ESSENTIAL VERTIGO SANDMAN #29

Reprints Sandman (1989 2nd Series) #29. Distant Mirrors: Part 1 of 3: Thermidor - Written by Neil Gaiman. Art by Stan Woch & Dick Giordano. Cover by Dave McKean. During the French Reign of Terror, Morpheus enlists Lady Johanna Constantine as his mortal agent in an urgent family matter. Her deadly mission: To recover the still-living head of his son, Orpheus (decapitated long ago in ancient Greece), before the leaders of the 'Age of Reason' destroy it as an object of superstition unfit for enlightened France. 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers.