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{{Short description|Comic book series from Neil Gaiman}} {{italic title}} {{For|the play by Henrik Ibsen|A Doll's House}} {{Infobox comics story arc <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics--> <!-- |title = The Sandman: The Doll's House --> |image = Sandman Dolls House.jpg |imagesize = <!-- default 250 --> |caption = {{Descript-cvr|[[The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo)|The Sandman]]: The Doll's House|||1991|type=TPB|art=[[Dave McKean]]}} |publisher = [[DC Comics]] |date = September 1989 β June 1990 |titles = ''[[The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]'' #9β16 |notable = y |ISBN = 0-930289-59-5 |main_char_team = [[Dream (DC Comics)|Dream]] |writers = [[Neil Gaiman]] |artists = [[Mike Dringenberg]]<br/>[[Malcolm Jones III]]<br/>[[Chris Bachalo]]<br/>[[Michael Zulli]]<br/>[[Steve Parkhouse]]<br/>[[Dave McKean]] |pencillers =[[Sam Kieth]]<br/>[[Mike Dringenberg]]<br/>[[Michael Zulli]]<br/>[[Chris Bachalo]] |inkers =[[Malcolm Jones III]]<br/>[[Steve Parkhouse]] |letterers = [[Todd Klein]]<br/>[[John Costanza]] |editors =[[Karen Berger]]<br/>[[Art Young (comics)|Art Young]]<br/>[[Tom Peyer]] |colorists = [[Robbie Busch]] |altcat = The Sandman (comic book) |sortkey = Doll's House |anth = y }} '''''The Doll's House''''' (classified as '''''The Sandman, vol. 2: The Doll's House''''') is the second [[trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] of the [[DC Comics|DC]] [[comic book|comic]] series ''[[The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo)|The Sandman]]''. It collects issues #9β16. It was written by [[Neil Gaiman]], illustrated by [[Mike Dringenberg]], [[Malcolm Jones III]], [[Chris Bachalo]], [[Michael Zulli]] and [[Steve Parkhouse]], coloured by [[Robbie Busch]] and lettered by [[Todd Klein]]. It is preceded by ''[[The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes|Preludes & Nocturnes]]'' and followed by ''[[The Sandman: Dream Country|Dream Country]]''. ==Publication history== ''The Doll's House'' was the first ''Sandman'' paperback collection. The first edition printed in 1990 collected issues #8-16. Its success led to the printing of ''[[The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes|Preludes and Nocturnes]]'', which collected issues #1-8. Later editions of ''The Doll's House'' would omit issue #8. The collection was later reissued in hardcover in 1995. The collected edition features a foreword by Gaiman's friend [[Clive Barker]]. ==Plot== [[File:Sandmandringenberg.png|thumb|left|[[Dream (DC Comics)|Dream]], from ''[[The Sandman (DC Comics/Vertigo)|Sandman]]'' #10, "The Doll's House", pencilled by [[Mike Dringenberg]]]] As part of a manhood ritual, an old man in the desert tells a younger man an ancient story, detailing the tragic love between [[Dream (DC Comics)|Dream]] and Queen Nada. Fearing the consequences of loving an immortal, Nada spurns Dream. In anger, Dream sends Nada to Hell, where she remains to the present day.<ref>''Sandman'' #4</ref><ref>''Sandman'' #9</ref> Meanwhile, Dream's [[androgynous]] sibling [[Desire (DC Comics)|Desire]] calls upon their twin, [[Despair (DC Comics)|Despair]], to inform her there is a new dream vortex. The two of them allude to a new scheme against Dream, since their plan with Nada failed.<ref>''Sandman'' #10</ref> Dream reviews a census of his realm, and discovers four of his creations are missing. On Earth, [[Rose Walker (Sandman)|Rose Walker]] and her mother Miranda meet [[Characters of The Sandman#Unity Kinkaid|Unity Kinkaid]], a victim of the [[encephalitis lethargica|sleeping sickness]] that occurred while Dream was imprisoned. Unity was raped as she slept, and Miranda is her long-lost daughter. <ref>''Sandman'' #1</ref> While Miranda stays in England to reconnect with Unity, Rose goes in search of her missing younger brother, [[Characters of The Sandman#Jed Walker|Jed]].