{"id":1209,"date":"2010-09-29T06:37:26","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T13:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2010-09-29T06:37:26","modified_gmt":"2010-09-29T13:37:26","slug":"glow-in-the-dark-comics-11-sandman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/glow-in-the-dark-comics-11-sandman\/","title":{"rendered":"Glow in the Dark Comics #11 Sandman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"b18d58\">During the speculator boom in the 1990s comic book market, publishers enhanced comic covers to increase sales. These gimmicks included shiny foil, holograms and even pop-ups! But, one of the coolest enhancements was the glow in the dark cover. Let&#8217;s shed some light on the subject, shall we?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/sandman-special-1.gif\" alt=\"Sandman Special #1 glows in the dark\" title=\"Sandman Special #1 glows in the dark\" align=\"left\" \/><b><u>Publisher<\/u><\/b>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics_DC-Comics_W0QQ_fsubZ19879009QQ_sidZ13296653QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322\">DC Comics<\/a><br \/><b><u>Cover Date<\/u><\/b>: 1991<br \/><b><u>Cover Price<\/u><\/b>: $3.50<\/p>\n<p>Two years after <strong>Neil Gaiman <\/strong>started his legendary <em>Sandman<\/em>, DC Comics released this <em>Sandman Special<\/em>. It featured an all-new story by Gaiman and also included characters pin-ups by well-regarded artists including Barry Windsor-Smith, Peter Craig Russell, Simon Bisley, Kent Williams, Dave McKean and Sergio Aragones. To celebrate this first in a long line of Sandman spin-offs, we were treated to a glow in the dark cover that reveals a special message from Morpheus: &#8220;In Dreams I Walk With U.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">On Ebay<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22sandman%22&amp;submit=Search&amp;LH_TitleDesc=1\" target=\"_blank\">Sandman<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the speculator boom in the 1990s comic book market, publishers enhanced comic covers to increase sales. These gimmicks included shiny foil, holograms and even pop-ups! But, one of the coolest enhancements was the glow in the dark cover. Let&#8217;s shed some light on the subject, shall we? Publisher: DC ComicsCover Date: 1991Cover Price: $3.50 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glow-in-the-dark-comics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1209"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1292,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions\/1292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}