sam Kieth
Mike Dringenberg
Michael Zuli
Jill Thompson
Marc Hempel
Wesley Dodds
Garrett Sanford
Hector Hall
Daniel Hall
The Sandman Universe line
Lucifer (2000-2006)
Death: The High Cost of Living
Death: The Time of Your Life
Sandman Midnight Theatre
Endless Nights
Overture
Desire
Delirium
Despair
Rose Walker
Barbie
Wanda Mann
The Corinthian
Gilbert/Fiddler's Green
Merv Pumpkinhead
Thessaly
Nada
Orpheus
Tier 3
Kelley Jones
Charles Vess
Shawn McManus
Mike Carey
The Dreaming (1996-2001)
The Sandman Presents line
The Dead Boy Detectives (various)
Sandman Mystery Theatre (1993-1999)
The Dream Hunters
Vertigo Preview/Jam stories
The Little Endless Storybooks
The Books of Magic
Horror host origins
Matthew's Swamp Thing origin (Burma Shave)
Infinity Inc. connections
Destiny
The Prodigal
Mad Hettie
Lady Johana Constantine
Mazikeen's pencil mouth speech
Original plan for The Song of Orpheus
Tier 4
Malcolm Jones III
Vince Locke
Bryan Talbot
Colleen Doran
Element Girl
Prez
Doctor Destiny
Manga spin-offs
The Girl Who Would Be Death
Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold
Vertigo: Winter's Edge Storires
Book of Dreams
Death Talks About Life (1993)
"If you need me, me 'n' Neill'll be hangin' out with the Dream King"
(Neil says hi, by the way)
Violent Cases
Black Orchid
The Sandman is a rework of the Simon/Kirby Sandman, not the Fox/Christman Sandman
Merv Turniphead
JLA/JSA crossover appearances
Hippogrith/pegasus distinction
Origin of Odin's Ragnarok
Alisa Kwitney saved Matthew
The Last Sandman Story
Volumes 1-3 recolors
Original volume 2 contents
Volume 6 ordering weirdness
Tier 5
Sandman: Snow
Ambush Bug: Nothing Special
The Endless in Howard the Duck (2002) #4
The Wednesday Comic theory
Death Talks About Life fan film
24 Hour Diner fan film
The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch
Stardust
MirrorMask
Cameos in American Gods
Emperor Norton: True story
Morpheus fueling the frog car
"Hiya, big brother!"
"The Wheel"
Captain Atom #42
Action Comics #894
Incredible Hulk 418
Daniel Bustamonte theory
Darkseid cameo
Despair created Superman
Futurama comic cameo
Rick & Morty cameo
Nightmare (Marvel comics)
Dread of the Endless
Bones of the Moon
Volumes 4-10 recolors
"I do not want a grape"
Tier 6
Marquee Moon
Sex & Violets
Cancelled abortion issue
Sea of Clouds
Teeth
Mike Mignola's The Kindly Ones
Calliope: German Cut
Dark Night: A True Batman Story
Ted Elliott/Terry Rossio cancelled script
William Farmer's terrible Sandman script
James Mangold's TV pitch
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Sandman movie
Book titles in Lucien's library
Scrapped Joker cameo
"Nobody masturbates in DC Comics"
"Moon magic" debate
Shifting skin tones
Cover nipples
The Issue 34 Incident
Morpheus in Hellblazer #19 (DO NOT RESEARCH)
Tier 7
Why did Delight become Delirium?
Who killed the first Despair?
Did Morpheus hire Loki and Puck?
What is Eblis O'Shaugnessy's destiny?
What happens in the woman's story?
What happened to Adam's second wife?
Did Titania kidnap Hamnet?
Where was Livonia on the map?
If we find the true world, will we be returned to our proper time and place, or simply crumble to dust?
Was it all worth it... in the end?
Neil ripped Overture's plot from Homestuck
"Desire isn't nonbinary, they're just androgynous"