Vertigo is an imprint of DC Comics for mature readers and is a continuity separate from the DC Universe that includes Sandman, Swamp Thing, John Constantine (Hellblazer) and others.
The Birth of An Imprint
The road to Vertigo's creation began in the early 90's, well actually it probably began in 1981 when Karen Berger edited her first issue for DC Comics, House of Mystery #292. For over a decade she continued her efforts as a DC editor, publishing comics she actually enjoyed reading. So it was in the dawn of the 90's that she began her efforts to make a special imprint for DC, her own line of titles that people actually wanted to read. This was at a time when people were buying multiple versions of an issue, leaving them unopened, and believing that in some years the comics would be worth millions.
Vertigo was to be something different, it was created in a time when new publishers were popping up constantly and it was to stand out as a line of titles people could actually enjoy reading. Another important factor (though it took some years for it to fully take effect due to the fact that a lot of the stuff in early years was pre-established) was that the titles were creator-owned and each writer could create their own universe separate from any other continuity or chronology, in a sense containing a writer's vision unto the writer only.
So, in January of 1993 (though the comics were cover dated March 1993) the Vertigo imprint launched, with a change in the cover design for the core titles that started it all, and a new publisher was born.
Note: From 1990 to 1992, DC was publishing an encyclopedia series of it's comics entitled Who's Who in the DC Universe and the fifteenth issue "DC's Realm of Dark Fantasy" (published a year before any Vertigo comic) spotlighted characters from Swamp Thing; Shade, the Changing Man; Black Orchid; Doom Patrol; The Sandman; Hellblazer; The Books of Magic and Kid Eternity. All titles that eventually transferred over to the Vertigo imprint...perhaps a foretelling of things to come?
Vertigo or DC? Making the Distinction
Vertigo is sometimes referred to as the adult version of DC Comics, as every issue under the Vertigo imprint also includes the warning: "Suggested for Mature Readers." And even though some characters are transferred between the Vertigo and DC Universes without explanation the two worlds are usually accepted as being different from one another and when a "crossover" takes place it is usually referred to as being non-canon.
Also, with the publisher label on the covers of Vertigo comics, it actually took a few years for a cover to simply say "Vertigo" as for the beginning years it would always read Vertigo, and either below/above it DC. It wasn't until late 2002 just before the Vertigo X (representing Vertigo's tenth anniversary) started appearing on covers that DC finally removed its logo from the Vertigo covers and let the imprint get by on its own reputation.
1993
1993 was a big year for Vertigo, for it was the year the imprint first appeared but it wasn't just a new imprint attached to pre-established titles that already warned of mature themes, even in its first year, new titles were popping up almost every month. Vertigo leaped into the comic publishing industry releasing almost as many comics a week then as it does now. This of course does not mean the publisher has not grown, but it has kept it's amount of releases per month fairly consistent over the years.
This year saw a rising popularity of Neil Gaiman's fan favorite, Death of the Endless. Besides a few small appearances in The Sandman, she also had her first miniseries, The High Cost of Living, her own pinup gallery comic and other non-comic merchandise including a watch (with which you could count down to the seconds to your death) and a t-shirt.
It was also the first time Vertigo used a sub-imprint, Vertigo Visions, though it released more comics under this imprint years later, all of it's releases were one-shots and their only connection was that all the comics featured characters who were previously established in the DC universe, this year's two candidates being the Phantom Stranger and Brother Power the Geek.
