Editing The Sandman: The Wake (section)

==References to other DC characters==
At the wake, [[Superman]], [[Batman]], and the [[Martian Manhunter]] are seen discussing their dreams. In ''The Sandman Companion,'' Gaiman revealed that these dreams are taken from [[Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] stories. Superman and Batman mention dreams of being actors playing themselves, but Martian Manhunter claims he never has that dream (at that time, the character of Martian Manhunter had never appeared in a television show).<ref>{{cite book|last=Gaiman|first=Neil|title=The Sandman: The Wake|year=1997|publisher=DC Comics|isbn=1-56389-279-0|pages=62}}</ref> Batman is represented as more angular and inhuman than he is generally drawn in comics, as Gaiman wanted to stress that Batman's internal concept of himself was far removed from his real form. Gaiman also stated that his original idea for this sequence included Superman, in his Clark Kent persona, constantly trying to conceal the edge of his red Superman cape as it fell from beneath his funeral jacket, stating that he felt this was something about which Superman would have nightmares; allegedly DC rejected the image as being disrespectful to the character. 

[[John Constantine]], [[Doctor Occult]], and [[Phantom Stranger]] are also seen conversing. Constantine remarks "Nice trench coat",<ref>{{cite book|last=Gaiman|first=Neil|title=The Sandman: The Wake|year=1997|publisher=DC Comics|isbn=1-56389-279-0|pages=62}}</ref> referring to his own amused description of the three of them, with [[Mister E]], as the [[Trenchcoat Brigade]] in the [[Books of Magic]] miniseries,<ref>{{cite book|last=Gaiman|first=Neil|title=The Books of Magic|year=1993|publisher=DC Comics|isbn=1563890828}}</ref> [[Darkseid]] appears beside Rose Walker and her brother Jed during the wake and the [[Sandman (Wesley Dodds)|Golden Age Sandman]], now an elderly man retired from the superhero life, delivers one of the elegies.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gaiman|first=Neil|title=The Sandman: The Wake|year=1997|publisher=DC Comics|isbn=1-56389-279-0|pages=73}}</ref>