The Absolute Sandman Volume Three reprints issues 40-56 of THE SANDMAN and THE SANDMAN SPECIAL #1 and features remastered coloring prepared especially for this edition on issues 40-49 and the SPECIAL. This volume also includes an introduction by Jill Thompson (artist for the "Brief Lives" story arc), a never-before-reprinted story by Gaiman and artist Michawl Zulli, a complete reproduction of the one-shot THE ENDLESS GALLERY as well s two additional 8-pages galleries, and the original script and thumbnail pencils by Gaiman and artist P. Craig Russell for the acclaimed story "Ramadan" from THE SANDMAN #50.