Writer James Tynion IV, who recently exited DC's Batman title to prioritize creator-owned stories released through his personal Substack, will return to the publisher in April for a new ongoing title set in the Sandman Universe imprint, which will focus on the darker, much more terrifying creations of Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams: those being nightmares, of course.
Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country will live up to its title by focusing on one of Morpheus's most notorious nightmarish creations, the Corinthian - a supernatural serial killer who takes the form of a person with mouths full of teeth where their eyes should be.
In Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country, the Corinthian is reluctantly released from its captivity in the realm of the Dreaming by Daniel, the current Lord of Dreams, in order to hunt down something even worse than itself: a nightmare not created by Dream, with a hidden origin and mind of its own.
Living up to its name again, Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country will take the Corinthian on a terrifying road trip across America, which DC describes as "a terrifying travelogue through a nation both recognizable and obscene, which will show you things seen in no Sandman series ever before."
Those new sights start with two new monstrosities who are following the Corinthian around on its mission: a pair of murderers named Mr. Agony and Mr. Ecstasy who have a bloodthirsty agenda all their own, including killing the Corinthian itself. You can see series artist Lisandro Estherren's designs for Mr. Agony and Mr. Ecstasy here:
Along with the main story, each issue of Nightmare Country will feature a back-up story focusing on different nightmares from the Dreaming, with a guest artist taking on each tale. The
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