All images in this essay are from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman originally published by Vertigo, a division of DC Comics which retains the rights to them, except as otherwise noted. I include them here under the fair use doctrine and make no claim to ownership of these images. | this particular image from here

Şanⅆman ℒeẳrnⅰngs: ④Ɗeatᚺ- No Viłlain Aƒter All

or . . . Everything I ever needed to know, I learned from Dream, Lord Shaper, the Prince of Nightmares.

Maybe it is the way Death is depicted as a cool, non-cynical goth-girl, that makes Neil Gaiman’s depiction of her so compelling. She is certainly a fan favorite. Death doesn’t wear a cowl, that’s her brother…