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List Of Vertigo Reprint Collections
Vertigo, also known as DC Vertigo, was an imprint of American comic book publisher DC Comics started in 1993, with the purpose of publishing comics with adult content that did not fit the restrictions of DC's main line, allowing for more creative freedom. It consisted of company-owned titles such as '' The Sandman'' and ''Hellblazer'', as well as creator-owned titles such as ''Preacher'' and ''Fables''. The imprint was discontinued in January 2020, and future reprinted material will be published under the new DC Black Label imprint, intended for mature audiences. Collected editions The collected editions listed here reprint material in standard-size hardcovers and trade paperbacks A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with adhesive, glue rather than stitch (textile arts), stitches or Staple (fastener), staples. In contrast, hardcover (hardback) book ..., including original graphic novels. 0– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vertigo Comics
Vertigo Comics, also known as DC Vertigo or simply Vertigo, was an imprint of American comic book publisher DC Comics started by editor Karen Berger in 1993. Vertigo's purpose was to publish comics with adult content, such as nudity, drug use, profanity, and graphic violence, that did not fit the restrictions of DC's main line, thus allowing more creative freedom. Its titles consisted of company-owned comics set in the DC Universe, such as '' The Sandman'' and ''Hellblazer'', and creator-owned works, such as ''Preacher'', '' Y: The Last Man'' and ''Fables''. The Vertigo branding was retired in 2020, and most of its library transitioned to DC Black Label. Vertigo grew out of DC's mature readers' line of the 1980s, which began after DC stopped submitting '' The Saga of the Swamp Thing'' for approval by the Comics Code Authority. Following the success of two adult-oriented 1986 limited series, '' Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'' and ''Watchmen'', DC's output of mature readers ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures In The Rifle Brigade
''Adventures in the Rifle Brigade'' is the name of two Vertigo comic book limited series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Carlos Ezquerra. The first series, ''Adventures in the Rifle Brigade'', was released in 2000. Its sequel, ''Adventures in the Rifle Brigade: Operation: Bollock'', was released in 2001 and 2002. Plot The Rifle Brigade is a British special forces commando unit commanded by Captain Darcy and staffed with a variety of oddball and at times deviant soldiers from varied British cities and allied nations. The two stories concerns their various covert missions across Europe and Africa and their relevance to the Allied victory. "Operation: Bollock" in particular focused on the team's diplomatic and action-packed attempts to gain for themselves the missing testicle of Adolf Hitler. It is being held in the small Arabic country of Semmen and is being pursued by many forces, German, American and British, none of which the Brigade can trust. The American forces are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood & Water
''Blood & Water'' was a 2003 five-issue horror comic book limited series written by Judd Winick and illustrated by Tomm Coker, with covers by Brian Bolland. It was published by Vertigo Comics from March to July 2003, with cover dates of May to September 2003. It stars Adam Heller, a young man with a terminal illness whose friends offer to save his life by turning him into a vampire, an act that leads to unforeseen consequences. Full credits * Writer: Judd Winick * Artist: Tomm Coker * Colors: Jason Wright and Digital Chameleon * Covers: Brian Bolland * Letters: Kurt Hathaway * Editors: Mariah Huehner & Heidi MacDonald Plot San Francisco resident Adam Heller is a young man who had a bright future ahead of him. But a case of food poisoning when he was twenty gave him hepatitis A, forcing him to drop out of college, and taking his once-athletic body away from him. He has just been told of an inoperable hepatoma on his liver, and has not long to live. Adam's best friend of five yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Orchid (comic Book)
''Black Orchid'' is an American comic book written by Neil Gaiman with art by Dave McKean. It was published by DC Comics as a three-issue limited series from December 1988 to February 1989, and was later reprinted in trade paperback form. ''Black Orchid'' follows two girls, Flora and Suzy, who awaken in a greenhouse. Their journey to find out who they are leads them into contact with DC Universe figures like Batman and Swamp Thing, but also into conflict with criminal mastermind Lex Luthor, who seeks them for his own interests. Gaiman and McKean developed the series after meeting with Jenette Kahn, Dick Giordano, and Karen Berger in early 1987. The two pitched several ideas for series, but were ultimately assigned ''Black Orchid'' because all other characters they wanted to work on were in use at the time. They produced the series' concept within two days and won approval from DC Comics. DC nearly canceled the series due to fears it would fail commercially, but relented after Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bite Club (comics)
''Bite Club'' is a Vertigo comic book mini series created by writers Howard Chaykin and David Tischman. It is a crime story in which the protagonists are vampires living in Miami, Florida. Chaykin has said the comic was a metaphor for racial profiling and the immigrant experience. Plot After the murder of vampire crime boss Eduardo del Toro, his heirs and relatives begin to make a play for control of his organization. To their dismay, Toro in his will named his youngest son, a Roman Catholic priest and vampire named Leto, as his successor. Leto announces that his family will get out of the illegal-drug business and begin investing in legitimate industry. This endeavor earns Leto the support of Zephraim Klein, the Del Toro family ''consigliere'', and the enmity of his other relatives, like his siblings Eddie and Risa, and his cousin Victor. Risa later assassinates Eddie. Risa then teams up with Victor to assassinate Leto, and is successful, although Victor also dies during the att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beware The Creeper
