Editing List of The Sandman characters (section)

===Mervyn Pumpkinhead===
'''Mervyn "Merv" Pumpkinhead'''  is Dream's cantankerous, cigar-smoking [[janitor]]: an animated [[scarecrow]] whose head is a [[jack-o'-lantern]]. He resembles [[Jack Pumpkinhead]] of [[L. Frank Baum]]'s [[Land of Oz|Oz]] books.

Mervyn is first seen in ''[[The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes|Preludes and Nocturnes]]'', driving a bus on which Dream travels. Thereafter, Merv is in charge of the construction, maintenance, and demolition work in the Dreaming, though he sometimes complains that his job is superfluous because Dream can change any of the Dreaming at will. One issue of the ''Dreaming'' spin-off comic focuses on a dreamer who enjoys working under Merv's supervision. Later issues have him assisted by [[#Abudah|Abudah]].

Mervyn was one of the few who took arms against the Furies in ''[[The Sandman: The Kindly Ones|The Kindly Ones]]'', but was easily killed. He is returned to life by the [[Daniel Hall (comics)|new Dream]] in ''[[The Sandman: The Wake|The Wake]]'' who rebuilds his body and grows a new pumpkin to serve as his head.

In a past incarnation shown in ''[[The Sandman: The Wake|The Wake]]'', Mervyn was seen to have had a [[turnip]] for a head instead of a pumpkin as pumpkins were not then known in Europe.

[[Kevin Smith]] voices Mervyn in the podcast adaptation.

In the Netflix series, Mervyn is performed by Nicholas Anscombe and voiced by [[Mark Hamill]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flook |first=Ray |date=2022-06-06 |title=The Sandman Teaser, Key Art Released; Mark Hamill as Mervyn & More |url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/the-sandman-teaser-key-art-released-mark-hamill-as-mervyn-more/ |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=Bleeding Cool |language=en}}</ref>