The Sandman #1
- Maker
- DC Comics (Vertigo)
- Year
- 1989
- Rank
- 28 of 100
The Sandman #1
The Sandman #1 by DC Comics (Vertigo) (1989) is ranked 28 in the FLOAT 100 for Comics. It sold for $499 in September 2024. First appearance of Morpheus / Dream; the launch of Neil Gaiman's landmark series and the maturation of mainstream comics.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
First appearance of Morpheus / Dream; the launch of Neil Gaiman's landmark series and the maturation of mainstream comics.
The Sandman #1, CGC 9.8
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $499
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- September 2024
CGC 9.8 sold ~$499 (eBay, Sep 6 2024). A common book in 9.8. A Gaiman-signed SS CGC 9.4 sold $2,640 at Heritage Mar 2024 as a premium variant.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08