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(W) Matt Wagner (A) John Watkiss (CA) Richard Bruning, Gavin Wilson. Written by Matt Wagner Art by John Watkiss & R.G. Taylor Cover by Gavin Wilson & Richard Bruning Collecting the second and third story arcs (issues #5-12) from writer Matt Wagner’s acclaimed reimagination of the original Golden Age Sandman* SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE VOL. 2: THE FACE AND THE BRUTE finds the Sandman of 1939* Wesley Dodds* and his possible paramour (and narrator) Dian Belmont involved in a series of grisly murders in New York’s Chinatown – murders that threaten to reignite the bad old days of the Tong Wars* when blood ran in the streets like water. Following the drama of “The Face*” Wesley and Dian are confronted with corruption at the other end of the social scale in “The Brute*” as they track down the trail of misery left by a man whose gross sensual appetites for lust and violence are rivaled only by his wealth. On sale October 6 * 208 pg* FC * Mature Readers SUPPORT: Trade and house ads