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An infant for the majority of the Sandman series, Daniel is the son of Hippolyta 'Lyta' Hall and Hector Hall, borne for two years in the Dreaming, where the Halls were being held prisoner by Brute and Glob, two nightmares who had escaped during Dream's earthly exile (see Preludes and Nocturnes, The Doll's House). Hector Hall was a perennial DC character, son of Carter Hall (the Golden Age Hawkman), and has assumed many guises during his stay in the DC Universe, and was at one point the Sandman, hence his inclusion. Fury was the codename of two DC Comics superheroines, who are mother and daughter. ... Doctor Fate, as seen in Justice League Unlimited Doctor Fate is a comic book superhero and wizard in the DC Comics universe, and a member of the Justice Society of America. ... The Dreaming is a fictional place, the domain of Dream of the Endless in Neil Gaimans The Sandman comic book series. ... Dream is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaimans comic book series, The Sandman. ... Preludes and Nocturnes is the first graphic novel collection of the comic book series The Sandman, published by DC Comics. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Carter Hall is a DC Comics superhero, the original Hawkman. ... Cover to Hawkman v4 # 1. ... Sandman, alias Wesley Dodds, is a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe, best known for his stories set during the 1940s and his costume consisting of a green business suit, fedora, and gas mask. ...

Hector himself was already dead, and Lyta and Hector's ghost lived together in the dreams of a child; this was until Dream went looking for Brute and Glob, where he destroyed the barrier they created around the child's mind cutting him off from the real dreaming, and banishing them both to an excrutiating fate. Once this happened the ghost of Hector faded away, probably into Death's realm, as he should have done when he first died. Dream proceeded to reveal that someday he would return to take Daniel, rightfully his because Daniel had spent the majority of his gestation in the Dreaming, and that there was nothing Lyta could do to prevent it. Death is a fictional character from the DC comic book series, The Sandman (1988 - 1996). ...

Lyta and her child were returned to the waking world, and Lyta tries to pick up the pieces in her life. Before Dream goes off to face Lucifer, he pays another visit to the two, and he names the child Daniel, a name to which Lyta takes a liking. Lucifer is a comic book published by Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics. ...

As Daniel grows, he starts to enter the Dreaming while asleep, and is regaled with stories by Cain, Abel and Eve, while Matthew watches (see Fables and Reflections), and returns to Earth clutching one of Matthew's feathers. Cain and Abel are a pair of fictional characters who appear in DC Comics. ... Cain and Abel are a pair of fictional characters in the DC Comics universe based on the Biblical Cain and Abel. ... Eve is a character in Neil Gaimans comic book series The Sandman. ... Matthew is a character in Neil Gaimans The Sandman comic series. ... Fables and Reflections (1993) is the sixth collection of issues in the DC Comics series, The Sandman. ...

Later, Lyta believes Daniel has been 'abducted' by Dream of the Endless (which would later prove to be untrue), which connects to his words that he would one day return for the boy. This doesn't sit well with Lyta, who feels that Dream has not only robbed her of her husband but now also her son. Her grief and torment are undefinable as she slips into insanity. Dream is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaimans comic book series, The Sandman. ... The Endless are a group of beings who embody various aspects of the universe in the DC comic book series The Sandman, by Neil Gaiman. ...

Lyta, therefore, plays a crucial part by taking her grievances to the Furies, ultimately bringing about Dream's downfall, while sealing her son's place in the Dreaming for all eternity as he assumes the role of Dream. (Appropriately, Lyta was once a superheroine called the Fury.) In Greek mythology the Erinyes (the Romans called them the Furies) were female personifications of vengeance. ... Fury was the codename of two DC Comics superheroines, who are mother and daughter. ...

Daniel is different and yet similar to his predecessor. While he still speaks in the same way,(even though his speech bubble is white with black wordings while morpheus had a speech bubble made of black with white wordings) and is still 'Dream of the Endless'. In a substory in "the wake" he explains that he is another version of himself but in another timeline to master Li who lost his way in the desert of dreaming; he is inexperienced in certain matters and relies on Matthew the raven for advice. This not only creates a triad of biblical references- 'Daniel' relying on 'Matthew', the Raven of 'Eve'—but also brings in the irony that Matthew is now teaching Dream instead of vice-versa. Also, though Morpheus' robe would change shape to fit its setting, Daniel almost always wears the same clothing.

Daniel Hall and Goldie the Gargoyle from The Sandman #67. Pencils by Marc Hempel, inks by Richard Case.

Daniel was named in accordance with Neil Gaiman's decision to give the Endless names or titles beginning with the letter 'D', and after the Biblical prophet who interpreted dreams. Whereas Dream almost always wears black, Daniel is robed in white once incarnated into the "office." Where Morpheus had his power vested in a ruby worn at his neck, Daniel has an emerald called the Eagle Stone. He has foreseen that he will someday be forced to break the emerald in the same way that Morpheus broke his ruby (see Preludes and Nocturnes). Image File history File links Daniel-Goldy. ... Image File history File links Daniel-Goldy. ... This is a list of characters appearing in The Sandman comic book, published by DC Comics Vertigo imprint. ... The Sandman, in folklore, is a figure who brings good sleep and dreams by sprinkling magic sand onto sleeping children. ... Marc Hempel is an American cartoonist/comics artist best known for his work on The Sandman with Neil Gaiman, Breathtaker with Mark Wheatley, his own characters Gregory and Tug & Buster, and the anthology series Marc Hempels Naked Brain. ... Richard Case (born 1964) is an American comics artist, most often seen published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Daniel (Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל; transliterated as Daniyyel in Standard Hebrew and Dāniyyêl in Tiberian Hebrew, Arabic: Danyel, دانيال) is the name of at least three people from the Hebrew Bible: A Jewish exile in Babylon, the subject of the Book of Daniel and the most well-known of the three Daniels. ... Preludes and Nocturnes is the first graphic novel collection of the comic book series The Sandman, published by DC Comics. ...

Appearances outside of The Sandman

Daniel has made guest appearances in two issues of the JLA (#22 & #23), in which he helped prevent the Earth from being taken over by 'The Conqueror', a giant starfish, and in which he repaid the 'debt' his predecessor had owed the Justice League for help in finding his ruby. He has also appeared in a handful of issues of JSA, in which he, among other things, transferred the prophetic dreams from Wesley Dodds to Sanderson Hawkins. In another appearance, he prevents the time-traveling villain Degaton from tormenting his parents. Still later in the series, Daniel, in the form of a magic mirror, tells Hector Hall (reincarnated as Dr. Fate) and Lyta about Sand, who is trapped in a dream world created, again, by Brute and Glob. In a 2006 issue of JSA (#82), Daniel brought the spirits of his mortal parents to live in the Dreaming after their deaths. The Justice League, sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short, is a fictional DC Universe superhero team. ... The cover of Brave and the Bold #28, 1960, featuring the first appearances of both the Justice League and Starro. ... The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics superhero group, the first team of superheroes in comic book history. ... The Sandman, alias Wesley Dodds, is a fictional masked crimefighter in the DC Comics universe. ... Sand in the Justice League Unlimited episode Sandy the Golden Boy is a DC Comics superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. ... Per Degaton is a fictional character, a supervillain in the DC Universe who can travel through time. ...

See also

• Characters of The Sandman