Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #5

Writer: Robert Venditti Artist: Riley Rossmo Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: February 14, 2024 Cover Price: $3.99 Critic Reviews: 6 User Reviews: 11
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It's Wesley Dodds vs. the U.S. Army as the Sandman infiltrates a military base in search of his missing journal. Can he get in and out before anyone sees him, or will the full force of the military come down on Wesley?

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    ComicBook.com - Jamie Lovett Feb 14, 2024

    This is the stuff that comic book dreams are made of. Read Full Review

  • 9.0
    Comic Watch - Carlos Morales Feb 19, 2024

    The Sandman team of Venditti, Rossmo, Plascencia, and Napolitano continue to deliver a delightful story of a classic pulp hero through a modern lens. The gorgeous eye popping art and perceptive character development subsides any issues with pacing the story might have. Read Full Review

  • 9.0
    Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield Feb 13, 2024

    It's a great follow-up to the work Williamson did with the long-dead Dodds in Knight Terrors. Read Full Review

  • 8.0
    DC Comics News - Matthew Lloyd Feb 13, 2024

    Wesley Dodds #5 sets up a finale that may hold further surprises or simply wrap up the story. Either way, this series has maintained a consistent quality as it's progressed. It's just plain good with some moments of brilliance. Read Full Review

  • 8.0
    AIPT - Andrew Isidoro Feb 13, 2024

    Skillfully weaves together action, philosophy, and the blurred lines between right and wrong. The confrontation between Wesley and Colonel Breckenridge provides intense stealth and action sequences. Riley Rossmo's art continues to excel in capturing the noir aesthetic, with well-choreographed sequences and expressive facial details. Overall, the combination of compelling storytelling and impressive artistic elements makes this issue well worth the read. Read Full Review

  • 8.0
    Weird Science - Gabe Hernandez Feb 13, 2024

    Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #5 brings the penultimate issue to a close with the end of the mystery before a last-minute twist sets up a physical and emotional conflict in the finale. Venditti's detective noir style and execution are on point, and Rossmo's art is as good as it gets in this issue, so here's hoping the creative team can stick the landing. Read Full Review

  • 9.5
    ResearchReader Feb 16, 2024

    I cant believe I am saying this but Rossmo's art continues to get better. Like just take page 3, The look of Ms Belmonts face is worth a thousand words and Rossmo just nailed what Venditti was trying to get across in that panel. There are some great moments in the arts fine details across the book on that alone.

    As for the story, right off the bat, Dodds reflecting on what his gas actually does and adjusting it to be human is a small but well written detail. Venditti really get the character.

    Also can I say that verbal spare between Dodds and Colonel Malcolm Breckinridge was intense. Essentially the embodiment of the industrial war machine vs the pacifist Dodds. When the Colonel responds to Dodds about what is victory more

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    Bats20832 Feb 20, 2024

    What Total Nonsense. If you want to write about Thanagar or some imaginary dimension or Darkseid, and any of the other sci-fi nonsense, sure who cares what you write. Stick to adventures of "outer space," then. But when you are writing about the WWII era, there is a responsibility to have some credibility to reality, whether you are writing Green Lantern, Sandman, or any of the other WWII era stories.

    I keep trying to figure out if any of the "New Golden Age" writers remember we were fighting Nazi Germany in WWII. I am fine with all of their retcon story lines, but if they are going to put them in WWII-era, there are actual facts, and a lot of recorded history about the time. After Germany mass-murdered people with chemical warf more

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