Who wrote the original comic-book series The Sandman published by DC Comics?

Neil Gaiman wrote the original DC Comics series The Sandman.

The Sandman ran for 75 issues from 1989 to 1996. Its central character is Dream, also called Morpheus, one of the seven Endless. The series combines mythology, fantasy, horror, history, and stories about literature and storytelling.

Artists who worked on the series included Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson, and Michael Zulli. The comic’s shifting visual styles matched its broad range of settings and narrative forms.

The Sandman helped expand mainstream perceptions of what an American comic could be. It won major awards, including the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction in 1991 for the issue “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” making it the only comic to win that category before the rules changed.