P. Craig Russell

The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 3 gathers the wider Sandman library around the main saga: Death, Dream Hunters, Overture and related material that expands the mythology beyond the central run. Its value is not simple completion but perspective. These stories show the Endless from other angles, return to the beginning of Dream's fall and preserve the visual breadth that made Sandman feel larger than one monthly series.

Elseworlds: Batman Omnibus Vol. 1 is Batman as a proof of concept: vampire horror in Red Rain, Victorian murder mystery in Gotham by Gaslight, pirate adventure in Leatherwing and theological dystopia in Holy Terror. The book works because Batman survives every genre transplant while still feeling recognisably himself.