With the introduction of the 90's, comic books moved from the newsstands to the comic book stores. The comic books moved up from using darker heroes to making adult-only comic books. One of the first, and most praised, comics from DC's new Vertigo imprint is The Sandman, its nineteenth issue won a World Fantasy Award. Another company, Image, a creator owned comic company, created the Very popular early 90's character Spawn. The comic books become more sexual, with both women and men. Women like in other media were used to "sell" showing off in scantily clad costumes, if any at all, as well ass sexual poses and more sexualized content. Also Apollo and Midnighter, created by Wildstorm, were created as a gay superhero couple, showing a different side of men in comics. Many other gay characters were and have been created. Graphic Novels saw their introduction and one Batman graphic novel helped get a handgun law put into place.