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Free Country: A Tale of The Children's Crusade
  • Published: 1 October 2014
  • ISBN: 9781401242411
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $42.99

Free Country: A Tale of The Children's Crusade

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In this never-before-collected Vertigo event, children are mysteriously disappearing all over England. It's up a group of  young heroes to find out how they ended up in the mystical land called The Free Country--and to figure out how to bring them home again.

This epic adventure features bookend chapters written by #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, and stars the young heroes from Vertigo titles, including Timothy Hunter (THE BOOKS OF MAGIC), The Dead Boy Detectives (THE SANDMAN), Maxine Baker (ANIMAL MAN), Tefé (SWAMP THING) and Dorothy Spinner (DOOM PATROL).

Collects The Children's Crusade #1-2, Animal Man Annual #1, Black Orchid Annual #1, Swamp Thing Annual #7, Arcana Annual #1 and Doom Patrol Annual #2.
  • Published: 1 October 2014
  • ISBN: 9781401242411
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $42.99

About the author

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is the NEW YORK TIMES best-selling author of AMERICAN GODS and CORALINE. His other books include the novels ANANSI BOYS, NEVERWHERE and STARDUST (winner of the American Library Association's Alex Awards as one of 2000's top ten adult novels for young adults) and the short fiction collections M IS FOR MAGIC, FRAGILE THINGS and SMOKE AND MIRRORS. With Roger Avary, he is the screenwriter of the motion picture BEOWULF (Paramount, November 2007), direct by Robert Zemeckis. His illustrated novel STARDUST was released as a major motion picture Summer 2007 starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. With Terry Pratchett, he is the author of the novel GOOD OMENS. He is also the author of the children's books THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS and THE DAY I TRADED MY DAD FOR TWO GOLDFISH. Among his many awards are the Eisner, Hugo, the Nebula, the World Fantasy and the Bram Stoker.
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Also by Neil Gaiman

Good Omens
The Sandman Book One
The Little Endless Storybooks Box Set
The Sandman: Morpheus Helm Masterpiece Edition
The Dead Boy Detectives Omnibus (The Sandman Universe Classics)
The Sandman Book Six
MIRACLEMAN BY GAIMAN & BUCKINGHAM: THE SILVER AGE
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