Fan Casting The Sandman in Earth-6

As a child, Larry Wilton was sickly, and spent most of his life in bed. When he was asleep he would dream about a fairy named Melana and an evil entity trying to kill him. As the years passed, the dreams subsided, and his health improved greatly. He became an astronaut. However, on a mission Wilton left the shuttle to fix an external fuel leak, only to be disconnected from the ship as it was hijacked and then blown up. The force threw him into the mist with a low oxygen supply; only for him to hit the ground and wake up in the same world he dreamed about as a kid. While fleeing form the Thief of Souls, he ran into Melana yet again, and transformed into the Sandman.