On the subject of likability and characters who could've been written specifically to appeal, I was thinking that one of the things about Morpheus is that everyone reading these comics is (I reckon) going to see at least a bit of themselves in him (or, possibly, vice versa). And Death, then, is like the older sister or best girl friend that everyone wants - cool, quirky, cute, a bit...well...dreamy, but with her feet firmly on the ground.
This one's sort of sweet.