Comic Title: Essential Vertigo:The Sandman #7
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: February 1997
On Sale Date: December 11, 1996 Direct Market Date December 11, 1996
Source: Previews, Vol. 6 #10 (#94)

Direct Market Date December 11, 1996
Source: ComicList, Diamond : New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, December 11, 1996

Direct Market Date December 11, 1996
Source: Comic Shop News, #492

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

Title: "Sound and Fury"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Sandman (Morpheus)

Writer: Neil Gaiman
Penciller: Mike Dringenberg
Inker: Malcolm Jones III
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Robbie Busch

Reprinted From:
Sandman #7 (1989)

Feature Character(s)

• Dream (last appearance in Sandman #6; next appearance in Sandman #8)

Supporting Character(s)

• Cain (last appearance in Sandman #2; next appearance in Sandman #22)
• Abel (last appearance in Sandman #2; next appearance in Sandman #10)
• Destiny (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Captain Atom #42)
• Matthew (first appearance in raven form; last appearance in Swamp Thing #84; next appearance in Sandman #11)
• Eve (last appearance in Swamp Thing #84; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Doctor Destiny (last appearance in Sandman #6; next appearance in Arkham Asylum HC)
• Scarecrow (last appearance in Sandman #5; next appearance in Captain Atom #33)
• Bobby-Joe McCann, Harold Smith, and Maude Carillon (people driven mad by Doctor Destiny; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Gregory (last appearance in Sandman #2; no further appearances)
• Goldie (last appearance in Sandman #2; next appearance in Sandman #10)
• Barbara Wong, Joey Campbell, and Nan Fowler (victims of Doctor Destiny; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Sandman #6.

Synopsis:
Morpheus confronts Doctor Destiny and demands that he repair the ruby which contains much of the Sandman's power. When Destiny refuses, Morpheus prepares for battle in the dreamworld. With so much of his own power tied up in the ruby, Morpheus fights a losing battle with Destiny while the waking world continues to go mad. Although he has the upper hand Doctor Destiny tries to absorb the rest of the Sandman's power. The additional power overloads the ruby causing it to be destroyed. With the ruby gone, the Sandman is able to reclaim his full power. He shows compassion for Dee who was driven mad by the ruby's power. He takes him back to Arkham Asylum to rest.