Who Is Dream of the Endless (Morpheus)? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Dream of the Endless (Morpheus) is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Dream, with over 359 comic issue appearances. Dream of the Endless (Morpheus) was the anthropomorphic personification of the concept of dreaming. He dwells in a realm called the Dreaming, from where he controlled the fundamental concept of fantasy and reality in the universe. He was the protagonist of Neil Gaiman's landmark Vertigo series "The Sandman".

Who is Dream of the Endless (Morpheus)?

Origin Classic Morpheus by Sam Kieth Dream is neither a living being, nor a god. Like all his siblings, he is the anthropomorphic personification of an abstract concept, in Morpheus' case, dreams or the act of dreaming itself. When the first living thing in the universe dreamt, he was born, and as long as something in the universe dreams, he will continue to exist. He appears as whomever is viewing him expects him to appear: a Martian sees him as a disembodied energy being, a cat sees him as a cat, humans see him as human and so on. To modern humans he is a tall, thin, pale skinned, dark haired goth, similar in appearance to the lead singer of The Cure , Robert Smith. Creation Morpheus was created by Neil Gaiman , Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg and first appeared in The Sandman #1. Originally, Gaiman had wanted to revive the cast of Simon and Kirby's original Sandman series, however, when DC editor Karen Berger gave him the go-ahead to write a new Sandman series, her one rule was that he must come up with a new Sandman character as well. Thus, Dream of the Endless was born.

Key facts

Dream of the Endless (Morpheus) is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "Sleep of the Just". The character is published by DC Comics. With 359 recorded issue appearances, Dream of the Endless (Morpheus) ranks among the most featured characters in comics.