The Wake

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The Wake is the concluding story arc of Neil Gaiman’s comic series The Sandman, focusing on the aftermath of Dream’s death and the gathering of friends and foes to mourn and reflect on his legacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sandman story arc
comic story arc
collectedIn The Sandman: The Wake trade paperback NERFINISHED
comicSeries The Sandman NERFINISHED
concludes story of Morpheus as Dream of the Endless
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Abel NERFINISHED
Bast NERFINISHED
Cain NERFINISHED
Daniel Hall NERFINISHED
Death of the Endless NERFINISHED
Delirium of the Endless NERFINISHED
Desire of the Endless NERFINISHED
Despair of the Endless NERFINISHED
Destiny of the Endless NERFINISHED
Destruction of the Endless NERFINISHED
Hob Gadling NERFINISHED
Loki NERFINISHED
Lucien NERFINISHED
Lyta Hall NERFINISHED
Matthew the Raven NERFINISHED
Nuala NERFINISHED
Odin NERFINISHED
Rose Walker NERFINISHED
Susano-o-no-Mikoto NERFINISHED
Thor NERFINISHED
follows The Kindly Ones NERFINISHED
genre dark fantasy
fantasy comic
supernatural fiction
introduces Daniel as the new Dream
language English
mainCharacter Dream of the Endless NERFINISHED
Morpheus NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus aftermath of Dream's death
funeral and wake for Dream
reflection on Dream's legacy
partOf The Sandman NERFINISHED
positionInSeries final major story arc of The Sandman
precedes Epilogue stories of The Sandman
publicationFormat serialized comic issues
publisher DC Comics
Vertigo NERFINISHED
setting The Dreaming NERFINISHED
various mythological realms
theme change and responsibility
death and rebirth
memory and legacy

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Sandman notableStoryArc The Wake
subject surface form: The Sandman