(August 1994)(collected as part of the BINDINGS trade paperback)
* John Ney Rieber: writer * Gary Amaro and Peter Gross: pencils *
* Peter Gross: inks * Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh: colors *
* John Costanza: letters * Charles Vess: cover *
* Neil Gaiman: consultant * Julie Rottenberg: assistant editor *
* Stuart Moore: editor * Charles Vess: cover art *
page ?, panel 5: "Mr Ed" was a TV series which ran from 1961 to 1966. The title character was a talking horse. ((submitted by Shannon Patrick
Sullivan)
page ?, panel 6: Mr Hunter is singing the theme song to "Mister Ed". (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 2, panel 1: Death's home was seen to appear much like this in THE SANDMAN SPECIAL #1. (sps)(submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 2: Note the welcome mat behind Tim, but the lack of door beyond it. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 2: A paladin is a kind of knight; it is often associated with one who is particularly pure and dedicated. (submitted by Shannon Patrick
Sullivan)
page 9, panel 1: A Seneschal is a steward, i.e. the person who looks after the day-to-day operations of Titania's estate. (submitted by Shannon
Patrick Sullivan)
page 13, panel 4: Chuang Tzu lived in 4th century BC China. He was one of the earliest interpreters of Taoism, and heavily influenced Chinese
Buddhism, painting and poetry. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sull ivan)
Chuang Tzu is also the author of the famous musing, "Am I a butterfy who drempt it was a Chinese philosopher, or a Chinese philosopher who
drempt he was a butterfly?"
page 14, panel 4: Gametes are the distinctive vehicles for sexual reproduction, namely the sperm and the egg. The blastocyst is a stage during the
development of the mammalian embryo. (submitted by Shannon P atrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 5: Merlin is the son of a demon father and a human mother. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 7: A "changeling", in myth, is the deformed or imbecile offspring of Faerie who is substituted for an abducted human child, who is
either brought to Faerie (like Shakespeare's son Hamnet, as seen in SANDMAN #19 and THE BOOKS OF MAGIC(m) #3) or given to the Devil.
(submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
