The Sandman co-showrunner says they wanted to "preserve as many of the comic book moments as possible" but certain big scenes had to be cut: “They can’t say we didn’t try!”

The Sandman season 2.

The Sandman co-showrunner Allan Heinberg says that although they tried to pack as many big moments as possible from the comic books into the show's two-season run, some just didn't make the cut.

"We try to preserve as many of the comic book moments as possible and translate them in a way that feels like we're fulfilling fan fantasies of what that would look like on film," Heinberg says in the new issue of SFX magazine, which features Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on the cover and hits newsstands on Wednesday, June 18. "But also the show dictates what works and what doesn't and what's moving the story forward for Dream at all times.