DREAM POLICE (2014)
"SERIES FINALE For the long history of the Dream Police, no one has known the secret of where they come from, or how they are selected. Now at last that secret has been revealed, with shattering consequences for Officers Joe Thursday, Frank Stafford and Kate Black. Can they recover from this explosive secret? Will the Dreamscape ever be the same again? "
"The Dream Police are starting to unravel as the truth about where they come from emerges. The biggest lie of all is about to turn Joe Thursday's work upside down, as he finally learns the secret about where he came from, and why. Until now, Joe thought he knew what nightmares were all about, but once he discovers the truth, he will confront the biggest nightmare of all: his own death."
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Cover Artist
Sid KotianWriter
J. Michael StraczynskiReading Order
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Dream Police #1 Cover A Kotian & Farmer (Mature)
"Dream Police Detectives Joe Thursday and Frank Stanford have been partners for as long as they can remember, patrolling the alternate universe of dreams, nightmares, and the great void beyond, an alternate but very real dimension of changelings, echoes, wisps, ethers, and nightwalkers, those who died in their sleep and wander the dreamscape forever. They've seen it all. But when Frank steps away and disappears...and the woman who returns says she's Joe's partner, that she's always been Joe's partner...he begins a journey into the unknown that will shake the dreaming down to its very foundations. "
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Dream Police #2 Cover A Kotian & Farmer (Mature)
"Dream Police Lieutenants Joe Thursday and Katie Black have always been partners. At least, that's what they both remember. But if that's true, why does Joe keep having recurring visions of a partner he never had? Is it just his imagination? With the Dreamscape constantly on the verge of destruction, what difference can one man's memory really make? The answer may be more important than any of them can guess."
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Dream Police #3 (Mature)
"In the Dreamscape, anything can happen. So when Katie begins investigating a case that threatens to get out of control, she realizes that she may have bitten off more than she can chew, raising the question: can Dream Police die? And if so, can she survive the darkness she has unwittingly unleashed? Meanwhile, Joe Thursday continues having flashes of memory concerning a former partner that neither he nor anyone else can remember. To solve this mystery, he will have to begin asking questions no one wants to answer...questions that threaten the very foundations of the Dreamscape."
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Dream Police #4 (Mature)
"The recurring phantom of someone Detective Joe Thursday suspects may have been his former partner-despite the fact that no one else remembers him-leads Joe to start asking questions nobody should ask about the history of the Dream Police, and how they really came into existence. The deeper he goes, the more isolated he becomes, and the more dangerous his world becomes. How far will Joe go to find the truth? And will his partner Katie Black go with him...or turn against him? "
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Dream Police #5 (Mature)
"Who exactly are the Dream Police? Where do they come from? How are prospective officers chosen? Those seem like fairly straightforward questions...except that they are cover for a secret that goes back to the beginnings of civilization, a secret that must be protected at all costs, especially from the inquiries of Lieutenant Detective Joe Thursday. Joe has always been a loyal member of the Dream Police...but when his instincts as a cop tell him that the people he's working for are aligning against him, how far will he go to find the truth about them?"
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Dream Police #6 (Mature)
"In the Dreamscape, it's impossible for a dreamer to simply go missing. But that's exactly what has happened, and it's up to Dream Police Detectives Joe Thursday and Katie Black to find her...a trail that leads to a living nightmare who has gone too far. Meanwhile, Joe has come to realize that he hasn't been told the truth about the man who keeps appearing to him...the former partner he doesn't now remember. If the time comes for Joe to stand against the vast powers of the Dreamscape, will Katie stand with him...or turn away?"
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Dream Police #7
"Together Joe and Kate penetrate parts of the Dreamscape that are considered dangerous and off-limits. There is a bridge between the worlds where they may be able to get some of the information they need. When the other Dream Police find out what they're doing, the Nightmares are sent to stop them."
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Dream Police #8
"The Verge, the no-man's land between the Dreamscape and the Waking World, has been off limits since time immemorial. But to solve the mystery of Joe Thursday's missing partner, he and Kate Black must go through a gauntlet of impossible pain and danger. Even if they come through the Verge alive, they will not come through unchanged."
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Dream Police #9
"Dream Police Joe Friday and Katie Black have abandoned their posts and fought their way clear across the Dreamscape to find out the truth about Joe's missing partner, Frank Stafford. They have at last met up with Frank, but will any of them survive the secret he has brought from the waking world? Who are the Dream Police, where did they come from, and why do they want to stop Frank from telling Joe the truth? MAJOR PLOT POINT Missing partner Frank Stafford returns and reveals a world shattering secret from the waking world! "
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Dream Police #10
"Is Joe Thursday who he believes himself to be? Can Dream Police die? And if they do, what happens afterward? Hang tight because the events of this issue are going to permanently turn the life of Joe Thursday and the Dreamscape itself upside-down. "
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Dream Police #11
"The Dream Police are starting to unravel as the truth about where they come from emerges. The biggest lie of all is about to turn Joe Thursday's work upside down, as he finally learns the secret about where he came from, and why. Until now, Joe thought he knew what nightmares were all about, but once he discovers the truth, he will confront the biggest nightmare of all: his own death."
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Dream Police #12
"SERIES FINALE For the long history of the Dream Police, no one has known the secret of where they come from, or how they are selected. Now at last that secret has been revealed, with shattering consequences for Officers Joe Thursday, Frank Stafford and Kate Black. Can they recover from this explosive secret? Will the Dreamscape ever be the same again? "