''Beware the Creeper'' is the name of two comic book series published by DC Comics. The first series debuted in 1968 and starred the Creeper. This series was cancelled after six issues. The second was a five-issue limited series published in 2003 by DC under their Vertigo imprint. 1968 series ''Beware the Creeper'' began in the March/April dated, ''Showcase'' #73 in 1968, in a story plotted and drawn by Steve Ditko, with Don Segall assisting with the dialog. DC's policy at the time was to give a character a single appearance in ''Showcase'' as an introduction before launching their series. Two months later, the first issue of ''Beware the Creeper'' was released with a cover date of June 1968. ''Beware the Creeper'' was cancelled after six issues, the victim, per columnist and artist Fred Hembeck, of "bean-counters howere a little quick to yank the rug out from underneath a new series during that particular stage of DC's history...." The storyline started in the six issues o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astro City
''Kurt Busiek's Astro City'' is an American superhero anthology comic book series centered on a fictional American city of that name. Created and written by Kurt Busiek, the series is mostly illustrated by Brent Anderson, with character designs and painted covers by Alex Ross. The first volume was published from 1995 to 1996 by Image Comics. In 1996, a second volume was launched under the Homage Comics imprint of Image partner studio WildStorm, which was then acquired by DC Comics, where the series later transitioned to the WildStorm Signature Series imprint and continued until 2010. During this period it switched from a regular ongoing series to a sequence of periodic mini-series and special issues. A third, ongoing volume was launched under DC's Vertigo imprint in 2013 and concluded in 2018, reverting to occasional miniseries and original graphic novels. Counting all series, mini-series and special issues, over 100 issues have been published. Characters Some of the more prominent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army@Love
''Army@Love'' is an American comic book series from DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, which started in May 2007. It is drawn and scripted by Rick Veitch, with Gary Erskine on inking duties. Issue #12 published in February 2008 was the "season finale". A second series of 6 issues, titled ''Army@Love: The Art of War'' began monthly publication in August 2008. The story follows the adventures of a unit of New Jersey National Guard in "Afbaghistan", a fictional Middle Eastern country. As is often the case with Vertigo Comics, the title is designed to evoke memories of a long-running defunct DC title, in this case, ''Our Army at War'', which, subsequent to its retitling to '' Sgt. Rock'' in 1977, was followed by a one-shot titled simply ''Army at War'' in 1978. Plot The unit includes both men and women, a great deal of the action following the amorous adventures of various members. The contrast between the surreal combat in Afbaghistan and the comfortable lives of the rear echelon and the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Man (comic Book)
''Animal Man'' is a superhero comic book ongoing series published by DC Comics starring the superhero Animal Man. The series is best known for the run by writer Grant Morrison from issue #1 to #26 with penciller Chas Truog who stayed on the series until #32. ''Animal Man'' was innovative in its advocacy and for its use of themes including social consciousness (with a focus on animal rights), metaphysics, deconstruction of the superhero genre and comic book form, postmodernism, eccentric plot twists, explorations of cosmic spirituality and mysticism, the determination of apparent free will by a higher power, and manipulation of reality including quantum physics, unified field theory, time travel and metafictional technique. The series is well-known for its frequently psychedelic and "off-the-wall" content. A majority of the series' cover art was done by Brian Bolland, often portraying intentionally unusual or shocking imagery with no text blurbs. Grant Morrison would return to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The American Way (comics)
''The American Way'' is an American comic book series produced under DC Comics' Wildstorm and Vertigo imprints. The series is an alternate history retelling of the 1960s and 1970s, featuring a team of government-sponsored heroes named the Civil Defense Corps. Much of the series revolves around the introduction of an African American superhero to the team and the responses of the team, government, and public. The series debuted with an eight-issue limited series published by WildStorm and was written by John Ridley with art from Georges Jeanty. The original series ran for eight issues, from April to September 2006. A follow-up series to the original, ''The American Way: Those Above and Those Below'' ran six issues, from July to February 2017 with Ridley and Jeanty returning as the creative team. Publication history ''The American Way'' In an interview with National Public Radio, John Ridley stated that the inspiration for this story came from President Lyndon Johnson's wish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Virgin (comics)
''American Virgin'' was an American comic book series published by Vertigo Comics and written by Steven T. Seagle and illustrated by Becky Cloonan. The series launched on a monthly schedule in March 2006 and was canceled two years later. Seagle was able to finish his storyline. The story follows the life of Adam, a teenager who is a born-again Christian preacher, as well as his struggle with issues of his sexuality and faith. Adam's near constant companion is a stepsister, Cyndi, who is sexually liberal. Publication history The covers for the first three issues were penciled by Frank Quitely, while issues #4–14 featured covers by Joshua Middleton. Starting with issue #15 the cover artist was Celia Calle. Most of the series is penciled by Becky Cloonan with two issues drawn by Ryan Kelly. Plot There are five major story arcs: the first is "Head", consisting of four issues. The second is "Going Down", which consists of five issues. The third saga, "Wet" also contains five iss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Vampire
''American Vampire'' is an American comic book series created by writer Scott Snyder and drawn by artist Rafael Albuquerque. It was published by DC Comics under its Vertigo imprint. ''American Vampire'' continued under the newly-created DC Black Label imprint after Vertigo was closed in January 2020. The series imagines vampires as a population made up of many different secret species, and charts moments of vampire evolution and inter-species conflict throughout history. The focus of the series is a new American bloodline of vampires, born in the American West in the late 19th century. The first of this new species is a notorious outlaw named Skinner Sweet, who wakes from death, after being infected, to find he has become a new kind of vampire, something stronger and faster than what came before, impervious to sunlight, with a new set of strengths and weaknesses. The series goes on to track his movements through various decades of American history—along with the movements of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |