Vertigo Comics is an American comic book imprint started in 1993. It is a DC Comics' imprint aimed at "mature readers", and has published many critically acclaimed titles, both company-owned, such as The Sandman and Hellblazer, and creator-owned, such as Preacher and Y: The Last Man. It was discontinued in January 2020, with ongoing series moving to the DC Black Label imprint, and future reprints were published under the new imprint. DC brought back the Vertigo imprint in 2024.
Publications
0–9 Title Issues Type Writer(s) Artist(s) Cover dates Notes 100 Bullets #1–100 Ongoing series Brian Azzarello Eduardo Risso August 1999 – April 2009 Won multiple Eisner Awards and Harvey Awards from 2002 to 2004. 100 Bullets: Brother Lono #1–8 Limited series August 2013 – April 2014 Sequel series to 100 Bullets. 100 Bullets: The US of Anger #1–TBD TBD TBD 2026 – present Sequel series to 100 Bullets. 100% #1–5 Limited series Paul Pope August 2002 – July 2003 2020 Visions #1–12 Limited series Jamie Delano Various May 1997 – April 1998
A Title Issues Type Writer(s) Artist(s) Cover dates Notes A Death Gallery #1 One-shot Various January 1994 One-shot showcasing various illustrations by different artists. Absolute Vertigo #1 One-shot Various Various winter 1995 Previews one-shot Accelerate #1–4 Limited series Richard Kadrey Jacob and Arnold Pander August – November 2000 Adventures in the Rifle Brigade #1–3 Limited series Garth Ennis Carlos Ezquerra October – December 2000 Adventures in the Rifle Brigade: Operation: Bollock #1–3 Limited series October 2001 – January 2002 Air #1–24 Ongoing series G. Willow Wilson M. K. Perker October 2008 – October 2010 American Carnage #1–9 Ongoing series Bryan Hill Leandro Fernández, Dean White January – September 2019 American Century #1–27 Ongoing series Howard Chaykin, David Tischman Various May 2001 – October 2003 Issues #23–27 published under the Vertigo X imprint. American Freak: A Tale of the Un-Men #1–5 Limited series Dave Louapre Vince Locke February – June 1994 American Splendor #1–4 Limited series Harvey Pekar Various November 2006 – February 2007 First series #1–4 Limited series June – September 2008 Second series American Vampire #1–34 Ongoing series Scott Snyder, Stephen King Rafael Albuquerque May 2010 – February 2013 Won the Eisner Award and the Harvey Award for Best New Series in 2011. American Vampire Anthology #1–2 One-shots Various Various October 2013, December 2016 Anthology one-shots American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares #1–5 Limited series Scott Snyder Dustin Nguyen August – December 2012 American Vampire: Second Cycle #1–11 Ongoing series Rafael Albuquerque May 2014 – January 2016 American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #1–5 Limited series Sean Murphy August – December 2011 American Vampire: The Long Road To Hell #1 One-shot Rafael Albuquerque August 2013 American Virgin #1–23 Ongoing series Steven T. Seagle Becky Cloonan May 2006 – March 2008 The American Way: Those Above and Those Below #1–6 Limited series John Ridley Georges Jeanty, Nick Filardi September 2017 – April 2018 Previous series published by WildStorm. Angel and the Ape #1–4 Limited series Howard Chaykin, David Tischman Philip Bond October 2001 – January 2002 Third series. See also: List of DC Comics publications Angeltown #1–5 Limited series Gary Phillips Shawn Martinbrough January – May 2005 Animal Man #57–89 Ongoing series Jamie Delano, Jerry Prosser Various March 1993 – November 1995 Previous issues published by DC Comics. Annual #1 Jamie Delano Russel Braun, Tom Sutton, Rafael Kayanan December 1993 Part of The Children's Crusade event. Arcana: The Books of Magic Annual #1 One-shot John Ney Rieber Peter Gross January 1994 Part of The Children's Crusade event. Army@Love #1–12 Ongoing series Rick Veitch Gary Erskine May 2007 – April 2008 First series #1–6 Limited series October 2008 – March 2009 Second series. Covers feature subtitle "The Art of War". Art Ops #1–12 Ongoing series Shaun Simon Michael Allred December 2015 – December 2016 Astro City #1–52 Ongoing series Kurt Busiek Brent Anderson August 2013 – August 2018 Third series. Previous series published by Homage Comics.
