Wesley Dodd/Dodds (first appearance = Adventure Comics #40, July 1939)
Garrett Sanford (first appeared in The Sandman #1, Winter 1974)
Hector Hall (revealed to have taken over Sanford's Sandman role in Infinty Inc. #50, May 1988)
Dream / Morpheus (The Sandman #1, January 1989 - DC then Vertigo)
Daniel Hall (son of Hector Hall; took over for Dream / Morpheus in Sandman #69, July 1995)
(Sanderson) "Sandy" Hawkins (originally Golden Age sidekick Sandy / later "Sand" then "Sandman")
Col. Larry Wilton (2002 one-shot Just Imagine Stan Lee With Walter Simonson Creating Sandman)
Kieran Marshall (2007 Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason mini-series)
other DC character? (please explain in separate post)
I know that I (like co-mod Darknight Detective) first encountered Wesley Dodds Sandman in the mid-seventies. For me, it was in JLA/JSA team-ups (the gas mask version) and in reprints appearing in a variety of DC Giants (as they were called then) and maybe in Wanted (though I'm not sure if there were any Sandman stories in that book; there could have been) (mostly the yellow and purple costume version). It's funny. I'm not sure if I realized they were the same character at the time.
Sandy Hausler
This guy...
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At last check, the only two characters receiving any new votes are:* Wesley Dodd/Dodds (Golden Age Sandman) = 28 votes (+ 6)
* Dream / Morpheus (mostly from Vertigo) = 15 votes (+ 4)
Morpheus for me. I was reading any stories I could that had John Constantine at the time, which lead me to his guest appearance in The Sandman #3.
And two months later,* Wesley Dodd/Dodds (Golden Age Sandman) = 29 votes (+1)
* Dream / Morpheus (mostly from Vertigo) = 17 votes (+2)
* Garrett Sanford (1st appeared in The Sandman #1, Winter '74) = 2 votes (no change)
* Hector Hall (took over for Garrett Sanford's version of Sandman) = 1 vote (no change)
* Daniel Hall (son of Hector Hall) = 1 vote (no change)
* (Sanderson) "Sandy" Hawkins (original Golden Age Sandy) = 1 vote (no change)
* Kieran Marshall (Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason) = 1 vote (no change)
Morpheus - The Dream, Sandman of Neil Gaiman is my first Sandman.
Since the last check, there's only been one change in the totals:* Wesley Dodd/Dodds (Golden Age Sandman) = 29 votes (no change)
* Dream / Morpheus (mostly from Vertigo) = 19 votes (+2)
* Garrett Sanford (1st appeared in The Sandman #1, Winter '74) = 2 votes (no change)
* Hector Hall (took over for Garrett Sanford's version of Sandman) = 1 vote (no change)
* Daniel Hall (son of Hector Hall) = 1 vote (no change)
* (Sanderson) "Sandy" Hawkins (original Golden Age Sandy) = 1 vote (no change)
* Kieran Marshall (Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason) = 1 vote (no change)
But we might get more votes for Wes soon since he was seen briefly in Doomsday Clock #10
and he appears among the Justice Society of America members from the 1940s pictured in the image for next month's Justice League #31.
With 57 people having voted,* Wesley Dodd/Dodds (Golden Age Sandman) = 32 votes
* Dream / Morpheus (mostly from Vertigo) = 19 votes
* Garrett Sanford (1st appeared in The Sandman #1, Winter '74) = 2 votes
* Hector Hall (took over for Garrett Sanford's version of Sandman) = 1 vote
* Daniel Hall (son of Hector Hall) = 1 vote
* (Sanderson) "Sandy" Hawkins (original Golden Age Sandy) = 1 vote
* Kieran Marshall (Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason) = 1 vote
With 61 people having voted,* Wesley Dodd/Dodds (Golden Age Sandman) = 35 votes
* Dream / Morpheus (mostly from Vertigo) = 20 votes
* Garrett Sanford (The Sandman #1, Winter '74) = 2 votes
* Hector Hall (took over for Garrett Sanford's version of Sandman) = 1 vote
* Daniel Hall (son of Hector Hall) = 1 vote
* (Sanderson) "Sandy" Hawkins (original Golden Age Sandy) = 1 vote
* Kieran Marshall (Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason) = 1 vote
With 63 people having now voted,* Wesley Dodd/Dodds (Golden Age Sandman) = 36 votes
* Dream / Morpheus (mostly from Vertigo) = 20 votes
* Garrett Sanford (The Sandman #1, Winter '74) = 2 votes
* (Sanderson) "Sandy" Hawkins (original Golden Age Sandy) = 2 votes
* Hector Hall (took over for Garrett Sanford's version of Sandman) = 1 vote
* Daniel Hall (son of Hector Hall) = 1 vote
* Kieran Marshall (Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason) = 1 vote
With 65 votes,* Wesley Dodd/Dodds (Golden Age Sandman) = 37 votes
* Dream / Morpheus (mostly from Vertigo) = 20 votes
* Garrett Sanford (The Sandman #1, Winter '74) = 3 votes
* (Sanderson) "Sandy" Hawkins (original Golden Age Sandy) = 2 votes
* Hector Hall (took over for Garrett Sanford's version of Sandman) = 1 vote
* Daniel Hall (son of Hector Hall) = 1 vote
* Kieran Marshall (Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason) = 1 vote
Pretty soon I guess I should do a "Who is your favorite version of Sandman (from DC Comics)" thread / poll.