We learn that as a young man, he was raped by his great-uncle,В Julius Caesar and we learn that Augustus chose the future of the world from two sets of prophecies, one in which theВ Roman EmpireВ grew to cover the whole world and lasted millennia and one in which it died out after a few hundred years. Disguised as a beggar, he talks of his life to the dwarf who instructs him in this disguise. An extremely bleak tale about the Roman EmperorВ Augustus CaesarВ set in AD 7. Penciled by Duncan Eagleson and inked by Vince Locke.ДЄnother story concerning a month. It makes reference to The Death of Koschei the DeathlessВ and the witchВ Baba Yaga. Stan Lee.ДЄВ fairy taleВ of the East European tradition concerning a young man of 'The People' (werewolves) who comes to possess a portrait of a beautiful princess. Penciled by Stan Woch and inked by Dick Giordano. The villains of the story areВ RobespierreВ andВ Saint-Just.В Thomas PaineВ also appears. Neatly dovetailed with his story is an explanation for his strange career centering on a challenge between Morpheus and Desire.ДЄn altogether darker story set in the heat of theВ French Revolution, featuring the character of Lady Johanna Constantine - who first appeared in Men of Good Fortune - and introducing, briefly, Orpheus. While Dream is uninterested, Despair harkens to the memory of theirВ brother's departure which Despair states was caused by Dream's lack of caring. Despair challenges Dream to keep him in his realm for the remainder of his life. Drawn by Kent Williams.ДЄ story concerning the (mostly true) history of Joshua Abraham Norton, first, last, and only Emperor of the United States of America. This is a very short story, concerning a theatrical author/director who is afraid of the consequences of his new play, be they success or failure.

This is the story from Vertigo Preview #1.

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