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albertico66's review against another edition
5.0
Great first story arc to set up the characters and the epoch that Sandman Mystery Theatre takes place in. Guy Davis artwork is nice, but I think Davis has made these characters a little wider than they probably were meant to be (Dodds looks different in other comics).
angelofmine1974's review
dark
medium-paced
3.0
My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:
https://youtu.be/HsyGXYHBHTc
Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/HsyGXYHBHTc
Enjoy!
ostrava's review against another edition
3.0
Maybe it's the fever, but both the art and the writing gave me a headache.
Though it's fine, I didn't find it interesting enough, and so, I probably won't continue with it.
I'll stick with Gaiman...
Though it's fine, I didn't find it interesting enough, and so, I probably won't continue with it.
I'll stick with Gaiman...
rebus's review
4.5
I was never a fan of Wagner or his creations, but he found some footing as a writer with a classic DC character and we were treated with great art throughout the series (his own was awful).
carolynf's review against another edition
2.0
The "Sandman" and his leading lady are both great characters. Unfortunately that isn't enough to redeem this series. There is zero artistry here - just cell after cell of heads with speech bubbles. The plot is predictable. The dialogue isn't snappy. They tried to make it interesting by amping up the gore (think Roark Junior in Sin City). It didn't work. The most interesting part of the whole novel was the intro, which explained the original Sandman series.
valjeanval's review against another edition
3.0
Okay, I admit I bought this because I thought it was a Neil Gaiman Sandman spin-off and not a Golden Age Sandman spin-off. I was at my used book store spending money like a crazy person that day. Things fell in the basket. It happens.
So while this was not what I was expecting, it was still a neat 40s-style comic with a modern, storyline. It isn't something I would typically read, but an interesting one. It strives to recreate the pre-Batman vigilante hero, and I think it succeeds in this. The art style is not my favorite, but at the very lease it isn't the hypersexualized garbage that way too many superhero comics these days turn to.
So for fans of Golden Age comics, this is a neat revival. Just don't go into it looking for Morpheus in the background. The gas mask is all they have in common.
So while this was not what I was expecting, it was still a neat 40s-style comic with a modern, storyline. It isn't something I would typically read, but an interesting one. It strives to recreate the pre-Batman vigilante hero, and I think it succeeds in this. The art style is not my favorite, but at the very lease it isn't the hypersexualized garbage that way too many superhero comics these days turn to.
So for fans of Golden Age comics, this is a neat revival. Just don't go into it looking for Morpheus in the background. The gas mask is all they have in common.
mnerd63's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Incest, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual violence and Cursing
Minor: Antisemitism and Racism
thecommonswings's review
4.0
It’s a promising start, nicely contrasting the pulpy/ noir milieu with Wesley Dodds’ rather schoolboyish demeanour/ darker Sandman persona. And it’s good to see a properly dynamic support in Dian, albeit one that doesn’t quite balance out the slight whiff of misogyny about the torture at the centre of the plot. But the writing zips and more importantly knows when not to zip, and Guy Davis’ art is incredible: spidery, cluttered and very evocative
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