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Sandman is the legacy name of several different characters in the DC Universe.

In-universe, the earliest historical source of the name was the mythological figure Dream of the Endless, the personification of dreaming, and it was only one of his many names. Upon his death, all of his names and titles were passed down to his successor/reincarnation, Daniel Hall. His name was often associated with sleep.

The codename Sandman, along with the character of Wesley Dodds, was created by Gardner Fox and Bert Christman, first appearing in Adventure Comics #40 (1939).
Jack Kirby reinvented the character as Garrett Sanford in Sandman #1 (1974).
Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg began using the name for their Dream concept in Sandman (Volume 2) #1 (1989).

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The New 52

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Main Atom • Black Canary • Doctor Fate • Doctor Mid-Nite • Flash • Green Lantern • Hawkman • Hourman • Mister Terrific • Sandman • Spectre • Starman • Wildcat
Membership Air Wave • Amazing Man • Atom Smasher • Batman • Black Adam • Captain Marvel • Citizen Steel • Cyclone • Damage • Darknight • Diamond Jack • Harlequin's Son • Hawkgirl • Hippolyta • Huntress • Icicle • Jade • Jakeem Thunder • Johnny Thunder • Judomaster • King Chimera • Legionnaire • Liberty Belle • Lightning • Magog • Miss America • Mister America • Mister Miracle • Obsidian • Power Girl • Quiz Kid • Red Beetle • Red Lantern • Red Tornado • Ri • Robin • Salem, the Witch Girl • Sand • Solomon Grundy • Stargirl • Star-Spangled Kid • S.T.R.I.P.E. • Superman • Thunderbolt • Tomcat • Wonder Woman • Zatara
Villains Black Adam • Blackbriar Thorn • Fiddler • Gentleman Ghost • Icicle • Injustice Society • Mister Bones • Per Degaton • Psycho-Pirate • Roulette • Solomon Grundy • Stalker • Ultra-Humanite • Wizard • Wotan
Comics All-Star Comics (Volume 1) • All-Star Squadron (Volume 1) • America vs. the Justice Society (Volume 1) • Justice Society of America (Volume 1) • Justice Society of America (Volume 2) • JSA (Volume 1) • JSA: All Stars (Volume 1) • JSA: Strange Adventures (Volume 1) • JSA Classified (Volume 1) • Justice Society of America (Volume 3) • JSA vs. Kobra (Volume ) • Justice Society of America (Volume 4) • JSA (Volume 2)
Other media Stargirl (2020–2022) • Justice Society: World War II (2021)
Miscellaneous Origins • Publication history • Recommended reading
Sandman
Endless Destiny • Death • Dream (Morpheus • Daniel Hall) • Destruction • Desire • Despair • Delirium
The Dreaming Alianora • Barnabas • Brute and Glob • Cain and Abel • Corinthian • Dora • Eve • Fashion Thing • Fiddler's Green • Guardians of the Gate (Wyvern, Gryphon, Hippogriff, Pegasi) • Gault • Goldie the Gargoyle • Gregory the Gargoyle • Hope • Lucien • Martin Tenbones • Matthew the Raven • Merv Pumpkinhead • Ruin • The Cuckoo
Humans Alex Burgess • Barbie • Barnaby Farrell • Bette Munroe • Chantal • Charles Rowland • Clarice Farrell • Dian Belmont • Edwin Paine • Erasmus Fry • Ethel Cripps • Foxglove • Flay-by-Night • Fun Land • Garry Fletcher • Hal Carter • Hazel McNamara • Heather After • Hector Hall • Hob Gadling • Ivy Walker • Jack Holdaway • Jed Walker • Johanna Constantine • John Constantine • John Dee • John Hathaway • Judy Talbot • Kate Fletcher • Leslie Humphries • Lindy Morris • Lyta Hall • Mad Hettie • Mark Brewer • Marsh Janowski • Miranda Walker • Nada • Paul McGuire • Philip Sitz • Richard Madoc • Roderick Burgess • Roger Huntoon • Rose Walker • Ruthven Sykes • Thessaly • Unity Kinkaid • Wanda Mann • Wesley Dodds • Zelda
Other beings Anubis • Aristaeus • Auberon • Azazel • Bast • Beelzebub • Belial • Bes • Calliope • Choronzon • Cluracan • Duma • Dusk • Element Girl • Erzulie • Etain • Etrigan • Eurydice • Glory of the First Cicle • Ishtar • Killala of the Glow • Loki • Lucifer • Night • Nuala • Odin • Orpheus • Puck • Raphael • Remiel • Shivering Jemmy • Squatterbloat • Susano-o-no-Mikoto • Three Witches (Cynthia, Mildred, Mordred) • The Unseelie Court • Thor • Time • Titania • Uriel
Others Angels • Book of Souls • Demons • Dreaming • Dream's Helm • Dream's Sand Pouch • Dreamstone • England (London) • Faerie • Garden of Forking Ways • Hell • House of Mystery • House of Secrets • House of Whispers • Limbo • Lux • Sandman's Gas Gun • Silver City • The Fair Lands
Comics Sandman (Volume 1) • Sandman (Volume 2) • Sandman Mystery Theatre • Sandman: The Dream Hunters • Sandman: Overture • The Sandman Universe • Wesley Dodds: The Sandman
Miscellaneous The Sandman audio drama • The Sandman TV Series
Creators Gardner Fox • Bert Christman • Jack Kirby • Neil Gaiman • Sam Kieth • Mike Dringenberg