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Issue: Vertigo Preview #1
Publication Date: February 1992
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 12/31/1992
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.95 CAD
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Suggested for Mature Readers
Content Items: 16 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Comic presents previews of the new Vertigo line of comics in two page segments as well as a brand new stand-alone Sandman story; Although the cover gives this issue as #1, the indicia leaves it unnumbered.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
Indicia
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, horror, mystery, occult, superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover is a pastiche of Vertigo cover artists. The artist for the Enigma portion is uncertain.
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Death: The High Cost of Living

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Death
First Line: Come on, Chirpy Chirpy.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2 pages of Death: The High Cost of Living #1
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Vertigo: If You Don't Already Know Us, You've Probably Seen Us Around.

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Karen Berger (photo)
First Line: We've always been in our strange little corner, shaking things up from the edges of the DC Universe…
Synopsis: Editor Karen Berger explains the reasoning behind grouping thirteen of their titles which "aren't quite like any others in the industry" into a new imprint - Vertigo.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Essay on the new Vertigo imprint and a descriptive listing of the titles which will now be included in it. Photo of Karen Berger. Indicia.
Inside front cover and first page.
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Enigma

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Enigma
First Line: And in a room below Pacific City, he waits, sick of it already but with nothing else to do…
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2 pages of Enigma #1
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Sandman Mystery Theatre

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): Sandman I [Wesley Dodd]
First Line: My father always referred to Thomas Schaffer as foolishly caring.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2 pages of Sandman Mystery Theatre #1
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Mercy

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Feature(s): Mercy
Character(s): Mercy
First Line: Why be trapped by the limitations of human flesh--defiled by the stink and rot of human kind--
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2 pages of Mercy Prestige Format
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Kid Eternity

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror, occult, superhero
Character(s): Kid Eternity
First Line: Why are we bothering with this gonzo hippie?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2 pages of Kid Eternity #1
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Sebastian O

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery, occult
Character(s): Sebastian O
First Line: The dandy has one unique advantage over the common hero.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2 pages of Sebastian O #1; Nudity panels
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Black Orchid

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Orchid
First Line: I wanted to hear for myself what happened the day she saved McMurtry's life.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2 pages of Black Orchid #1
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Animal Man

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Animal Man
First Line: Relax? You'd think with kids as wild as mine, that'd be out of the question.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2 pages of Animal Man #57
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Doom Patrol

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: God, do you see that?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2 pages of Doom Patrol #64
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Hellblazer

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): John Constantine [Hellblazer]
First Line: There comes a point at all the best parties where it's just two blokes and a bottle of whiskey…
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2 pages of Hellblazer #63
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Shade The Changing Man

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult, superhero
Feature(s): Shade
Character(s): Shade
First Line: You're supposed to be in a cold lifeless limbo, until we draw you out.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2 pages of Shade The Changing Man #33
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Swamp Thing

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Swamp Thing
First Line: Am I a plant…that dreams it is…a man?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2 pages of Swamp Thing #129
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Fear of Falling

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Janet; Todd Faber; Dream [Morpheus]; Matthew the Raven; the Hecateae
First Line: It was getting late, and I was losing it fast.
Synopsis: Sandman invades a dream to teach a young man how to cope with his fear of falling.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Sandman [Sandman Library Edition] #6 [Second Printing] published August 1999
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This original story did not appear in the ongoing Sandman series.
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We're Handing You a Line

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Vertigo
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Listing of titles that will be included in the new Vertigo imprint starting in January of 1993.
Inside back page.

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