Goldie (DC Comics)

Goldie (DC Comics)

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character_name = Goldie
publisher = DC Comics
debut = The Sandman
creators = Neil Gaiman
alter_ego =
full_name =
species = Gargoyle
homeworld =
alliances = Cain and Abel
aliases =
supports= Cain, Abel
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Goldie is a fictional character in Neil Gaiman's popular The Sandman comic book series.

Fictional character biography

Goldie is a pet (baby) gargoyle, given to Abel by his brother Cain in "" the first volume of Sandman series. Abel originally intends to name him 'Irving' after 'an old friend', but Cain insists that Gargoyle's names must all begin with a "G". Cain then proceeded to murder Abel over this. Abel soon returns, as he is murdered by Cain all the time. He then agrees to name the gargoyle Goldie.

Goldie also appears for a short scene in in which he is sitting upon Abel's shoulder as Lucien asks Abel about the inhabitants of the house. He later appears throughout the Parliament of Rooks story in , and briefly at the beginning of . He also accompanies Abel in and is with him when he gets murdered by the Furies, crying when his master is killed. He is later seen playing with Daniel, the future Dream.

Goldie later takes on a pivotal role as the guardian of the tree of life in the Sandman spin-off series The Dreaming. On his/her quest to the tree, a search party forms. Interestingly, he was retconned into a female Gargoyle for the new series.Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = The Dreaming | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 64-65 | publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015]

Goldie is named after the "'imaginary' friend" to whom Abel would tell his early stories in the pages of "House of Secrets".

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