But this Sandman had coincidentally just been revived in the pages of the comic book Infinity, Inc. This character could enter people's dreams and protect them from nightmares with the help of his two minions, Brute and Glob. Gaiman's Sandman wasn't DC's first version of the character.Īnother pitch Gaiman presented to DC was an updated version of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s Sandman from the ’70s. Gaiman did eventually end up including the Phantom Stranger as a major character in his 1990 Books of Magic series. (So obscure, in fact, that Berger asked “Blackhawk Kid? Who's he?” when the pitch came up.) The miniseries debuted just months before the first issue of The Sandman. The company did, however, accept Gaiman's other pitch for Black Orchid, a modern take on an even more obscure superhero from its back catalog. It was exactly the type of character Gaiman would have been perfect to write for, the publisher passed on the idea. When editor Karen Berger initially approached Neil Gaiman to work for DC Comics, he originally pitched a story about the Phantom Stranger, a mysterious, immortal figure with no verified origin and an array of cosmic powers. Neil Gaiman at the 2007 Comic Con International.
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