The Sandman

The Sandman's History

Larry Wilton grew up a sickly child with a vivid imagination. In his dreams, he always dreamed about a magical place with demons and fairies. As he grew up, these dreams faded and he focused his life on becoming an astronaut. His life was forever changed when a mission to investigate a strange cloud in the upper atmosphere resulted in his being stranded in space and suffering a cold, lonely death.

This was not what fate had decided for Larry and instead he woke up in Dreamworld, where he met the fairy from his dreams, Melana. Melana then explained to him he was the Chosen One of Dreamworld and he had to stop the Dreamlord. To do this, Larry was transformed into the legendary Sandman. After several days of going between the physical and dream worlds, Sandman finally confronted the Dreamlord and defeated him, further enhancing his own power. Dreamlord's defeat also saw the death of Reverend Darrk, who was the physical world counterpart of Dreamlord.

With Darrk's death, came Crisis, who Larry would team up with the Justice League to defeat.