Something else that was different about this year from many of the following years was it actually had a crossover...such a thing would be strange in more current Vertigo comics due to the fact they are creator-owned but at this time most of the titles still featured characters owned by DC Comics and therefore a crossover was possible. It was called The Children's Crusade and drew inspiration from the actual historical event of the same name. This crossover effected the child characters in ongoing titles at the time including Dorothy Spinner from Doom Patrol, Maxine Baker from Animal Man, Tefé Holland from Swamp Thing, Suzy from Black Orchid, Tim Hunter from The Books of Magic and The Dead Boy Detectives from The Sandman. It introduced Free Country, a place where children were free of adult tyranny and full of magic and individual children's part in the story.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 1993
American Freak: A Tale of the Un-Men #1
Animal Man #57-68
Animal Man Annual #1
Arcana: The Books of Magic Annual #1
Black Orchid #1-6
Black Orchid Annual #1
The Books of Magic (Trade Paperback)
The Children's Crusade #1-2
Death: The High Cost of Living #1-3
Death: The High Cost of Living (Hardcover)
Death Pinup Gallery
Doom Patrol #64-75
Doom Patrol Annual #2
Enigma #1-8
The Extremist #1-4
Hellblazer #63-74
Hellblazer Special #1
Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo #1-5
Kid Eternity #1-10
The Last One #1-6
Mercy
The Sandman #47-57
The Sandman: A Game of You (Hardcover/Trade Paperback)
The Sandman: Fables and Reflections (Hardcover/Trade Paperback)
Sandman Mystery Theatre #1-11
Scarab #1-4
Sebastian O #1-3
Shade, the Changing Man #33-44
Skin Graft: The Adventures of a Tattooed Man #1-4
Swamp Thing #129-139
Swamp Thing Annual #7
Vertigo Jam #1
Vertigo Visions: The Geek
Vertigo Visions: The Phantom Stranger #1
1994
By 1994 Vertigo seemed more established, with over half a dozen ongoing titles and several miniseries and one-shots, the imprint was going strong, especially for something that had only been around one year. This year saw the second subimprint in Vertigo's history, Vertigo Voices, which spotlighted distinctive creator-owned one-shots by some of the people currently writing and drawing other Vertigo titles at the time. This year also saw the conclusion of Doom Patrol, which had been one of the six "core titles" that swapped over from DC to Vertigo with the launch and helped define it with their already established reputations. Yet all was not loss for this year also saw the rebirth of Neil Gaiman's Books of Magic, only this time it was to be an ongoing and was written by John Ney Rieber. This year also saw the creation of one of Grant Morrison's most memorable works, The Invisibles, which would continue on for several years in three seperate volumes.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 1994
American Freak: A Tale of the Un-Men #2-5
Animal Man #69-80
Black Orchid #7-18
The Books of Magic #1-10
Breathtaker (Trade Paperback)
Death Talks About Life
Doom Patrol #76-87
Face
Heart of the Beast
Hellblazer #75-86
The Invisibles #1-6
Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo (Trade Paperback)
Kid Eternity #11-16
Mobfire #1-3
Moonshadow #1-6
Mr. Punch (Hardcover/Graphic Novel)
Rogan Gosh
The Sandman #58-67
The Sandman: A Gallery of Dreams
The Sandman: Brief Lives (Hardcover/Trade Paperback)
Sandman Mystery Theatre #12-23
Sandman Mystery Theatre Annual #1
Scarab #5-8
Shade, the Changing Man #45-56
Shadows Fall #1-4
Swamp Thing #140-151
Tainted
Vamps #1-6
The Vertigo Rave
Vertigo Visions: Doctor Occult
Witchcraft #1-3
1995
Although it would still be many more years until the majority of the Vertigo titles on the rack were creator-owned and not based off of DC characters, by 1995 the transition was already beginning to take place. A second "core title" concluded this year, Animal Man, which concluded after an eighty-nine issue run. Several new minis were introduced and although Garth Ennis had concluded his run on Hellblazer, he wrote some other comics for Vertigo this year including his controversial epic, Preacher. Vertigo also published a comic adaption of the Tank Girl film and also published two four-issue miniseries centered around her. Vertigo also released a couple one-shots under their previous subimprints, Vertigo Visions and Vertigo Voices.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 1995
Absolute Vertigo
Animal Man #81-89
Black Orchid #19-22
The Books of Magic #11-21
The Books of Magic: Bindings (Trade Paperback)
Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo Da Vinci #1-8
Egypt #1-7
Endless Gallery
Enigma (Trade Paperback)
Ghostdancing #1-6
Goddess #1-8
Hellblazer #87-98
The Horrorist #1-2
Industrial Gothic #1-3
The Invisibles #7-17
Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such #1-5
Kill Your Boyfriend
Millennium Fever #1-4
Mobfire #4-6
Moonshadow #7-12
Mr. Punch (Trade Paperback)
The Mystery Play (Trade Paperback)
Preacher #1-11
The Sandman #68-74
The Sandman: Dream Country (Hardcover)
The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes (Hardcover)
The Sandman: World's End (Trade Paperback)
Sandman Midnight Theatre
Sandman Mystery Theatre #24-35
Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Tarantula (Trade Paperback)
Seekers into the Mystery #1-2
Shade, the Changing Man #57-68
Shadows Fall #5-6
Swamp Thing #152-163
Tank Girl: Apocalypse #1-4
Tank Girl Movie Adaption
Tank Girl: The Odyssey #1-4
Vamps (Trade Paperback)
Vamps: Hollywood & Vein #1
Vertigo Gallery: Dreams & Nightmares
Vertigo Visions: Prez
Vertigo Voices: The Eaters
1996
The end of one chapter, and the beginning of another, 1996 saw the conclusion of three of the four remaining "core titles" that had kick-started Vertigo three years prior. Shade, the Changing Man , Swamp Thing and The Sandman all ended this year leaving only Hellblazer from the original six titles, of course Hellblazer had many more years left in its run and celebrated its 100th issue in '96. However, it was quite obvious Vertigo wasn't ready to end the reign of The Sandman as it was only months after its conclusion that they began Essential Vertigo: The Sandman , reprinting the series starting with the first issue. Also in '96 began the spin-off of The Sandman , The Dreaming , a series (of which Gaiman was merely a consultant) that elaborated on many of the characters introduced in the main series.