<ref>''Sandman'' #11</ref> As she tries to track his whereabouts, Rose takes up residence in a boarding house full of peculiar characters, including Chantal and Zelda, who always wear bridal garb and own a collection of stuffed spiders; Ken and Barbie, an extremely [[yuppie]]-ish couple; the eccentric Gilbert, a self-described "amateur knight errant"; and the landlord Hal, who performs at nightclubs in [[Drag queen|drag]]. At night, Rose dreams of her brother, whose new caretakers keep him locked in their basement while they enjoy the monetary benefits they receive for caring for him. Meanwhile, Brute and Glob, two creatures created by Dream, have taken residence in Jed's mind. Jed is freed when Dream collects Brute and Glob, but is himself captured by the [[Corinthian (comics)|Corinthian]], an escaped nightmare.<ref>''Sandman'' #12</ref> Dream speaks with [[Hob Gadling]], whom Dream granted immortality in 1389. The two share a drink in the same tavern every hundred years.<ref>''Sandman'' #13</ref> In search of Jed, Rose and Gilbert stop at a hotel, where the Corinthian is attending a convention of [[serial killer]]s. Gilbert recognizes the Corinthian, and tells Rose that if she is in danger she should call upon Dream, under his by-name of "[[Morpheus (mythology)|Morpheus]]". When one of the serial killers attacks her, Rose summons him; whereupon Dream destroys the Corinthian and punishes the convention by revealing the pettiness of their crimes.<ref>''Sandman'' #14</ref> Gilbert finds Jed and has him sent to a hospital; while Dream informs Rose she is a 'dream vortex', capable of uniting the imaginations of everyone she meets, and the world will be destroyed if he does not kill her. Gilbert, now identified as the [[Characters of The Sandman#Fiddler's Green|fourth missing creation]], offers his life in Rose's place; but is refused. Before Dream can kill Rose, Unity assumes the vortex in her stead, and seems to naturally die in the waking world, thus destroying the vortex; whereupon Dream frees Rose, who re-unites thereafter with Jed and Miranda.<ref>''Sandman'' #15</ref> After months of thought, Dream confronts Desire, who admits to raping and impregnating Unity in the hope that Dream would kill Rose and thus occasion his own destruction, as the Endless are strictly forbidden from killing relations. Dream then warns Desire against plotting thus, and departs. == Issues collected == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Issue ! Title ! Writer ! Penciller ! Inker ! Colorist ! Letterer ! Ast Editor ! Editor |- | 8<sup>1</sup> | The Sound of Her Wings | Neil Gaiman | Mike Dringenberg | Malcolm Jones III | Robbie Busch | Todd Klein | Art Young | Karen Berger |- | 9 | Tales in the Sand | Neil Gaiman | Mike Dringenberg | Malcolm Jones III | Robbie Busch | Todd Klein | Art Young | Karen Berger |- | 10 | The Doll's House | Neil Gaiman | Mike Dringenberg | Malcolm Jones III | Robbie Busch | Todd Klein | Art Young | Karen Berger |- | 11 | Moving In | Neil Gaiman | Mike Dringenberg | Malcolm Jones III | Robbie Busch | John Costanza | Art Young | Karen Berger |- | 12 | Playing House | Neil Gaiman | Chris Bachalo | Malcolm Jones III | Robbie Busch | John Costanza | Art Young | Karen Berger |- | 13 | Men of Good Fortune | Neil Gaiman | Michael Zulli | Steve Parkhouse | Robbie Busch | Todd Klein | Art Young | Karen Berger |- | 14 | Collectors | Neil Gaiman | Mike Dringenberg | Malcolm Jones III | Robbie Busch | Todd Klein | Art Young | Karen Berger |- | 15 | Into the Night | Neil Gaiman | Mike Dringenberg w/ help from Sam Kieth | Malcolm Jones III | Robbie Busch | Todd Klein | Art Young | Karen Berger |- | 16 | Lost Hearts | Neil Gaiman | Mike Dringenberg | Malcolm Jones III | Robbie Busch | Todd Klein | Tom Peyer | Karen Berger |} <sup>1</sup> After positive sales of "the Doll's House," DC went back and published "Preludes & Nocturnes" as a bound collection, and this book was published the same month as "Dream Country." Newer editions of "the Doll's House" start with issue 9.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== * {{Citation | first = Hy | last = Bender | author-link = Hy Bender | title = The Sandman Companion | place = New York | publisher = Vertigo DC Comics | year = 1999 | isbn = 1-56389-644-3 }} ==External links== * [http://www.arschkrebs.de/sandman/dolls_house.shtml The Annotated Sandman] {{The Sandman}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandman The Dolls House}} [[Category:Comic book collection books]] [[Category:1990 books]] [[Category:Cultural depictions of William Shakespeare]]
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