The Sandman Vol. 1 #1 (1974-1976)

 First appearance of the second character named Sandman and retroactively identified as Garrett Sanford.


 "General Electric" – (20-page story) – When a boy named Jed Walker has a strange dream of a drowning man who appears in reality to give him an evil little doll, it spurs the Sandman to emerge from the Dream Stream into the real world to stop the plans of General Electric.

 "The Stuff of Which Dreams Are Made" – (1-page text article on memory and dreams by Allan Asherman).


NOTE: Wesley Dodds is the Golden Age and original version of the Sandman.

NOTE: Cover date reads "WINTER ISSUE"