Preacher also seemed to have established itself as a "intellectual comic", beginning it's eventual complete collection in trade paperback form and spawning some specials, all written by Garth Ennis of course. Grant Morrison's Invisibles also received it's first trade paperback volume this year, and although the series ended after twenty-five issues, a second series began only months later, restarting the numbering.
Vertigo also released yet another subimprint this year, this one called Vertigo Vérité which attempted to separate itself from the mystical and supernatural and employ realistic elements. Unlike the previous imprints, this one was primarily composed of minis rather then one-shots.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 1996
Blood & Shadows #1-4
Blood: A Tale #1-4
The Books of Magic #22-33
The Books of Magic: Summonings (Trade Paperback)
Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo Da Vinci #9-10
Death: The Time of Your Life #1-3
Dhampire: Stillborn
The Dreaming #1-9
Dog Moon
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #1-7
Flex Mentallo #1-4
Hellblazer #99-110
House of Secrets #1-5
Industrial Gothic #4-5
The Invisibles #18-25
The Invisibles #1
The Invisibles: Say You Want a Revolution (Trade Paperback)
Preacher #12-22
Preacher: Gone to Texas (Trade Paperback)
Preacher Special: Saint of Killers #1-4
The Sandman #75
The Sandman: The Kindly Ones (Hardcover/Trade Paperback)
Sandman Mystery Theatre #36-47
Seekers into the Mystery #3-13
Shade, the Changing Man #69-70
Swamp Thing #164-171
Terminal City #1-8
Vamps: Hollywood & Vein #2-6
Vertigo Vérité: The Girl #1-3
Vertigo Vérité: Seven Miles a Second
Vertigo Vérité: The System #1-3
Vertigo Vérité: The Unseen Hand #1-4
Witchcraft (Trade Paperback)
1997
1997 was the year Vertigo seemed to sit back and smell the roses, although they did release some more new titles, it was only minis and one-shots, the only ongoing titles this year were ones begun in previous years. Garth Ennis continued to solidify his placement in Vertigo's most renown creators by writing several new minis this year and continuing his Preacher epic which spawned several more specials this year. Neil Gaiman also wrote for Vertigo this year other then just reprints and collections of his previous work with Stardust , a series of illustrated novels which he worked on with Charles Vess .
List of Releases from Vertigo in 1997
2020 Visions #1-10
The Books of Magic #34-45
The Books of Magic Annual #2
The Books of Magic: Reckonings (Trade Paperback)
Death: The Time of Your Life (Hardcover/Trade Paperback)
Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold #1-3
The Dreaming #10-21
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #8-19
Faultlines #1-6
Hellblazer #111-122
House of Secrets #6-17
House of Secrets: Foundation (Trade Paperback)
The Invisibles #2-13
Junk Culture #1-2
Menz Insana
Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust #1-3
Preacher #23-34
Preacher: Proud Americans (Trade Paperback)
Preacher Special: Cassidy - Blood & Whiskey
Preacher Special: The Good Old Boys
Pride & Joy #1-4
The Sandman: The Wake (Trade Paperback)
Sandman Mystery Theatre #48-59
Seekers into the Mystery #14-15
The System (Trade Paperback)
Terminal City #9
Terminal City (Trade Paperback)
Terminal City: Aerial Graffiti #1-4
True Faith (Trade Paperback)
Uncle Sam #1-2
Unknown Soldier #1-4
Weird War Tales #1-4
1998
This year, a comic (Sandman Mystery Theatre) that had been ongoing since only a few weeks after the Vertigo imprint first appeared came to its conclusion after a seventy issue run. Preacher still continued to spark controversy and gain popularity but other comics were also coming into the limelight. Transmetropolitan, a series started a year earlier by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson switched over to the Vertigo imprint this year on it's thirteenth issue because DC's Helix imprint met its untimely demise and Transmetropolitan became its ongoing legacy. The Invisibles second volume concluded at the end of 1998 but fans wouldn't have to mourn long because a third volume launched only months later in '99.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 1998
2020 Visions #11-12
The Books of Faerie: Auberon's Tale #1-3
The Books of Magic #46-57
The Books of Magic: Transformations (Trade Paperback)
The Dreaming #22-33
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #20-31
Gangland #1-4
Gifts of the Night #1
The Girl Who Would Be Death #1-3
Heart Throbs #1-2
Hellblazer #123-134
House of Secrets #18-25
