The third volume collecting Neil Gaiman's seminal, award-winning series starring the Dream King in deluxe format. ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 3 presents several key SANDMAN tales in a slipcased hardcover edition, including Brief Lives, in which the Sandman's sister Delirium prevails upon her older brother to help her find their missing sibling, Destruction. But their journey through the Waking World has dramatic repercussions for their family and also for the relationship between the Sandman and his wayward son, Orpheus. Also included is the spectacular short story Ramadan, a tale of a young king of ancient Baghdad and the deal he strikes with The Sandman to grant his city immortality, with spectacular illustrations by P. Craig Russell iFairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, The Jungle Booki.Never-before-collected bonus features include pin-up pages from galleries in THE SANDMAN 50 and SANDMAN SPECIAL 1, the Desire story from VERTIGO WINTER'S EDGE 3, THE ENDLESS GALLERY 1, script and thumbnails from TH