With Dead Boy Detectives, There’s No Need To Be Afraid of Ghosts! And Do We Need to Read the Comic Books?

Netflix’s Sandman Universe is about to get bigger with the upcoming release of Dead Boy Detectives. Unlike Lockwood & Co. where the reception was good, the viewership numbers did not give the studio the confidence to continue. Hopefully this adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s celebrated team of sleuths will do better!

The team first appeared in Sandman #25, as supporting characters and since they, their bit appearances would eventually graduate to seeing them get their own series under DC Comic’s Vertigo imprint. This series is about two young ghosts as private investigators is unique. Not only can they deal with supernatural foes on a level playing ground but also, have to interact with the human world if they’re to get the next case! It’s a novel twist on the detective genre, and what’s presented shows promise!

Not only do fans get a post-modern tale set in the English countryside, but there’s a killer soundtrack to really make this series kick. What’s presented in the trailer shows the direction this series is likely to go in, with My Chemical Romance‘s “Welcome to the Black Parade.” leading the way. And who knows, maybe a track from Spiritbox might be chosen too! Visually, what’s teased has vibes similar to Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Anyone interested in checking out the original comic books have the option of either picking up the Omnibus collection (Amazon link) which offers everything–The Dead Boy Detectives #1-12, Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives #1-4, The Sandman #25, The Children’s Crusade #1-2, Ghosts#1, The Witching Hour #1, Time Warp #1, Doom Patrol Annual #2, and Swamp Thing Annual #7–or consider only the essentials, like The Sandman Universe (2018-): Dead Boy Detectives offers the latest six issue series. There’s also the original 2014 release which readers can check out. They aren’t essential reading but for those interested in seeing the vision as the creator intended, it’s worth picking up.

About Dead Boy Detectives

Do you have a pesky ghost haunting you? Has a demon stolen your core memories? You may want to ring the Dead Boy Detectives.

Meet Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri), “the brains” and “the brawn” behind the Dead Boy Detectives agency. Teenagers born decades apart who find each other only in death, Edwin and Charles are best friends and ghosts… who solve mysteries. They will do anything to stick together – including escaping evil witches, Hell and Death herself. With the help of a clairvoyant named Crystal (Kassius Nelson) and her friend Niko (Yuyu Kitamura), they are able to crack some of the mortal realm’s most mystifying paranormal cases.

As part of The Sandman Universe for Netflix and based on the beloved comic series from Neil Gaiman, Dead Boy Detectives was developed for television by Steve Yockey, who wrote the first episode and serves as showrunner alongside Beth Schwartz as co-showrunner. Greg Berlanti, Yockey, Schwartz, Jeremy Carver, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman and Gaiman serve as executive producers of the series from Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.