abstract:Daniel Hall is a fictional character in the Sandman comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics. An infant for the majority of the Sandman series, he is the son of Hippolyta 'Lyta' Hall and Hector Hall, borne for two years in the Dreaming (where the Halls were being held prisoner by Brute and Glob, two nightmares who had escaped during Dream's earthly exile).