B Title Issues Type Writer(s) Artist(s) Cover dates Notes Bang! Tango #1–6 Limited series Joe Kelly Adrian Sibar, Rodney Ramos April – September 2009 Battleaxes #1–4 Limited series Terry LaBan Alex Horley May – August 2000 Beware the Creeper #1–5 Limited series Jason Hall Cliff Chiang June – October 2003 Second series. Published under the Vertigo X imprint. See also: List of DC Comics publications Bite Club #1–6 Limited series Howard Chaykin, David Tischman David Hahn June – November 2004 Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit #1–5 Limited series June – October 2006 Black Orchid #1–22 Ongoing series Dick Foreman Jill Thompson, Rebecca Guay, Jamie Tolagson September 1993 – June 1995 Second series. See also: List of DC Comics publications Annual #1 Various December 1993 Part of The Children's Crusade event. Black Tower: The Raven Conspiracy #1–TBD TBD Ram V Mike Perkins TBD 2026 – present Bleeding Hearts #1–TBD TBD Deniz Camp Stipan Morian February 2026 – present Blood & Water #1–5 Limited series Judd Winick Tomm Coker May – September 2003 Published under the Vertigo X imprint. Blood and Shadows #1–4 Limited series Joe R. Landsdale Mark Nelson March – July 1996 Blood: A Tale #1–4 Limited series J. M. DeMatteis Kent Williams November 1996 – February 1997 Reprints the Epic Comics series. Also known as Blood: A Life. Bodies #1–8 Limited series Si Spencer Meghan Hetrick, Dean Ormston, Tula Lotay, Phil Winslade September 2014 – April 2015 The Books of Faerie #1–3 Limited series Bronwyn Carlton Peter Gross March – May 1997 The Books of Faerie: Auberon's Tale #1–3 Limited series August – October 1998 The Books of Faerie: Molly's Story #1–4 Limited series John Ney Rieber Hermann Mejía September – December 1999 The Books of Magic #1–75 Ongoing series John Ney Rieber, Peter Gross Peter Gross May 1994 – August 2000 Second series. Previous series published by DC Comics. Annual #1–3 Various February 1997 – June 1999 #1–13 Ongoing series Kat Howard Tom Fowler December 2018 – December 2019 Third series. Published under The Sandman Universe imprint. Starting with issue #14, published under the DC Black Label imprint. Books of Magick: Life During Wartime #1–15 Ongoing series Si Spencer Dean Ormston September 2004 – December 2005 Border Town #1–4 Limited series Eric M. Esquivel Ramon Villalobos November 2018 – February 2019 Cancelled after issue #4, originally intended to be six issues long. Brave Old World #1–4 Limited series William Messner-Loebs Guy Davis, Phil Hester February – May 2000 Published under the V2K imprint.