The Invisibles #14-22
Jonah Hex: Shadows West #1
Jonny Double #1-4
The Minx #1-5
Muktuk Wolfsbreath: Hard-Boiled Shaman #1-3
Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust #4
Nevada #1-6
Preacher #35-46
Preacher: Ancient History (Trade Paperback)
Preacher: Dixie Fried (Trade Paperback)
The Sandman: Dust Covers
Sandman Mystery Theatre #60-70
Tattered Banners #1-4
Terminal City: Aerial Graffiti #5
Toxic Gumbo
Transmetropolitan #13-18
Unknown Soldier (Trade Paperback)
Vamps: Pumpkin Time #1-3
Vertigo Vérité: Hell Eternal
Vertigo Visions: Dr. Thirteen
Witchcraft: La Terreur #1-3
1999
The turn of the century, a sales gimmick? With some hype about Y2K going around, Vertigo went along with the hype but gave it that Vertigo Edge, thus the V2K imprint was born. It was part of the fifth-week event and the first issues were released at the end of December '99, however, unlike most fifth-week event titles these were minis rather then simply one-shots. They painted futuristic worlds, obviously not ones most people would be looking forward to. This year the Essential Vertigo: The Sandman reprints were cut short at only thirty-two issues instead of the complete seventy-five, but trade paperbacks and hardcovers continued to keep the series alive. One debut that would be memorable for years was 100 Bullets, a title by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso that portrayed characters who had nothing left to lose and were approached by Agent Graves who gave them a briefcase with a gun, undeniable proof that they were wronged by someone, and one hundred untraceable bullets. The rest was up to them. Another event this year was the Sandman Presents comics, titles featuring characters and concepts from The Sandman spotlighting them for a chance at future publication. The winner for an ongoing spin-off? Lucifer.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 1999
100 Bullets #1-7
The Books of Faerie: Molly's Story #1-4
The Books of Magic #58-69
The Books of Magic Annual #3
Congo Bill #1-4
Cruel and Unusual #1-4
The Dreaming #34-45
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #32
Faith #1-4
Finals #1-4
Flinch #1-9
Gifts of the Night #2-4
The Girl Who Would Be Death #4
Happydale: Devils in the Desert #1-2
Heart Throbs #3-4
Heavy Liquid #1-5
Hellblazer #135-145
Human Target #1-4
The Invisibles #12-5
The Invisibles: Counting to None (Trade Paperback)
Jonah Hex: Shadows West #2-3
Michael Moorcock's Multiverse (Trade Paperback)
The Minx #6-8
Preacher #47-58
Preacher: Salvation (Trade Paperback)
Preacher: War in the Sun (Trade Paperback)
Proposition Player #1-3
The Sandman Companion
The Sandman Presents: Love Street #1-3
The Sandman Presents: Lucifer #1-3
Scene of the Crime #1-4
Sleepy Hollow
Strange Adventures #1-4
Transmetropolitan #19-30
Trenchcoat Brigade #1-4
V2K: Brave Old World #1
V2K: Four Horsemen #1
V2K: Pulp Fantastic #1
Veils
The Witching Hour #1-2
2000
Three long-running titles ended at the dawn of the millennium, The Invisibles, The Books of Magic and Preacher all released their final issue and gave other comics a chance to step into the limelight. Transmetropolitan, 100 Bullets and the new spin-off of The Sandman, Mike Carey's Lucifer stepped up to the plate. This year also saw a brand new Swamp Thing volume, the first since the 171 issue volume had ended several years earlier. Though this series focused on Alec's daughter Tefé rather then Swamp Thing himself.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 2000
100 Bullets #8-19
100 Bullets: First Shot, Last Call (Trade Paperback)
Adventures in the Rifle Brigade #1-3
Battleaxes #1-4
The Books of Magic #70-75
Deadenders #1-12
Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold (Trade Paperback)
The Dreaming #46-57
Faith #5
Flinch #10-16
Hellblazer #146-157
Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood #1-4
The Invisibles #4-1
Lucifer #1-9
Outlaw Nation #1-4
Preacher #59-66
Preacher: All Hell's A-Coming (Trade Paperback)
Proposition Player #4-6
The Sandman Presents: Petrefax #1-4
Swamp Thing #1-10
Transmetropolitan #31-41
Transmetropolitan: I Hate It Here
V2K: Brave Old World #2-4
V2K: Four Horsemen #2-4
V2K: I Die At Midnight
V2K: Pulp Fantastic #2-3
V2K: Totems
Weird War Tales Special #1
The Witching Hour #3
2001
