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Cover: John Totleben

The Children's Crusade #1

Dec 1993 · DC · 3.95 USD; 4.95 CAD; 2.50 GBP
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"Chapter One: Nine Days' Wonder" kicks off Neil Gaiman’s haunting reimagining of the Children's Crusade, a historical enigma cloaked in myth. Set in 1212, the story follows a group of children drawn into a mysterious journey with only a single, enigmatic monk as their guide. Chris Bachalo’s striking interior art, with Mike Barreiro’s inks and Daniel Vozzo’s evocative colors, brings a dreamlike, unsettling beauty to the tale, while John Totleben’s cover captures the eerie stillness of a moment just before the unknown begins.

Contains 8 stories
Chapter One: Nine Days' Wonder
5 pp · Fantasy
Chapter Two: True Detective Stories
8 pp · Fantasy
Dead Boy Detectives [Charles RowlandEdwin Paine]Avril Mitchell
Chapter Three: The Innocents
5 pp · Fantasy

In the shadow of history, a young girl and her companions journey through a world shaped by forgotten faith, guided by an old monk who carries the weight of a vanished crusade. Their path is marked by silence, mystery, and the haunting echoes of a promise made to a generation that never came home.

Chapter Four: The Fat Begins to Fry
8 pp · Fantasy
Dead Boy Detectives [Charles RowlandEdwin Paine]Jumping Joan
Chapter Five: The Piper and the Gate
8 pp · Fantasy
Robert BrowningPied Piper (flashback)
Chapter Six: Charles Rowland to the Dark Tower Came
8 pp · Fantasy
Dead Boy Detectives [Charles RowlandEdwin Paine]Tefé HollandBlack Orchid [Suzy Linden]Dorothy SpinnerMaxine BakerTim Hunter
Chapter 7: The Hole
6 pp · Fantasy
Aiken Drum
Chapter Eight: What Comes Out of the Chimney?
9 pp · Fantasy
Dead Boy Detectives [Charles RowlandEdwin Paine]Wat

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Full credits

writer Neil Gaiman
artist Chris Bachalo
inker Mike Barreiro
colorist Daniel Vozzo
letterer John Costanza
cover pencils, inks John Totleben

Reprints

Reprinted in Neil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 (2012), Free Country: A Tale of the Children's Crusade #[nn] (2015), Free Country: A Tale of the Children's Crusade #[nn] (2017), The Books of Magic Omnibus #1 (2021), The Dead Boy Detectives Omnibus (The Sandman Universe Classics) #[nn] (2023)

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