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Edwin Paine

Edwin Paine

A boy killed in 1916 in a boarding school, which he then haunted. He now forms half of the dead boy detectives alongside Charles Rowland.

Name:
Edwin Paine
Publisher:
DC Comics
Real name:
Aliases:
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
  • Intellect
  • Invisibility
  • Phasing / Ghost
  • Tracking
First issue:
The Sandman #25 Season of Mists: Chapter 4
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When he met Charles Rowland, and he died, they soon became the "Dead Boy Detectives."

Issues

April 1991

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The Sandman (1989) #25 Season of Mists: Chapter 4 April 30th, 1991

December 1993

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Swamp Thing Annual (1985) #7 A Child's Garden Rev… December 31st, 1993
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The Children's Crusade (1993) #1 Chapter One: Nin… December 31st, 1993

January 1994

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The Children's Crusade (1993) #2 In Which Avril M… January 31st, 1994

December 1994

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Doom Patrol Annual (1988) #2 The Wild, The Good, … December 31st, 1994

January 2000

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Vertigo: Winter's Edge (1998) #3 How They Met The… January 24th, 2000

August 2001

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The Sandman Presents: The Dead Boy Detectives (20… August 1st, 2001

September 2001

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The Sandman Presents: The Dead Boy Detectives (20… September 1st, 2001

October 2001

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The Sandman Presents: The Dead Boy Detectives (20… October 1st, 2001

November 2001

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The Sandman Presents: The Dead Boy Detectives (20… November 1st, 2001

April 2002

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The Sandman Presents: The Thessaliad (2002) #2 Pa… April 1st, 2002

July 2005

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The Dead Boy Detectives (2005) #1 OGN/SC July 1st, 2005

May 2013

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Time Warp (2013) #1 R.I.P.; It's Full of Demons; … May 31st, 2013

December 2013

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The Witching Hour (2013) #1 Daniel; Birdie; Mars … December 31st, 2013

March 2014

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Dead Boy Detectives (2014) #1 Schoolboy Terrors, … March 1st, 2014
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Dead Boy Detectives (2014) #2 Schoolboy Terrors, … March 31st, 2014

April 2014

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Dead Boy Detectives (2014) #3 Schoolboy Terrors, … April 30th, 2014

May 2014

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Dead Boy Detectives (2014) #4 Schoolboy Terrors, … May 31st, 2014

June 2014

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Dead Boy Detectives (2014) #5 Halfway House Part … June 30th, 2014

July 2014

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Dead Boy Detectives (2014) #6 Halfway House Part … July 31st, 2014

September 2014

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Dead Boy Detectives (2014) #7 Ghost Snow Part One… September 30th, 2014

October 2014

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Dead Boy Detectives (2014) #8 Ghost Snow Part Two… October 31st, 2014

November 2014

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Dead Boy Detectives (2014) #9 Ghost Snow Part Thr… November 30th, 2014

December 2014

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Dead Boy Detectives (2014) #10 Ghost Snow Part Fo… December 31st, 2014

January 2015

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Dead Boy Detectives (2014) #11 Ghost Snow Part Fi… January 31st, 2015

February 2015

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Dead Boy Detectives (2014) #12 Yonda February 1st, 2015

September 2020

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Books of Magic (2018) #21 Dwelling In Possibility… September 1st, 2020

October 2020

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Books of Magic (2018) #22 Dwelling In Possibility… October 1st, 2020

November 2020

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Books of Magic (2018) #23 Dwelling In Possibility… November 1st, 2020

February 2023

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The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives (2023) … February 1st, 2023

Volumes

1985

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Swamp Thing Annual (1985) 1 issue(s)

1988

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Doom Patrol Annual (1988) 1 issue(s)

1989

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The Sandman (1989) 1 issue(s)

1993

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The Children's Crusade (1993) 2 issue(s)

1998

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Vertigo: Winter's Edge (1998) 1 issue(s)

2001

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The Sandman Presents: The Dead Boy Detectives (20… 4 issue(s)

2002

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The Sandman Presents: The Thessaliad (2002) 1 issue(s)

2005

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The Dead Boy Detectives (2005) 1 issue(s)

2013

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The Witching Hour (2013) 1 issue(s)
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Time Warp (2013) 1 issue(s)

2014

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Dead Boy Detectives (2014) 12 issue(s)

2018

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Books of Magic (2018) 3 issue(s)

2023

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The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives (2023) 6 issue(s)
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The Sandman Universe Special: Thessaly (2023) 1 issue(s)

Authors

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Neil Gaiman

Friends

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Charles Rowland
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Crystal

Teams

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The Dead Boy Detectives