Sandman: The Dolls House - Neil Gaiman

The Doll's House (classified as The Sandman, vol. 2: The Doll's House) is the second trade paperback of the DC comic series The Sandman. It collects issues #9–16. It was written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Chris Bachalo, Michael Zulli and Steve Parkhouse, coloured by Robbie Busch and lettered by Todd Klein. It is preceded by Preludes & Nocturnes and followed by Dream Country. Publication history The Doll's House was the first Sandman paperback collection. The first edition printed in 1990 collected issues #8-16. Its success led to the printing of Preludes and Nocturnes, which collected issues #1-8. Later editions of The Doll's House would omit issue #8. The collection was later reissued in hardcover in 1995. The collected edition features a foreword by Gaiman's friend Clive Barker. Plot Dream, from Sandman #10, "The Doll's House", pencilled by Mike Dringenberg As part of a manhood ritual, an old man in the desert tells a younger man an ancient story, detailing the tragic love between Dream and Queen Nada. Fearing the consequences of loving an immortal, Nada spurns Dream. In anger, Dream sends Nada to Hell, where she remains to the present day.