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Black Orchid (a 3-issue prestige format mini-series written by Neil Gaiman
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Swamp Thing #79
features “Waiting for God (Oh!),” offering a revisionist take on Superman |
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1989 |
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in Swamp
Thing #80 Swamp Thing is sent
back in time by aliens preparing to invade (in DC’s Invasion!
crossover) |
Animal Man #5 features the
classic “The Coyote Gospel” |
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in
order to get its cover dates closer to the month of publication (2 months
ahead rather than 4 months), DC begins two months of non-month cover dates |
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begins its 2-month Invasion! crossover |
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The Sandman
debuts |
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Grant Morrison begins his run
on Doom Patrol with #19, giving the title a more mature tone |
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John
Constantine appears in The
Sandman #3 |
Swamp Thing #84
features an appearance of Dream (from The Sandman) and turns longtime Swamp
Thing character Matt Cable into Matthew the Raven, who becomes a
character in The Sandman |
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Rick Veitch
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Jesus Christ in #88 |
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The Sandman #8 features the first appearance of Death |
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Swamp Thing returns with #88 after a hiatus caused by Rick Veitch’s impromptu departure |
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Grant Morrison begins a 2-issue fill-in story in Hellblazer #25-26 |
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The Sandman #14 features a serial killer convention |
Hellblazer #27 features
“Hold Me,” written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean |
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Hellblazer #28
references the serial killer convention of The Sandman #14 |
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The
Psycho-Pirate summons pre-Crisis characters Animal Man #23 |
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Shade, The Changing Man
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The Sandman #19 features “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,”
which won the World Fantasy Award |
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The Sandman #21 begins the 8-issue “Season of Mists”
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Jamie Delano
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Nancy A. Collins
begins her run on Swamp Thing with Swamp Thing Annual #6 and Swamp
Thing #110 |
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DC
offers “Sandman Month,” including the second and third trade paperbacks ever
offered, plus The Sandman
Special #1 and The Sandman #32, which begins the 6-issue “A Game of You”
storyline |
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The Sandman #41 begins the 9-issue “Brief Lives”
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Swamp Thing #125
features a story showing consequences of Lucifer’s abdication in The
Sandman, said to have occurred six months earlier |
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order to be friendly to new Vertigo readers, Animal Man #56
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The Sandman #47; Death: The High Cost
of Living (a 3-issue mini-series) debuts |
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Sandman Mystery Theatre
debuts |
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Sebastian O
(a 3-issue mini-series written by Grant Morrison) debuts |
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The Sandman #50
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Vertigo
Visions: The Geek #1
follows up on Brother Power, the Geek’s appearance in Swamp Thing Annual
#5 |
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July |
The Sandman #51 begins the 6-issue “Worlds’ End”
storyline
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Skin Graft: The Adventures of a Tatooed Man
(a 4-issue mini-series written by Jerry Prosser) debuts |
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Black Orchid debuts |
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The Sandman #54 features the Prez, a forgotten DC
character |
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Black Orchid
Annual #1 contains part 2 of “The Children’s Crusade”; Swamp Thing Annual #7 contains part 4 of “The
Children’s Crusade”; Abby leaves Swamp Thing and Téfé is taken from him in Swamp Thing #138, Nancy A. Collins’s last issue |
Animal Man Annual #1
contains part 3 of “The Children’s Crusade” |
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The Children’s Crusade #1 begins the “The
Children’s Crusade” crossover, running through Vertigo’s annuals, published
weekly |
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1994 |
Jan |
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Doom Patrol
Annual #2 contains part 5 of “The Children’s Crusade”; Arcana Annual
#1 contains part 6 of “The Children’s Crusade” |
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The
Children’s Crusade #2 concludes the “The Children’s Crusade”
crossover |
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Feb |
The Sandman #57 begins the 13-issue “The Kindly
One” storyline
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American
Freak: A Tale of the Un-Men (a 5-issue mini-series) debuts |
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Mar |
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Swamp Thing #140 begins
a 4-issue storyline co-written by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar |
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Witchcraft (a 3-issue mini-series) debuts
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The Invisibles
(written by Grant Morrison) debuts |
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Sandman
Mystery Theatre Annual #1
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Mobfire
(a 6-issue mini-series in which John Constantine appears) debuts; Hellblazer #84 features a fill-in written by
Jamie Delano |
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1995 |
Jan |
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Swamp Thing #150; Hellblazer #85 begins a 4-issue storyline
written by Eddie Campbell |
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Feb |
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Swamp Thing #151
begins the 6-issue “River Run” storyline |
Tainted
#1, a “Vertigo Voices” special written by
Jamie Delano |
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Ghostdancing
(a 6-issue mini-series written by Jamie Delano) debuts |
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Preacher
(by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon) debuts |
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Black Orchid concludes with #22, in which the titular character dies and is replaced by the
younger Black Orchid, Suzy |
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Kill Your Boyfriend #1, a “Vertigo
Voices” special written by Grant Morrison; Goddess (an 8-issue mini-series) debuts |
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July |
Dream dies in The Sandman #69, concluding the “The
Kindly One” storyline
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Aug |
