The Sandman: Overture
| The Sandman: Overture | |
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Cover of The Sandman: Overture | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Vertigo |
| Schedule | Bi-monthly |
| Genre | Dark fantasy, supernatural fiction |
| Publication date | October 2013 – September 2015 |
| No. of issues | 6 |
| Main character | Dream of the Endless |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Neil Gaiman |
| Artist | J.H. Williams III |
| Colorist | Dave Stewart |
The Sandman: Overture is a six-issue comic book miniseries written by Neil Gaiman with art by J.H. Williams III. A prequel to Gaiman's The Sandman series, it debuted in 2013, 17 years after the end of the regular series. A deluxe edition combining all six issues was published in November 2015. The series won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story in 2016.
The Sandman: Overture recounts the events leading to the first issue of the original Sandman series, in which the protagonist Dream—a powerful cosmic entity—is captured by a human occultist.