Early in the year, the Sandman spin-off The Dreaming ended after a sixty issue run but new ongoing titles took its place in the line-up including American Century, Codename: Knockout and The Crusades. 2001 also bore the first four War Story one-shots written by Garth Ennis meant to tell the stories of World War II, as they were, horrific and gritty. Not so much like his Adventures in the Rifle Brigade minis that had been published this year and the year before detailing a more comical take on World War II.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 2001
100 Bullets #20-31
Adventures in the Rifle Brigade: Operation Bollock #1-3
American Century #1-10
Angel and the Ape #1-4
Codename: Knockout #0-8
The Crusades #1-10
The Crusades: Urban Decree
Deadenders #13-16
The Dreaming #58-60
El Diablo #1-4
Hellblazer #158-169
House of Secrets: Facade #1-2
Hunter: The Age of Magic #1-6
I, Paparazzi
Lucifer #10-21
Outlaw Nation #5-16
The Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives #1-4
Swamp Thing #11-20
Transmetropolitan #42-51
War Story: D-Day Dodgers
War Story: Johann's Tiger
War Story: Nightingale
War Story: Screaming Eagles
Weird Western Tales #1-4
2002
2002 was the birth of two entirely original Vertigo titles that made great impacts on the comic book world, both of them receiving at least a few awards. These titles were Bill Willingham's Fables and Brian Vaughan's Y: The Last Man, the former a new concept about what the world's favorite fairy-tale characters would be like if they were living among us in New York City, the second a new take on the "last man on Earth story-line". Grant Morrison's The Filth also launched this year and Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan released its final issue. All in all it was a new year, the start of something fresh for Vertigo, quite a vast change from nine years prior when Vertigo first appeared.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 2002
100% #1-4
100 Bullets #32-41
American Century #11-21
Codename: Knockout #9-19
The Crusades #11-20
Fables #1-8
Fight for Tomorrow #1-4
The Filth #1-7
Hellblazer #170-179
Hellblazer Special: Lady Constantine #1
Human Target: Final Cut
Hunter: The Age of Magic #7-18
Lucifer #22-33
Midnight, Mass. #1-8
Outlaw Nation #17-19
Sci-Spy #1-6
Transmetropolitan #52-60
Vertigo Pop! London #1-2
Vertigo Pop! Tokyo #1-4
Y: The Last Man #1-6
2003
In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Vertigo ran a Vertigo X event begun by a Vertigo X Anniversary Preview, although there was nothing that related all the titles together, the event did bear a logo on the covers of the ongoing titles published that year including several minis.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 2003
100% #5
100 Bullets #42-48
American Century #22-27
Beware the Creeper #1-5
Blood and Water #1-5
Codename: Knockout #20-23
Fables #9-20
Fight for Tomorrow #5-6
The Filth #8-13
Hellblazer #180-191
Hellblazer Special: Lady Constantine #2-4
Human Target #1-5
Hunter: The Age of Magic #19-25
The Losers #1-7
Lucifer #34-45
The Sandman Presents: Bast #1-3
Vertigo Pop! Bangkok #1-4
Vertigo Pop! London #3-4
Vertigo X Anniversary Preview
War Story: Archangel
War Story: Condors
Y: The Last Man #7-17
Zatanna: Everyday Magic
2004
An abundance of trade paperback collections were released this year, not only trades collecting titles that were ongoing at the time such as 100 Bullets, Lucifer, Hellblazer and Y: The Last Man but also the resurrecting of trade collections that were left unfinished many years prior such as Doom Patrol and Sandman Mystery Theatre. 100 Bullets and Lucifer both had their milestone 50th issue this year and Hellblazer reached its own landmark with its 200th issue, a record for any Vertigo title.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 2004
100 Bullets #49-56
100 Bullets: Samurai (Trade Paperback)
Angeltown #1-2
Bite Club #1-6
The Books of Magick: Life During Wartime #1-6
Doom Patrol: The Painting that Ate Paris (Trade Paperback)
Fables #21-32
Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers (Trade Paperback)
Fables: Storybook Love (Trade Paperback)
Hellblazer #192-203
Human Target #6-17
The Losers #8-19
The Losers: Double Down (Trade Paperback)
Lucifer #46-57
Lucifer: Mansions of the Silence (Trade Paperback)
Midnight, Mass: Here There Be Monsters #1-6
My Faith in Frankie #1-4
The Originals (Hardcover)
Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Face and the Brute (Trade Paperback)
The Sandman Presents: Thessaly - Witch for Hire #1-4
Seaguy #1-3
Swamp Thing #1-10
Transmetropolitan: One More Time (Trade Paperback)
Transmetropolitan: Tales of Human Waste (Trade Paperback)
Trigger #1
We3 #1-2
The Witching #1-7
Y: The Last Man #18-29
Y: The Last Man - Safeword (Trade Paperback)
2005
