Sandman Mystery Theatre vols. 1 - 8

Sandman Mystery Theatre was an ongoing comic book series published by Vertigo Comics, the mature-readers imprint of DC Comics and retells the adventures of the Sandman, a vigilante whose main weapon is a gun that fires sleeping gas, originally created by DC in the Golden Age of Comic Books. In a similar vein to Batman, the Sandman possesses little to no superhuman powers, though he has minor precognitive abilities through his prophetic dreams, and relies on his detective skills and inventions.

In this film noir-like series by writers Matt Wagner and Steven T. Seagle, Wesley Dodds (the Sandman) and his girlfriend Dian Belmont (daughter of the District Attorney) encountered several, often grotesque, foes in multi-issue storylines.

Titles:
1 - The Tarantula
2 - The Face and The Brute
3 - The Vamp
4 - The Scorpion
5 - Dr. Death and The Night of the Butcher
6 - The Hourman and The Python
7 - The Mist and The Phantom of the Fair
8 - The Blackhawk and The Return of the Scarlet Ghost