Sandman and The Sandman, in comics, may refer to a number of characters:
- Sandman (DC Comics), denoting the various characters that have taken the mantle of the Sandman, including:
- The Sandman (Vertigo), a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and centers around the protagonist, Dream/Morpheus, the immortal anthropomorphic personification of dreams
- Sandman (Wesley Dodds), a comic character from the 1930s who has made more recent appearances in:
- Sandman Mystery Theatre
- Sandman Midnight Theatre, in which Dodds meets Dream
- Just Imagine... Sandman, Stan Lee and Walt Simonson’s version of Sandman
- Sandy Hawkins, the current DC Sandman
- Sandman (Marvel Comics), a supervillain who can transform his body into sand, and is an enemy of Spider-Man