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Wesley Dodds: The Sandman by Rob Venditti and Riley Rossmo is a brand new six-issue mini-series from DC Comics out subsequent Tuesday.
Wesley Dodds: The Sandman by Rob Venditti and Riley Rossmo is a brand new six-issue mini-series from DC Comics starting in October, out subsequent Tuesday simply in time for New York Comic Con. And at present’s DC Comics titles are previewing the primary problem, as seen under.
The new collection, based on Venditti, “shows the titular character as a pacifist. He has given up on the hope of a peaceful world, but he hasn’t stopped believing that people can be better to each other, if they’re only given the right tools. Possessing a scientist’s optimism and romanticism, he is convinced that humanity can invent cures for its own ills. Having learned about the battlefield horrors of World War I from his father, he sought to create a sleep gas that would allow for “humane” warfare.”
“During his research, he recorded all of his attempts in his science journal – even those with horribly deadly consequences – swearing to never show them to the world. Now his journal has been stolen, and he must find the culprit and stop them before his deadly mis-inventions fall into the arsenals of the belligerent nations threatening to pull the United States into the next world war.”
The Sandman was initially created as a personality for the precursor to DC Comics within the Nineteen Forties, and was a member of the Justice Society Of America, however he has been quite overshadowed by Neil Gaiman’s reimaging of the Sandman within the eighties. However, that did result in the long-running Sandman Mystery Theatre starring the gas-masked superhero from DC Comics’ Vertigo line, and gave DC two ongoing, if very totally different, Sandman comedian books on the time.
It’s considered one of a lot of new titles that will likely be beneath The New Golden Age banner showrun by author and former DC Comics COO Geoff Johns and can launch in October 2023. Wesley Dodds: The Sandman joins Jay Garrick: The Flash and Alan Scott: The Green Lantern.
WESLEY DODDS THE SANDMAN #1 (OF 6) CVR A RILEY ROSSMO
(W) Robert Venditti (A/CA) Riley Rossmo
THE GOLDEN AGE SANDMAN RETURNS IN A NEW NOIR MYSTERY! No one escapes the Sandman’s darkish desires, not even Wesley Dodds himself. After years of testing and experimentation, Wesley perfected his sleep fuel because the optimum weapon to battle crime with out inflicting undue hurt. But when his journal detailing all his failed and way more lethal formulation is stolen, the Sandman should search out the thief and the folks within the shadows pulling the strings earlier than the contents of the journal are launched! Retail: $3.99 In-Store Date: 10/10/2023
WESLEY DODDS THE SANDMAN #2 (OF 6) CVR B DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON CARD STOCK VAR
(W) Robert Venditti (A) Riley Rossmo (CA) Daniel Warren Johnson
Wesley’s journal of lethal gases is on the market within the metropolis, within the fingers of a villain who is aware of he is the Sandman! Can Wesley remedy the thriller of who broke into his residence earlier than these noxious weapons are unleashed on the world, or is Sandman fated to fade away into the mists? Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 11/14/2023
WESLEY DODDS THE SANDMAN #3 (OF 6) CVR A RILEY ROSSMO
(W) Robert Venditti (A/CA) Riley Rossmo
Wesley’s seek for solutions brings him to the town morgue as he learns the person who broke into his residence did not die from the hearth. But the clues he finds land him face-to-face with the true villain, and he is already begun utilizing the Sandman gear. Enter: the Fog! Retail: $3.99 In-Store Date: 12/12/2023
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