In 2005 Vertigo decided to venture into the world of film, releasing two movies (Constantine and A History of Violence) which coincided with Vertigo's re-release of the former Paradox Press imprinted History of Violence graphic novel and the release of Constantine: The Official Movie Adaptation one-shot. Brian Wood's DMZ also began this year, a series about an American Civil War in current times where the citizens of New York City have gotten caught in the crossfire, in the DMZ.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 2005
100% (Trade Paperback)
100 Bullets #57-67
A History of Violence (New Edition Softcover)
Angeltown #3-5
Bite Club (Trade Paperback)
Bloody Mary (Trade Paperback)
The Books of Magick: Life During Wartime #7-15
Constantine: The Official Movie Adaptation
The Dead Boy Detectives (Manga Digest)
DMZ #1-2
Doom Patrol: Down Paradise Way
Fables #33-44
Fables: Homelands (Trade Paperback)
Fables: The Mean Seasons (Trade Paperback)
The Fountain (Deluxe Edition Hardcover)
John Constantine Hellblazer: All His Engines (Hardcover)
John Constantine - Hellblazer Special: Papa Midnite #1-5
Hellblazer #204-215
Hellblazer: Black Flowers (Trade Paperback)
Human Target #18-21
The Losers #20-31
The Losers: Close Quarters (Trade Paperback)
The Losers: Trifecta (Trade Paperback)
Loveless #1-3
Lucifer #58-69
Lucifer: Exodus (Trade Paperback)
Lucifer: The Wolf Beneath the Tree (Trade Paperback)
Mnemovore #1-6
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere #1-5
Otherworld #1-7
Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Vamp (Trade Paperback)
Seaguy (Trade Paperback)
Swamp Thing #11-22
Testament #1
Trigger #2-8
Vertigo: First Offenses
Vertigo: First Taste
Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer #1
Vimanarama #1-3
We3 #3
The Witching #8-10
Y: The Last Man #30-40
Y: The Last Man - Girl on Girl (Trade Paperback)
Y: The Last Man - Ring of Truth (Trade Paperback)
2006
Vertigo continued its film releasing trend and put out to more comic adaptions, V for Vendetta and The Fountain. Several ongoing series debuted this year included The Exterminators, Crossing Midnight and American Virgin. This year Andy Diggle's The Losers and Mike Carey's Lucifer both reached their conclusion and Fables reached its fiftieth issue milestone. As if in celebration of reaching this milestone a Fables spin-off series was launched, Jack of Fables which focused on the character who had been kicked out of the main Fables series several months before.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 2006
100 Bullets #68-79
100 Bullets: Decayed (Trade Paperback)
100 Bullets: Strychnine Lives (Trade Paperback)
American Splendor #1-4
American Virgin #1-10
American Virgin: Head (Trade Paperback)
Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit #1-6
Crossing Midnight #1-2
Deadman #1-5
DMZ #3-14
DMZ: On the Ground (Trade Paperback)
Doom Patrol: Musclebound (Trade Paperback)
The Exterminators #1-12
Fables #45-56
Fables: Arabian Nights (and Days) (Trade Paperback)
Fables: Wolves (Trade Paperback)
Hellblazer #216-227
Hellblazer: Staring at the Wall (Trade Paperback)
Jack of Fables #1-6
Kid Eternity (Trade Paperback)
The Losers #32
Loveless #4-14
Lucifer #70-75
Lucifer: Crux (Trade Paperback)
Lucifer: Morningstar (Trade Paperback)
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere #6-9
The Other Side #1-3
Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Scorpion (Trade Paperback)
Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason #1
Sloth (Hardcover)
Swamp Thing #23-29
Testament #2-13
Testament: Akedah (Trade Paperback)
Y: The Last Man #41-52
Y: The Last Man - Kimono Dragons (Trade Paperback)
Y: The Last Man - Paper Dolls (Trade Paperback)
2007
This year, Brian Azzarello seemed to have become swamped under all the comics he was writing, after having worked on 100 Bullets for eight years already and his current second title Loveless things began to slow down and both titles pushed out about half the amount of issues usually expected in a year. Brian Wood, another Vertigo writer continued his ongoing title DMZ and in December launched Northlanders, a historical fiction title of events in the days of the Vikings. Jason Aaron, writer of The Other Side five issue miniseries launched an ongoing title called Scalped following the lives of a number of individuals on an Indian reservation in South Dakota. Also, the use of trade paperbacks to collect titles (both ongoing and concluded) became a lot more evident as a money-maker for the imprint.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 2007
100 Bullets #80-86
