Dead Boy Detectives Review

The Sandman is a sweeping epic based on Neil Gaiman's classic supernatural comic

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"House of the Dragon" also deals with a civil war spanning just one continent

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"The Sandman", "Dead Boy Detectives" takes its name from the Gaiman work of the same name

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The boys in the "Dead Boy Detectives" story who died a century ago and in the 1980s

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Kirby's death makes a brief appearance in the pilot to establish a bridge between "The Sandman" and his branch

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Like “The Sandman,” “Dead Boy Detectives” takes place inside a swirling blender of mythology

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What's the deal with the Cat King (Lucas Gage), an anthropomorphic cat with a creepy crush on Edwin

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