C Title Issues Type Writer(s) Artist(s) Cover dates Notes Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci #1–10 Limited series Pat McGreal, David Rawson Chaz Truog, Rafael Kayanan July 1995 – April 1996 The Children's Crusade #1–2 Limited series Neil Gaiman Various December 1993 – January 1994 Part of The Children's Crusade event. Cinderella: Fables are Forever #1–6 Limited series Chris Roberson Shawnn McManus April – September 2011 Fables spin-off Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love #1–6 Limited series January – June 2010 Fables spin-off Clean Room #1–18 Ongoing series Gail Simone Jon Davis-Hunt, Walter Geovani, Sanya Anwar December 2015 – June 2017 Codename: Knockout #0–23 Ongoing series Robert Rodi Various June 2001 – June 2003 Issues #21–23 were published under the Vertigo X imprint. Coffin Hill #1–20 Ongoing series Caitlin Kittredge Inaki Miranda December 2013 – September 2015 Collider #1 Ongoing series Simon Oliver Robbi Rodriguez September 2013 Continued as FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics with issue #2. Congo Bill #1–4 Limited series Scott Cunningham Danijel Žeželj October 1999 – January 2000 Second series. See also: List of DC Comics publications Constantine: The Official Movie Adaptation #1 One-shot Steven T. Seagle Ron Randall, Jimmy Palmiotti March 2005 Adaptation of the 2005 film Constantine. Crossing Midnight #1–19 Ongoing series Mike Carey Jim Fern January 2007 – July 2008 Cruel and Unusual #1–4 Limited series Jamie Delano, Tom Peyer John McCrea, Andrew Chiu June – September 1999 The Crusades #1–20 Ongoing series Steven T. Seagle Kelley Jones May 2001 – December 2002 The Crusades: Urban Decree #1 One-shot April 2001 Prelude story to main series. The Crying Doll #1–TBD TBD Mariko Tamaki Rosemary Valero-O'Connell TBD 2026 – present
D Title Issues Type Writer(s) Artist(s) Cover dates Notes The Dark & Bloody #1–6 Limited series Shawn Aldridge Scott Godlewski April – September 2016 Daytripper #1–10 Limited series Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon February – November 2010 Won the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series and the Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story in 2011. The Dead Boy Detectives #1–12 Ongoing series Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham Mark Buckingham February 2014 – February 2015 Sequel series to the graphic novel. Deadenders #1–16 Ongoing series Ed Brubaker Warren Pleece March 2000 – June 2001 Deadman #1–13 Ongoing series Bruce Jones John Watkiss October 2006 – November 2007 Fourth series. See also: List of DC Comics publications Death Talks About Life #1 One-shot Neil Gaiman Dave McKean 1994 Giveaway comic distributed through comic stores and other outlets. Death: At Death's Door #1 One-shot Jill Thompson September 2003 Death: The High Cost of Living #1–3 Limited series Neil Gaiman Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham March – May 1993 Death: The Time of Your Life #1–3 Limited series April – June 1996 Deathbed #1–6 Limited series Joshua Williamson Riley Rossmo April – September 2018 Demo #1–6 Limited series Brian Wood Becky Cloonan April – September 2010 Second series. Previous series published by AiT/Planet Lar. Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold #1–3 Limited series Alissa Kwitney Kent Williams November 1997 – January 1998 Dhampire: Stillborn #1 One-shot Nancy A. Collins Paul Lee November 1996 Prologue to cancelled ongoing series. Django Unchained #1–7 Limited series Quentin Tarantino, Reginald Hudlin R. M. Guéra, Jason Latour February – October 2013 Adaptation of the 2012 film Django Unchained. Django/Zorro #1–7 Limited series Quentin Tarantino, Matt Wagner Esteve Polls, Brennan Wagner November 2014 – May 2015 Co-published with Dynamite Entertainment. DMZ #1–72 Ongoing series Brian Wood Riccardo Burchielli January 2006 – February 2012 Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child #1–7 Ongoing series Selwyn Hinds Denys Cowan, John Floyd May – November 2012 Doom Patrol #64–87 Ongoing series Rachel Pollack Ted McKeever, Richard Case, Linda Medley, Graham Higgins, Scot Eaton, Tom Sutton, Jamie Tolagson, Matt Howarth March 1993 – February 1995 Second series. Previous issues published by DC Comics. See also: List of DC Comics publications Annual #2 Mark Wheatley, Stuart Chaifetz January 1994 Part of The Children's Crusade event. First Annual issue was published by DC Comics.The Dreaming #1–60 Ongoing series Various Various June 1996 – May 2001 First series Special #1 July 1998 #1–14 Ongoing series Simon Spurrier Bilquis Evely November 2018 – December 2019 Second series. Published under The Sandman Universe imprint. Starting with issue #15, published under the DC Black Label imprint.
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