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Issue: The Children's Crusade #1
Publication Date: December 1993
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Suggested For Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Vertigo; DCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 10/28/1993
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194120102300111
Price: $4.95 CAD
£2.50 GBP
$3.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stuart Moore (editor); Julie Rottenberg (assistant editor); Lou Stathis (consulting editor); Tom Peyer (consulting editor)
Disclose Notes: The story is presented in chapters; each chapter will be indexed.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Children Missing

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
John Totleben (painted)
John Totleben (painted)
John Totleben (painted)
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Subject Matter
The Deadboy Detectives
Charles Rowland; Edwin Paine
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FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 published September 2012
 
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Cover art credits confirmed from solicitation.
The Children's Crusade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Neil Gaiman
Chris Bachalo
Mike Barreiro
Daniel Vozzo
John Costanza
Subject Matter
splash page
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Chapter One: Nine Days' Wonder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Neil Gaiman
Chris Bachalo
Mike Barreiro
Daniel Vozzo
John Costanza
Subject Matter
all children from Flaxdown disappear
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Chapter Two: True Detective Stories

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Neil Gaiman
Chris Bachalo
Mike Barreiro
Daniel Vozzo
John Costanza
Subject Matter
The Deadboy Detectives
Charles Rowland; Edwin Paine; Avril Mitchell
Avril hires the Charles and Edwin to find her brother who disappeared with the rest of the children from Flaxdown.
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FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 published September 2012
 
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Chapter Three: The Innocents

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Neil Gaiman
Chris Bachalo
Mike Barreiro
Daniel Vozzo
John Costanza
Subject Matter
The back story of the Children's Crusade. In the crusades of 1212, 50,000 children were sent to battle and none returned. An old monk was involved.
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FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 published September 2012
 
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Chapter Four: The Fat Begins to Fry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Neil Gaiman
Chris Bachalo
Mike Barreiro
Daniel Vozzo
John Costanza
Subject Matter
The Deadboy Detectives
Charles Rowland; Edwin Paine
Charles and Edwin appear to be ghosts and travel to Flaxdown to find clues to the missing children.
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FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 published September 2012
 
Miscellaneous
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Chapter Five: The Piper and the Gate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Neil Gaiman
Chris Bachalo
Mike Barreiro
Daniel Vozzo
John Costanza
Subject Matter
Pied Piper (classical)
The back story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin is told.
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Chapter Six: Charles Rowland to the Dark Tower Came

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Neil Gaiman
Chris Bachalo
Mike Barreiro
Daniel Vozzo
John Costanza
Subject Matter
The Deadboy Detectives
Charles Rowland; Edwin Paine; Tefe; Black Orchid [Suzy]; Doom Patrol [Dorothy]; Animal Man; Tim Hunter
Charles has a vision of the Vertigo children; he needs to help them cross the frontier.
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FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 published September 2012
 
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Chapter 7: The Hole

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Neil Gaiman
Chris Bachalo
Mike Barreiro
Daniel Vozzo
John Costanza
Subject Matter
Aiken Drum
A back story of the Children's Crusade; the children from the crusades disappear from confinement by playing hopscotch.
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FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 published September 2012
 
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Chapter Eight: What Comes Out of the Chimney?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Neil Gaiman
Chris Bachalo
Mike Barreiro
Daniel Vozzo
John Costanza
Subject Matter
The Deadboy Detectives
Charles Rowland; Edwin Paine
Charles and Edwin accidentally summon a girl who tells them children are in Free Country but she does not take them there.
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FlagNeil Gaiman: Leyendas del Abismo #1 published September 2012
 
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