Who was the first Sandman (from DC) you ever read about?
Who was the first character called "Sandman" you ever read about in a DC (or Vertigo) comic book?[size=1]
(And, no, we're not concerned with the William Baker / Flint Marko character from Marvel Comics.)[/size]
Using my memory and additional help from [i]Wikipedia[/i], these appear to be the characters who have been known by the name "Sandman" at some point in comic books from DC (or Vertigo):[indent]* [b]Wesley Dodd/Dodds[/b] - first appearance in [i]Adventure Comics #40[/i] (July 1939)
* [b]Garrett Sanford[/b] - first appeared [i]The Sandman #1[/i] (Winter 1974); identity as Garrett Sanford in [i]Wonder Woman #300[/i] (Feb. 1983)
* [b]Hector Hall[/b] - originally the Silver Scarab; revealed to have taken over Sanford's Sandman role in [i]Infinty Inc. #50[/i] (May 1988)
* [b]Dream / Morpheus[/b] - [i]The Sandman #1[/i] (January 1989); originally DC / later an imprint of Vertigo
* [b]Daniel Hall[/b] - son of Hector Hall; took over for Dream / Morpheus in [i]Sandman #69[/i] (July 1995)
* (Sanderson) [b]"Sandy" Hawkins[/b] - originally the Golden Age sidekick to Wes Dodds' Sandman, later gained silicon-based abilities and eventually was known as "Sand". Still later, as part of the JSA, gained abilities similar to Wes Dodds in terms of prophetic dreams. Eventually began dressing in a costume similar to Dodds original outfit and became known as Sandman
* [b]Col. Larry Wilton[/b] - from the 2002 one-shot [i]Just Imagine Stan Lee With Walter Simonson Creating Sandman[/i]
* [b]Kieran Marshall[/b] - from the 2007 [i]Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason[/i] mini-series[/indent]
So, which was the first "Sandman" of these that you read about in a comic book from DC / Vertigo?
(For those characters that weren't originally called "Sandman" when they first appeared, please base your response on when they were first referred to as "Sandman".)