Dream Police (comics)
Dream Police is an American comic book one-shot created by writer J. Michael Straczynski with artwork by Mike Deodato.
| Dream Police | |
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 Cover of the 1st issue. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Format | One-shot |
| Publication date | June 22, 2005 |
| No. of issues | 1 |
| Main character(s) | Joe Thursday Frank Stafford |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | J. Michael Straczynski Mike Deodato |
It was published by Marvel Comics, on June 22, 2005, under their Icon imprint for creator-owned titles.
Plot summary
Two dream police detectives, Joe Thursday and Frank Stanford, patrol a reality of dreams and nightmares. In this reality entities such as echoes, wisps, ethers, and nightwalkers exist, who have died in their sleep, doomed to wander the dreamscape forever. These two partners have seen it all, but when Frank disappears and the woman that appears in his stead claims to have always been Joe's partner, Joe will venture into the unknown to challenge the dreaming and shake its existence to the core.
Story
Straczynski calls it "Dragnet in the Dreamscape". In the near future Detectives Joe Thursday and Frank Stafford patrol the dreamscape, a surreal landscape in Los Angeles.
Sequel
A new series was published by Image Comics from 2014 to 2016 and included another major character, Dream Detective Policewoman Kate Black.
References
- "Dream Police" at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/dream-police
External links
- JMS: Policing The Dream, Newsarama, March 14, 2005
- Straczynski's Dream Becomes Reality, IGN, March 28, 2005