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Sept |
Vertigo Visions:
Prez #1 follows up on the Prez’s appearance in The
Sandman #54
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Oct |
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Dec |
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The Horrorist (a 2-issue prestige format mini-series written by Jamie Delano)
debuts |
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1996 |
Jan |
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The Sandman concludes with #75
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Death: The Time of Your Life (a 3-issue
mini-series) debuts |
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Swamp Thing #166
begins the 6-issue “Trial by Fire” storyline |
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June |
The Dreaming
debuts |
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Flex Mentallo
(a 4-issue mini-series) debuts |
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July |
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Terminal City
(a 9-issue mini-series by Dean Motter and Michael Lark) debuts |
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Aug |
Essential Vertigo: The Sandman
debuts, reprinting The Sandman issue
by issue |
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Preacher Special: Saint of Killers
(a 4-issue mini-series) debuts |
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Sept |
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Essential
Vertigo: Swamp Thing debuts, reprinting Alan Moore’s (Saga of the) Swamp
Thing issue by issue in black and white, beginning with #21 |
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The Invisibles
concludes with #25 |
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Dec |
Mythos: The Final Tour
(a 3-issue prestige format mini-series) debuts |
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1997 |
Jan |
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Feb |
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The Invisibles, Volume Two
(written by Grant Morrison) debuts |
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Mar |
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Heartland #1
features a story of Hellblazer’s Kit, written by Garth Ennis and
illustrated by Steve Dillon |
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Apr |
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May |
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2020 Visions
(a 12-issue mini-series written by Jamie Delano) debuts |
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July |
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Pride and Joy (a 4-issue mini-series) debuts |
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Aug |
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Essential
Vertigo: Swamp Thing #12
reprints Saga of the Swamp Thing Annual #2; the next issue continues
reprinting the main title with #32 |
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Sept |
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Transmetropolitan
(written by Warren Ellis) debuts, published by DC’s science-fiction Helix
imprint |
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Oct |
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Nov |
Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold
(a 3-issue prestige format mini-series) debuts |
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Terminal City: Aerial Graffiti
(a 5-issue mini-series by Dean Motter and Michael Lark) debuts |
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Dec |
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Hellblazer /
The Books of Magic (a 2-issue mini-series)
debuts |
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1998 |
Jan |
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Swamp
Thing: Roots, a prestige format one-shot by Jon J. Muth |
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Vertigo: Winter’s Edge |
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Apr |
Witchcraft: La Terreur
(a 3-issue mini-series) debuts |
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Hell Eternal,
a “Vertigo Verité” special written by Jamie Delano |
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May |
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Paul Jenkins
leaves Hellblazer with #128; Essential Vertigo:
Swamp Thing concludes with #24, which reprints Saga of the
Swamp Thing #43 |
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Sept |
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Hellblazer #129
begins a 5-issue storyline written by Garth Ennis |
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Oct |
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Nov |
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Dec |
Sandman Mystery Theatre concludes with #70;
The Girl Who Would Be
Death (a 4-issue mini-series) debuts |
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1999 |
Jan |
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Feb |
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The Invisibles, Volume Two
concludes with #22; Gifts of
the Night (a 4-issue mini-series by Paul Chadwick and John Bolton)
debuts |
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Mar |
The Sandman Presents: Lucifer
(a 3-issue mini-series) debuts; Essential
Vertigo: The Sandman concludes with #32, which reprints The
Sandman Special #1 |
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The Invisibles, Volume Three
(a 12-issue mini-series) debuts |
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July |
The Sandman Presents: Love Street
(a 3-issue mini-series) debuts |
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100 Bullets
(by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso) debuts |
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Oct |
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Hellblazer #141 appears late after its original story was
censored in the wake of the Columbine school shootings, leading Warren Ellis
to resign |
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2000 |
Jan |
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Hellblazer #144 begins a 2-issue fill-in story written by
Darko Macan |
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Feb |
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Totems,
a prestige format one-shot published as part of “V2K,” features Swamp Thing,
John Constantine, Black Orchid, Animal Man, and other DC Universe Vertigo
characters |
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Pulp Fantastic
(a 3-issue mini-series published as part of “V2K”) debuts |
Vertigo
celebrates the (faux) millennium with a series of projects labelled “V2K” |
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The Sandman Presents: Petrefax
(a 4-issue mini-series) debuts |
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Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood
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Nov |
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Outlaw Nation,
written by Jamie Delano, debuts |
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American Century
debuts |
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July |
The Sandman Presents: Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know
About Dreams but Were Afraid to Ask |
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Aug |
The Little Endless Storybook;
The Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives (a 4-issue
mini-series) debuts |
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