As a story about stories, it’s no wonder that Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman would have some characters that other creators would want to pick up and play with. Sandman spinoff comics have starred ...

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HBO Max has commissioned the production of the Dead Boy Detectives series, based on the DC Comics characters created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner. This production will initially have eight episodes.

Similarly, the Dead Boy Detectives first appeared in The Sandman comic books and also received their own mini-series in the early 2000s. The series focuses on two ghosts (the eponymous dead boys ...