LOS ANGELES - One of the most acclaimed comic-book series of all time, Neil Gaiman's The Sandman - published by DC Comics in 75 issues from 1989 to 1996 - has also proven the hardest to adapt for the screen.
Various attempts have been mounted since 1991 and it took three decades of Gaiman shooting down one bad script idea after another before he finally wrote a television version himself.
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