100 Bullets: Once Upon a Crime (Trade Paperback)
American Splendor: Another Day (Trade Paperback)
American Virgin #11-22
American Virgin: Going Down (Trade Paperback)
American Virgin: Wet (Trade Paperback)
Army @ Love #1-10
Army @ Love: The Hot Zone Club (Trade Paperback)
Cairo (Hardcover)
Crossing Midnight #3-14
Crossing Midnight: Cut Here (Trade Paperback)
Deadman #6-13
DMZ #15-26
DMZ: Body of a Journalist (Trade Paperback)
DMZ: Public Works (Trade Paperback)
Doom Patrol: Magic Bus (Trade Paperback)
The Exterminators #13-24
Fables #57-68
Fables: Sons of Empire (Trade Paperback)
Faker #1-6
God Save the Queen
Hellblazer #228-239
Hellblazer: The Devil You Know (Trade Paperback)
Jack of Fables #7-18
Jack of Fables: The (Nearly) Great Escape (Trade Paperback)
Loveless #15-21
Lucifer: Evensong (Trade Paperback)
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere (Trade Paperback)
Northlanders #1
The Other Side #4-5
Sandman Mystery Theatre: Dr. Death and the Night of the Butcher (Trade Paperback)
Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason #2-5
Scalped #1-12
Scalped: Indian Country (Trade Paperback)
Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm (Hardcover)
Silverfish (Hardcover)
Testament #14-21
Testament: Babel (Trade Paperback)
Testament: West of Eden (Trade Paperback)
The Un-Men #1-5
The Vinyl Underground #1-3
Y: The Last Man #53-59
Y: The Last Man - Motherland (Trade Paperback)
2008
2008 saw the conclusion of 100 Bullets draw near as the series returned to its monthly schedule, but one epic that did reach its conclusion was Y: The Last Man with a final sixtieth issue that has been nominated for (and won) several awards. Fables also hit a landmark with its 75th issue in which the toppling of The Empire was resolved with Gepetto becoming a resident of Fabletown. From this point on the series has been able to take on a new direction and explore other foes...Hellblazer also reached a milestone, concluding the year with its 250th issue. Sadly, three ongoing titles were cancelled this year: The Exterminators, American Virgin and Crossing Midnight.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 2008
100 Bullets #87-98
100 Bullets: Dirty (Trade Paperback)
Air #1-5
The Alcoholic (Hardcover)
American Splendor Vol. 2 #1-4
American Virgin #23
American Virgin: Around the World (Trade Paperback)
Army @ Love #11-12
Army @ Love V.2 #1-5
Army @ Love: Generation Pwned (Trade Paperback)
Crossing Midnight #15-19
Crossing Midnight: A Map of Midnight (Trade Paperback)
Crossing Midnight: The Sword in the Soul (Trade Paperback)
Demo (Trade Paperback)
DMZ #27-37
Doom Patrol: Planet Love (Trade Paperback)
The Exterminators #25-30
Fables #69-79
Fables: Covers by James Jean (Hardcover)
Fables: The Good Prince (Trade Paperback)
Greatest Hits #1-4
The Haunted Tank #1
Hellblazer #240-250
Hellblazer: The Family Man (Trade Paperback)
Hellblazer Special: Chas #1-5
House of Mystery #1-8
Incognegro (Original Graphic Novel)
Jack of Fables #19-29
Jack of Fables: Americana (Trade Paperback)
Jack of Fables: The Bad Prince (Trade Paperback)
Loveless #22-24
Madame Xanadu #1-7
Northlanders #2-13
The Sandman: Dream Hunters #1-2
Scalped #13-24
Scalped: Casino Boogie (Trade Paperback)
Scalped: Dead Mothers (Trade Paperback)
Testament #22
Testament: Exodus (Trade Paperback)
Unknown Soldier #1-3
The Un-Men #6-13
Vertigo: First Cut
The Vinyl Underground #4-12
The Vinyl Underground: Pretty Dead Things (Trade Paperback)
The Vinyl Underground: Watching the Detectives (Trade Paperback)
Y: The Last Man #60
Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition #1
Y: The Last Man - Whys and Wherefores (Trade Paperback)
Young Liars #1-10
Young Liars: Daydream Believer (Trade Paperback)
2009
Due to the renewed popularity of Watchmen thanks to its film adaption (which came out in March of '09) DC decided to launch an event called "After Watchmen...What's Next?" which showcased some of DC's titles that fell into the following five categories: Books that Redefine Modern Superheroes; More Books by Alan Moore; Books that Push the Boundaries of Science Fiction; Best-Selling Books from Best-Selling Authors and Books for Mature Readers. Needless to say, many of these releases were comics published under DC imprint, one of which was Vertigo. 32 Vertigo titles were advertised as part of the "After Watchmen Nominees" and although there was no 'winner' several of the nominated titles had special edition releases of their first issue as part of the event including Preacher, Transmetropolitan and Y: The Last Man.
