Cover Art of Sandman (1989) #1.
*In 1916, Magus Roderick Burgess celebrates an arcane ritual toward a self-serving end: he would abduct Death, and extort immortality. In error, he captures Death's brooding brother, The Lord of Dreams, and plunders his powerful tools: a fearsome helmet, a glistening ruby, and a pouch of sand. In the years to come, Burgess meets his death, and Dream's tools are dispersed over two earthly hemispheres and beyond. In 1988, Dream at last wins freedom - and retribution - from the son of Burgess. Alone, the weakened monarch must retrieve the power stored in his missing tools. *Source: Back of Card