![]() In The Sandman comics, Lucifer gives up control of hell. ![]() ![]() ![]() Keanu Reeves starred as the titular John Constantine in the film, the main character of Vertigo’s Hellblazer comic series, with Fargo’s Peter Stormare portraying a delightfully slimy Lucifer. In the world of DC, the character Lucifer may have originated in The Sandman, but a different interpretation of the character - whose broader cultural origins can be traced back to ancient folklore - also appeared in the somewhat-underrated comic book film Constantine. There’s even more to be said about the older versions of Sandman that is deserving of its own article, but suffice it to say Gaiman’s iteration of the character is the one that most people remember best. But have the old school Sandman and the new school one ever met? We’re glad you asked… The character would undergo a few redesigns and reimaginings in the 1940s and 1970s, the latter of which was re-envisioned by the legendary Jack Kirby. The character also wore a gas mask, presumably so he would not be inoculated by his own sleeping-gas gun, which he used to make criminals go unconscious. Beginning in the 1930s, a masked vigilante named Wesley Dodd fought crime utilizing dreams that predicted the future while sporting a green suit and fedora, as Alabama’s Huntsville-Madison County Public Library blog pointed out. ![]() While Gaiman undoubtedly revitalized the Sandman name within the world of DC, his revolutionary version was not the first one to bear that name in the company’s long history. ![]()
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