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Issue: Death: At Death's Door #1
Publication Date: September 2003
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue (3 Printings)
Title:
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Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: VertigoView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 07/16/2003
Volume: none
Pages: 212
ISBN: 1563899388
UPC/EAN: 76194123628500111
Price: $15.25 CAD
$9.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Suggested for Mature Readers
Content Items: 12 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Publishing data actually reads "Death #1: At Death's Door," but all other occurrences of the title on the volume and in DC's promotional material have the title as listed. Neil Gaiman credited as consultant. Artwork is black and white with gray tones; the separations credit presumably applies to the tones.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 5" x 7.2" (12.7 cm x 18.3 cm)
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Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: one-shot; graphic novel
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Genres: fantasy, occult
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Death: At Death's Door

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Death: At Death's Door

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At Death's Door

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Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Wyvern; Griffin; Hippogriff; Odin; Thor; Loki; Anubis; Bast; Bes; Susano-O-No-Mikoto; Azazel; Merkin; Choronzon; Kilderkin; Shivering Jenny; Remiel; Duma; Charles Rowland; Edwin Paine; Edgar Allan Poe; Cluracan; Nuala; Nada
Synopsis: While Dream decides what to do with the key to Hell, its former inhabitants make themselves at home in Death's domain. Delirium and Despair throw a party for these visitors, as Death tends to her duties, until Dream assigns Hell to its new rulers.
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In Content Item: FlagVertigo X Anniversary Preview #[nn] published April 2003
as At Death's Door: Preview [Preview (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]preview excerpt
In Content Item: FlagThe Dead Boy Detectives #[nn] published September 2005
as Death: At Death's Door [Preview (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]reprints pages 92-108 of original story
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Pages: 192
Disclose Notes: Re-presents many of the events from the Seasons of Mists storyline from Sandman (DC, 1988 series) #21-28.
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Introduction

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Look for These Other Vertigo Books:

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At Death's Door

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Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Death; Delirium; Desire; Dream; Despair; Destiny
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Disclose Notes: On the back cover.

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