The Sandman Companion: A Dreamer's Guide to the Award-Winning Comic Series Book

A largely unnecessary book, made worthwhile almost exclusively for the interviews with Gaiman. The occasional input from other creators & Sandman-boosters add little to the text, and even less to the reading of the series itself. Bender also tends to promote his own theories from time to time without any support from the prime series creator himself (e.g., that Lucien the librarian is actually the Biblical Adam), and ignores other information that could be further explored (just who is Leigh Bauch, the person credited in this book with early art in developing Sandman?).
Even the art is mostly previously published, with only a few unpublished sketches to entice the completist.
A miss for anyone but the absolute most hardcore Sandman follower.