The connection between the Dead Boy Detectives series and Sandman

The supernatural investigations of Dead Boy Detectives come from the comics of the same name, designed by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner. Netflix hopes to create an entire universe around this galaxy of characters.

Prepare for supernatural investigations in Dead Boy Detectivesa totally wacky series, taken from the comics of the same name, and which already seems to please the Netflix audience since its addition to the catalog on April 25, 2024. In the program, two ghosts team up to solve crimes and mysteries – with the cooperation of a medium.

A cameo from Sandman In Dead Boy Detectives

If the TV series is developed by Steve Yockey and Beth Schwartz, it is based on DC Comics characters created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner. The production history of the series is rather chaotic. Initially, it was thought by And For HBO Max, where a large part of DC works could be found. Moreover, the two characters appeared in season 3 of Doom Patrol (performed by Sebastian Croft and Ty Tennant). But there was a lot of commotion: HBO Max became MAX and Warner implemented a new strategy for its DC universe. As a result, Warner finally sold the rights to Netflix.

The streaming service then opted for a new cast (George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri) to make a clean sheet. That's not all, because Netflix has set another condition for integrating the series into its productions: linking Dead Boy Detectives in the same universe as Sandman, another series inspired by a comicbook by Neil Gaiman. This explains, for example, the cameo of Kirby Howell-Baptiste, the actress of Death in Sandman.

Crystal, the psychic, in Dead Boy Detectives. // Source: Netflix — Crystal, the medium, in *Dead Boy Detectives*. // Source: Netflix

Even if the easter eggs actually remain tenuous, everything takes place in the same supernatural world, with its same rules, and all the characters are likely to cross paths. Crossovers, subsequently, are not impossible if Dead Boy Detectives has the same success as its parent series. It also remains to be seen whether season 2 of Sandmancurrently in production, will contain references to Dead Boy Detectives.

If Netflix seems to want to develop any universe Sandman on his platform, Neil Gaiman doesn't seem to feel the slightest need for it. “ Do I want to create a gigantic 'Sandman universe'? Not really “, he confides to Business Insider.