Download or read book The Children's Crusade (1993-) #1 written by Neil Gaiman and published by Vertigo. This book was released on with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neil Gaiman, writer of THE SANDMAN, tells a powerful and mysterious tale that begins when all the children of an English village mysteriously vanish. Rowland and Paine, the Dead Boy Detectives introduced in SANDMAN (1989 2nd Series) #25, investigate the disappearances and learn of the existence of the otherworldly Free Country. But the denizens of that realm have conceived a mysterious plot that involves several young beings of power-Suzy, the child Black Orchid; Animal Man's daughter, Tef_; Dorothy Spinner of the Doom Patrol; and Tim Hunter, the young mage introduced in THE BOOKS OF MAGIC.