Past... present... then the future... A nightmare beast stands revealed. A red figure. A boy made of sand. Some visions I can't put word to. Are these events my fault? 
- — Wesley Dodds
Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #4 is an issue of the series Wesley Dodds: The Sandman (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 2024. It was published on January 9, 2024.
Synopsis for "The Dark Dream"
Wesley Dodds is tortured by the effects of the gas and his precognitive dreams, reliving every cruel or selfish thing he ever did and seeing horrifying visions of the future. He snaps awake in his apartment and Dian tells him that he has been out for two days. They try to work out who the man that attacked him was and Dian suggests it may be someone inside the police who knew of Igor Kluge's criminal history, but Wesley says the plot is bigger than that. He suddenly realises that Colonel Breckinridge is the mastermind, and that Vanderlyle may be in on it.
Wesley goes down to Vanderlyle's apartment but finds the Fog choking him to death, seemingly revealing that he is innocent. Wesley fights him off, but in the process the Fog accidentally falls out of the window to his death, meaning they can't use him to find out where the journal is. Wesley says that there is only one option left to get it back: treason.
Appearing in "The Dark Dream"
Featured Characters:
- Sandman (Wesley Dodds) (Also in a dream sequence)
Supporting Characters:
- Dian Belmont (Also in a dream sequence)
- Wheeler Vanderlyle
Antagonists:
- Colonel Breckinridge (Behind the scenes)
- The Fog (Dies)
- Sleepless Knights (In dream sequence only) (Behind the scenes)
- Sir Morbid (Unnamed) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Edward Dodds (First appearance) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- Igor Kluge (Deceased) (In a photograph only)
- Justice Society of America (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- Black Canary (Dinah Drake I) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- The Flash (Jay Garrick) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern (Alan Scott) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- Hourman (Rex Tyler) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- Leslie Humphries (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- Ruby Sokov (Unnamed) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- Sandy Hawkins (Unnamed) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- United States Army (Also in a dream sequence)
- Unnamed corner market owner (Single appearance) (In dream sequence only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Marina Dodds (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- New York City Police Department (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth 0
- 1940
- North America
- Europe (Mentioned only)
- 1945 (In dream sequence only)
- 2023 (In dream sequence only)
- 1940
Items:
- Helmet of Fate (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- Hermes' Helmet (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- Hourman's Hourglass (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
- Miraclo (Behind the scenes)
- Sandman's Gas Gun (Also in a dream sequence)
- Sandman's Gas Mask (Also in a dream sequence)
- Starheart (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
Concepts:
- Crimson Flame (In dream sequence only)
- Night of Terror (In dream sequence only)
- World War I (Mentioned only)
- World War II (In dream sequence only)
See Also