The Dreaming
DC/Vertigo.
Beyond
the Shores of Night (1-8; "The Goldie Factor," w Terry LaBan,
a Peter Snejbjerg; "The Lost Boy," w Peter Hogan, a Steve Parkhouse;
"His Brother's Keeper," w Alisa Kwitney, a Michael Zulli).
[From DC Comics: Beyond the shores of night, there lies the kingdom
of The Sandman…a vast, unmapped realm of dreams where you can find
ancient myths and modern nightmares, as well as the landscape of a thousand
fables and some very personal hells. Come take a tour of the Dreaming in
this collection of three stories: Meet a runaway gargoyle who is much more
than she appears; then take an unexpected detour in the woods in 1950 and
find yourself awake in the strange world of the 1990s; and finish with an
excursion to the House of Mystery, where a long-lost relative has just dropped
by for dinner. This is the Dreaming, and here there be dragons, and gargoyles,
and the answer to that eternal question: "Now, what could that bizarre
dream have meant?"] 
Through
the Gates of Horn and Ivory (15-19, 22-25; "Day's Work, Night's
Rest," w & a Jeff Nicholson; "Ice," w Peter Hogan, a
Gary Amaro; "Souvenirs," w Caitlin R. Kiernan, a Peter Doherty;
"Unkindness of One," w Caitlin R. Kiernan, a Paul Lee; "My
Year As a Man," w Peter Hogan, a Chris Weston). [From
DC Comics: Join a white-collar worker who yearns for blue-collar freedom
as he takes a special tour of the Dreaming with caretaker Mervyn Pumpkinhead;
Spend New Year's Day with two expatriate faeries—Nuala, once a gift
to Dream from Queen Titania, and Cluracan, disgraced ambassador to the Royal
Court; Travel with two denizens of The Dreaming into the waking world: The
Corinthian, a deadly nightmare made flesh, sent to correct the sins of his
past; and Matthew the Raven who takes human form to face an old adversary;
And learn of the exploits of one of Dream's former ravens, Aristeas of Marmora.
Welcome to the Dreaming—the vast, unmapped realm of dreams, where your
wildest fantasy may walk side by side with your greatest nightmares, where
truth and illusion walk hand in hand—or sometimes claw in glove.]
Destiny:
A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold (3-issue mini; w Alisa Kwitney; a Kent
Williams, Michael Zulli, Scott Hampton, Rebecca Guay). [From
DC Comics: Everything that ever has happened—or ever will happen—is
found in the Book of Destiny. Mortals dream of getting a glimpse of the
information contained in its pages, but how high a price would they pay
for the privilege? The answer is the subject of DESTINY: A CHRONICLE OF
DEATHS FORETOLD, a stunning trade paperback reprinting the Eisner Award-nominated
VERTIGO miniseries written by Alisa Kwitney (THE DREAMING, BATMAN: NO MAN'S
LAND Secret Files)—who contributes a new introduction to the collection—with
spectacular art by Kent Williams (BLOOD: A TALE), Michael Zulli (THE SANDMAN),
Scott Hampton (BATMAN: NIGHT CRIES), and Rebecca Guay (VEILS). In a not-too-distant
future ravaged by plague, a charismatic stranger offers a decimated small
town a chance at salvation courtesy of what he claims is a page torn from
the Book of Destiny of the Endless. At a meeting of the town's few survivors,
he announces that his stolen page has not only predicted the last three
great plagues, but reveals where the current one will strike next. To prove
his claims, he reads from the page, telling captivating stories that reveal
Destiny's role—as well as his own—in the previous three plagues.
Together, the stories form one sweeping, unforgettable tale of love, betrayal
and horror.] 