When Morpheus made his original appearance in the very first issue of Sandman, writer Neil Gaiman alluded to some fantastical conflict that left the Lord of Dreams weakened and vulnerable. The series never shed light on what that conflict entailed, only that it left him unable to prevent himself from being imprisoned for the better part of a century. With The Sandman: Overture, Gaiman elected to finally peel back the curtain and explore the events leading up to the original series. But far more than being a mere prequel, Overture establishes itself as some of Gaiman's finest work with this seminal fantasy saga.
The trouble with prequels is that they often serve little purpose beyond filling in the blanks and taking characters from Point A to Point B. This is by no means the case with Overture. This series is by far the most ambitious of Gaiman's various Sandman continuations. Rather than the short vignettes of Endless Nights or the quiet, mournful tale of unlikely lovers in The Dream Hunters, Overture spans the multiverse and pits Morpheus against a challenge as massive and all-encompassing as anything seen in the original series.
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