To learn the truth about who she really is, and settle a debt most infernal, Dora must play a game with herself, and triumph in a contest of strategy against the demon Flauros, Hell's wiliest mind. Oh, and did we mention that demons always cheat? Featuring stunning guest art by Eisner Award nominee Mat as Bergara (Coda).
Simon Spurrier continues to keep the spirit of Vertigo Comics alive in the Sandman universe, with a script worthy of Neil Gaiman himself. Read Full Review
This issue is a feast for all senses involved and everything a fan could want out of a Sandman Universe book. Read Full Review
As I struggle with this series in different places and at different times, when it's firing on all cylinders its fantastic. The story here is pretty basic and a familiar gambit but the execution is spectacular. It's nudged up in the grading side because Matias Bergara does such an excellent job with it that I was glad I bought it digitally so I could zoom in and really look at all the details and color design. I'm excited by seeing Dora now ready to move forward in full with a target in mind but there are going to be complications with it, as expected. And getting to see how she manipulates events to get there just made for a really engaging installment as the curtain is pulled back. Read Full Review
The best thing about the Sandman Universe books is the way they can seamlessly change genre and tone from issue to issue, such as in The Dreaming #14. After several issues taking place in the Dreaming, this issue we shift to Dora's story as she pursues the truth of who she is and what turned her into an amnesiac nomad. Read Full Review
This was fun and completely worthy of this run and the Sandman name. I will be sad when G. Willow Wilson takes over.
I actually got big into the game thing, that was hella neat. Feeling a little confused about the whole revelation but I trust that will be made clearer in time...
I really didn't feel like reading this because Dora is boring. But I actually really enjoyed the story. Until the end, that is. I'm not sure if it's purposefully anticlimactic or not. But really? That's it? I'd be doubly broken if all it took to break me was a partner making an unfortunate observation during sex. But maybe the point is how small an infraction it was? I honestly can't tell. But the bulk of the story makes up for the not-cares in the beginning and end, I guess.