Appearing in "Tales of Ghost Castle"Edit
Featured Characters:
- Lucien (Host) (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Adversaries:
- Unknown
Other Characters:
- Unknown
Locations:
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- Ghost Castle (First appearance)
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "Tales of Ghost Castle"Edit
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "A Child's Garden of Graves"Edit
Featured Characters:
- Lucien (Host)
Supporting Characters:
- Unknown
Adversaries:
- Unknown
Other Characters:
- Unknown
Locations:
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "A Child's Garden of Graves"Edit
An adopted girl murders her new brother and sister and buries them in her garden.
Appearing in "A Soul a Day Keeps the Devil Away"Edit
Featured Characters:
- Lucien (Host)
Supporting Characters:
- Unknown
Adversaries:
- Unknown
Other Characters:
- Unknown
Locations:
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "A Soul a Day Keeps the Devil Away"Edit
A demon attempts to get a dentist to barter away his soul in exchange for a life free from work but neglects to take into account how much the dentist enjoys inflicting suffering through his practice.
Appearing in "The Mushroom Man"Edit
Featured Characters:
- Lucien (Host)
Supporting Characters:
- Unknown
Adversaries:
- Unknown
Other Characters:
- Unknown
Locations:
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "The Mushroom Man"Edit
A man murders his uncle for money and buries his body under the mushroom patch in the cellar. After a cook prepares a meal with mushrooms she got from the cellar the man is killed when mushrooms burst through his body.
NotesEdit
- Tales of Ghost Castle is published on a bi-monthly shipping schedule.
- The introductory story, Tales of Ghost Castle, acts as a framing piece for the stories that follow after it.
- This is the first appearance of Lucien, librarian and storyteller. Lucien will later become a supporting cast member in Sandman (Volume 2). He appears next in Tales of Ghost Castle #2 following the third story in this issue.
- This is the first appearance of the haunted mansion known as Ghost Castle. It will later be revealed in Sandman (Volume 2) that Ghost Castle is actually the palace of Dream of the Endless.
- "Quico Redondo" is a pen name for Frank Redondo.
TriviaEdit
- Originally, the character of Lucien did not exist within the same continuity as the mainstream DC Universe. Like many horror hosts, his sole function was to act as a boogeyman storyteller, similar to the roles of characters such as Cain and Abel. In 1989, writer Neil Gaiman gathered together the various anthology host characters and integrated them into the DC/Vertigo continuity beginning with Sandman (Volume 2) #1.
- This issue contains a one-page humor strip by Sergio Aragonés entitled Ghost Cackles.
See Also
- Discuss Tales of Ghost Castle Vol 1 1 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Tales of Ghost Castle series
Recommended ReadingEdit
