Comic Title: Essential Vertigo:The Sandman #3
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: October 1996
On Sale Date: August 14, 1996 Direct Market Date August 14, 1996
Source: Previews, Vol. 6 #6 (#90)

Direct Market Date August 14, 1996
Source: ComicList, Diamond : New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, August 14, 1996

Cover Price: $1.95
Page Count: 32
Editor: Bob Kahan

Title: "...Dream a Little Dream of Me"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Sandman (Morpheus)

Writer: Neil Gaiman
Penciller: Sam Kieth
Inker: Mike Dringenberg
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Robbie Busch

Reprinted From:
Sandman #3 (1989)

Feature Character(s)

• Dream (last appearance in Sandman #2; next appearance in Hellblazer #19)

Guest Star(s)

• John Constantine (last appearance in Hellblazer #19; next appearance in Hellblazer #19)

Villain(s)

• An investment counselor turned home invader (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Mad Hettie (first appearance; no further appearances)
• Chas (last appearance in Hellblazer #18; next appearance in Hellblazer #21)

Other Character(s)

• Rachel (John's ex-girlfriend; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Rachel's unnamed father (no further appearances)
• Leigh (a diner employee; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
John Constantine is haunted by songs about dreams. Mad Hettie, a two hundread and forty seven year old bag lady, warns John that Morpheus has returned. A couple of days later, the Sandman appears on John's doorstep looking for his stolen pouch of magic sand. John leads Morpheus to a storage facility in search of the pouch. There, he realizes that his ex-girlfriend Rachel must have stolen it.

John's friend Chas drives the duo to the house of Rachel's father. Dream senses the pouch inside. Rachel has found a way to open the pouch and has been using it as a drug. The dreams contained within have gotten loose. Their influence has left a burglar in a coma and transformed Rachel's father into a slimy ooze which coats the walls.

In the bedroom of the house, Dream and John find Rachel and the pouch. Rachel is near death and kept alive only through the magic of the sand. John convinces Dream to give her a peaceful end. As Dream departs, John asks a favor. He is haunted by nightmares of Newcastle. Morpheus grants John a boon by relieving him of the haunting dreams.