The Sandman
Summary
Warning : Spoilers for Wesley Dodds : The Sandman ( 2023 ) # 4 ahead!Wesley Dodds - the originalSandman- may be one of DC ’s one-time heroes , but a return to his dangerous undertaking shows he ’s also one of the scary . Dodds has long beaten criminals by knocking them out with a unequaled gasolene confection , but it turn out they do n’t exactly get a right night ’s rest . The issue reveal what those let out to Dodds ' sleep gas actually experience , fundamentally give him a saturnine superpower .
Having been drug with his own sleep gas when track downa ape Sandman ( " The Fog")in the former military issue , Wesley Dodds : The Sandman # 4opens with the fallout of this experience . This imply fans actually get to experience the gasolene ' effect from Dodds ' first - person perspective , and it ’s dismay . Dodds ' gas proves to be an incredibly potent hallucinogenic , force him to experience every undivided damage he ’s caused throughout his lifetime from his dupe ' perspective , making him finger the same pain and suffering they feel in those moment .
The experience prove agonizing . As Dodds describes it,“every offense . Every damage I ’ve spoken or committed … I experience their accuracy . I ’d do anything to make it stop . “To add insult to injury , the vision spiral outwards into admonition of future badgering ( alongside a address toDC’sNight Terrorsevent ) before Dodds can in conclusion get away into wakefulness .
Wesley Dodds : The Sandman # 4(2023 )
The Sandman ’s newest baddie is n’t just a bad dream . Someone has steal Wesley Dodds ’ heroic indistinguishability and is about to spread death to the universe .
Sandman’s Gas Forces His Victims to Relive Every Time They Hurt Someone
The Extreme Nature of Dodds' Power Is Justified by His Ties to Dream of the Endless
The hallucinogenic properties of the gas whole recontextualize Dodds ' reputation as an other hero , explaining why he can punch far above his weightiness class for someone with no functional superpowers . Despite ostensibly being just a tec in a trenchcoat , Dodds has create a magnate that results in unbelievable psychic anguish . However , given the fact that Neil Gaiman ’s classicSandman # 1(1989 ) retcons Dodds as having a tie toDream of the Endless ' power , it take sense that he has such an oversized power .
Sandman ( 1989)#1 is by the team of Neil Gaiman , Sam Kieth , Mike Dringenberg , and Daniel Vozzo .
In DC traditional knowledge , Dream - the embodiment of human imagery - was imprisoned for days by occultist who wanted to abuse his powers . However , since Dream is part of the natural gild , the cosmos kept endeavor to fill the nihility he ’d left behind , resulting in several normal people becoming superheroic versions of the Sandman - Wesley being the most famous . For most of his life sentence , Wesley did n’t understand his honest purpose , but this does explain how a normal person was able to explicate a hallucinogenic that feels almost mystic in its potency - the intact cosmos was angle in favour of Wesley come through in his missionary work and keeping the raging dreaming induce by iniquity under controller .
Wesley Dodds ' Sandman tend to be overlook when people reckon about DC ’s early heroes , butthis showing of his gas ' true power bring in him a seat at the tabular array alongside the Justice Society ’s strongest . With a mind equal to of unlock truly god-awful concoctions , and perfectly stern in his pursuit of justice , DC ’s originalSandmanis a force-out to be feared .
Wesley Dodds : The Sandman ( 2023 ) # 4is available now from DC Comics .
