Issue 1
Sandman Presents: The Corinthian (2001-) #1
An all-new SANDMAN PRESENTS miniseries details what happened before the Corinthian was primed to take on the mantle of the Dark Mirror. Set in 1920 against the decadent, elite social circles of the Jazz Age, DEATH IN VENICE follows a serial-killer-in-training as he searches for the one person who can teach him how to do what he believes he was created to do best: kill.
Issue 2
Sandman Presents: The Corinthian (2001-) #2
VERTIGO's newest miniseries continues. Venice, 1920. The dark mirror known as The Corinthian is desperate to find someone to teach him how to kill. His intended prey, former wartime adversary Charles Constantine has proven to be too much of a coward. So the Corinthian sets his sights on Charles's eclectically morbid accomplice, Coco. The social dynamics of Europe's upper class and the working class are exposed as police brutality and a nasty parade of bullets give the Corinthian the upper hand in this twisted tale of horror.
Issue 3
Sandman Presents: The Corinthian (2001-) #3
Post-war horror and decadence collide as the Venice Carnivale opens to a raging crowd...and closes with a trail of dead bodies. The identity of the killer can only be linked to exactly who? And what? the Corinthian has become, as the Sandman's Dark Mirror passes the final test of his manhood, leaving empty souls (and eye sockets) in his wake.