Compiled and edited by Laura Drescher
Slave of Heavens: The Scale
Part Two of story arc #5, Slave of Heavens
First story reprinted in ???
First published in February 1998.
Writer: John Ney Rieber
Artist and Layouts: Peter Gross
Colorist: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh
Letterer: Comicraft
Cover artist: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh
Constultant: Neil Gaiman
Assistant editor: Cliff Chiang
Editor: Stuart Moore
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- Panel 1: You know, I can't believe they went on with the wedding after that scene. Anyway. Again, Uxbridge, London: Uxbridge is a village in Hillingdon, which is a borough in London. I didn't find a St. Andrew's Church in Uxbridge in Yahoo, but that doesn't mean it isn't there.
- Page 3
- Panel 3: Ah-ha. Sascha was right all along.
- Page 4
- Panel 3: This is Circe, from Issue 21. Looks like she has the symbol for Taurus on her right arm.
- Page 6
- Panel 2: Yup. Taurus symbol. Anyone know more about opera who would like to explain the Don Giovanni reference? Tell me.
- Page 7
- Panel 1-on: Check it out! Dr. Vasuki's tie has scales. Heh.
- Page 9
- Panel 1: Lord Slaggingham. He first appeared in Issue 10.
- Page 10
- Panel 6: So the Devil is female too.
- Page 17
- Panel 1: I can't find anything on "Mesukiel."
- Panel 3: The Encyclopedia Mythica says that Uriel, meaning "my light is God," is one of the archangels. He is said to be one of the four guardians of God's throne. He also appears in Paradise Lost. The Encyclopedia Mythica's page on him is here.
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- Panel 2: WWWebster's defines "scourges" as "punishes severely" or " drives as if by blows of a whip."
- Page 22
- Panel 1: Kensington is a borough of London.
- Page 23
- Panel 2: Vasuki, of course.
Contributors include:
Greg Morrow is the editor of the Sandman Annotations, whose format and legal information I have used here.
Sascha Segan inspired me with his page, Suburban Mythos: The Books of Magic, and helped me begin these annotations. Sascha also suspected that Dr. Vasuki would be back.
was the source for information regarding Uriel.