This year also saw the launch of the Vertigo Crime line, marking the first time Vertigo had used a subimprint in almost a decade. Although most of these hardcover noir one-shots were solicited for 2010 release, the line launched in August with two books: Filthy Rich and Dark Entries.
List of Releases from Vertigo in 2009
100% (Hardcover)
100 Bullets #99-100
100 Bullets / Crime Line Sampler Flip-Book
Absolute Death (Hardcover)
Absolute V for Vendetta (Hardcover)
Air #6-15
Air: Flying Machine (Trade Paperback)
Air: Letters from Lost Countries (Trade Paperback)
The Alcoholic (Softcover)
American Splendor: Another Dollar (Trade Paperback)
Army @ Love V.2 #6
Bang! Tango #1-6
Blood and Water (Trade Paperback)
Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love #1
Dark Entries (Hardcover)
DMZ #38-47
DMZ: Blood in the Game (Trade Paperback)
Fables #80-90
Fables #1/Peter & Max Preview
Fables: The Dark Ages (Trade Paperback)
Fables: The Deluxe Edition #1
Filthy Rich (Hardcover)
Greatest Hits #5-6
Greek Street #1-5
The Haunted Tank #2-5
Hellblazer #251-261
Hellblazer: The Roots of Coincidence (Trade Paperback)
Hellblazer: Scab (Trade Paperback)
Hellblazer Special: Chas (Trade Paperback)
House of Mystery #9-19
House of Mystery Halloween Annual #1
House of Mystery: Love Stories for Dead People (Trade Paperback)
House of Mystery: Room and Boredom (Trade Paperback)
Jack of Fables #30-39
Jack of Fables: The Big Book of War (Trade Paperback)
Jack of Fables: Turning Pages (Trade Paperback)
The Literals #1-3
Luna Park (Original Graphic Novel)
Madame Xanadu #8-16
Madame Xanadu: Disenchanted (Trade Paperback)
The Nobody (Hardcover)
Northlanders #14-21
Northlanders: The Cross and the Hammer (Trade Paperback)
Peter and Max: A Fables Novel (Hardcover)
Preacher #1
Preacher #1 Special Edition
Saga of the Swamp Thing #1
Saga of the Swamp Thing #21 Special Edition
The Sandman: Dream Hunters #3-4
The Sandman: Dream Hunters (Hardcover)
Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Mist and The Phantom of the Fair (Trade Paperback)
Scalped #25-32
Scalped: The Gravel in Your Guts (Trade Paperback)
Scalped: High Lonesome (Trade Paperback)
Seaguy: The Slaves of Mickey Eye #1-3
Sweet Tooth #1-3
Tokyo Days, Bangkok Nights (Trade Paperback)
Transmetropolitan #1 Special Edition
Transmetropolitan: Back on the Street (Trade Paperback/New Edition)
Transmetropolitan: Lust for Life (Trade Paperback/New Edition)
Transmetropolitan: The New Scum (Trade Paperback/New Edition)
Transmetropolitan: Year of the Bastard (Trade Paperback/New Edition)
Uncle Sam: The Deluxe Edition
Unknown Soldier #4-13
Unknown Soldier: Haunted House (Trade Paperback)
The Unwritten #1-7
The Witching Hour (Trade Paperback/New Printing)
Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition #2
Young Liars #11-18
Young Liars: Maestro (Trade Paperback)
