Preacher is a comic book series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, published by the American comic book label Vertigo ( an imprint of DC Comics ), with painted covers by Glenn Fabry.

* The Sandman ( Vertigo ), a comic book written by Neil Gaiman

* In the Vertigo comic book, Fables, Tam Lin died in the defense of the last stronghold of the Fables against the forces of the Adversary.

* In the Vertigo comic book series The Books of Magic, The Names of Magic and The Books of Faerie, Tamlin is the father of the protagonist Timothy Hunter, potentially the greatest sorcerer in the world.

Proinsias Cassidy, the supporting lead male in Garth Ennis's comic book series Preacher ( DC / Vertigo, 1995 ), is a vampire of Irish origin.

Fables and Reflections also includes the Sandman Special, originally published as a stand-alone issue, which assimilates the myth of Orpheus into the Sandman mythos, as well as a very short Sandman story from the Vertigo Preview promotional comic.

IGN declared The Sandman as the best ever Vertigo comic.

Dream is a fictional character and the protagonist of DC Comics ' Vertigo comic book series The Sandman, written by Neil Gaiman.

* Fables: Kay and the Snow Queen appear in Bill Willingham's comic book series from DC Comics Vertigo Imprint.

Debuting alongside ongoing former-DC series Swamp Thing # 129, Hellblazer # 63, Sandman # 47, Doom Patrol # 64, Animal Man # 57, and Shade, the Changing Man # 33, the first new comic book printed under the " Vertigo " imprint was Death: The High Cost of Living # 1, debuting a scant couple of weeks before Enigma # 1 in January ( March ) 1993.

The ninth comic launched at Vertigo's 1993 debut was the Vertigo Preview, showcasing the concurrently released titles, as well as J. M. DeMatteis ' Mercy, Ann Nocenti's Kid Eternity ( an ongoing series spun off from the earlier Morrison-penned miniseries ), Dick Foreman's Black Orchid ( an on-going series spun off from the Gaiman / McKean miniseries ) and Matt Wagner's Sandman Mystery Theatre.

In addition, Steve Gerber, an influential force on many of the Vertigo writers, provided the miniseries Nevada, which was written based on Neil Gaiman's reiteration of a frequent request to write something more about the characters in " the obligatory comic book fight scene " in Howard the Duck # 16.

Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess ' Stardust was released by Vertigo as a heavily illustrated novel, rather than a regular comic, and Vertigo has also experimented with the dimensions of their OGNs, releasing several that are of a non-comic-book-standard size, including Dave Gibbons ' The Originals and Mat Johnson's Incognegro ( which also featured somewhat experimental artwork, namely art-by Warren Pleece-that was fully black and white, with no " halftones or grays ").

Berger's promotion came as Vertigo was said to be equivalent to " the fourth largest American comic book publisher " in 2005, with Paul Levitz praising her personally as having " built Vertigo into an imprint which is simultaneously one of comics ' leading creative and commercial successes.

* Swamp Thing ( 1982 ), based the long running comic that started in DC comics and had ended its run in Vertigo Comics created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson.

The lyrics to " Time of the Preacher " were used in the opening pages of the first issue of the Vertigo comic book Preacher.

* Bill Willingham's Eisner Award-winning comic book series Fables, published by Vertigo Comics, features the Jungle Book's Mowgli, Bagheera and Shere Khan ; though their characterisation remains true to Kipling's stories, Willingham and artist Mark Buckingham also make oblique references to the 1967 Disney animation in dialogue and artwork.

Death: The High Cost of Living was originally published as a three-issue comic book miniseries, published monthly by Vertigo, DC Comics ' mature readers imprint and cover-dated March to May 1993.

Others include Zigzag from The Thief and the Cobbler ( the original inspiration for the character of Jafar in Disney's Aladdin ), the comic book character Iznogoud, Prince Sinbad's advisor Yusuf in the DC Vertigo series Fables, and the villains of the video games Prince of Persia and King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow.

* Flycatcher ( comics ), a character in the Vertigo comic book Fables

The Books of Magic is a four-issue English-language comic book mini-series written by Neil Gaiman, published by DC Comics, and later an ongoing series under the imprint Vertigo.

* Comic book characters from Vertigo, DC Comics and Marvel Comics.

Enigma was initially " going to be the launch book of Touchmark ," but became the second new Vertigo title, written by the author Shade, the Changing Man, and drawn by the artist from Grant Morrison's earlier Kid Eternity miniseries.

The artwork of Charles Vess has infrequently but notably accompanied the words of Neil Gaiman on Vertigo projects, including the 4-issue Stardust ( 1997-8 ) miniseries, later reprinted as an illustrated hardcover book.

In July 2007, a new hardcover edition was published by Vertigo containing approximately fifty pages of new material, including new artwork and information on the production of the book.

The book, originally published as a regular DC Comics title, became a Vertigo title with the imprint's launch in March 1993 ( issue # 63 of the series ).

When the book was initially released over 1990 / 1991, it proved very popular and led Vertigo Executive Editor Karen Berger to make it a regular ongoing series under editor Stuart Moore.

* A two-part story in the Vertigo series Northlanders, for instance, concerns the destruction on the monastery.

On May 25, 2009, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment would be working with Fran Rubel Kuzui and Kazi Kuzui on a relaunch of the Buffy series for the big screen.

The second volume of Brian Wood's Vertigo graphic novel series Northlanders is set against a backdrop of Viking " occupation " of Ireland, including the Battle of Clontarf.

* Vertigo: Winter's Edge ( 1997 – 1999 ): An annual one-shot issue featuring short stories from multiple Vertigo series, including short stories featuring Desire ( twice ) and Death by Gaiman with Bolton, Jones, and Zulli respectively.

Several comics in DC's Vertigo line have been set in the Dreaming, most notably a series of the same name ( chief author Alisa Kwitney ).

Note: Dream does not appear in every issue of The Sandman, nor did he appear in the first DC Comics The Sandman series, although several supporting characters in the Vertigo series did.

Vertigo comics series have won the comics industry's Eisner Award, including the Best Continuing Series of various years ( The Sandman, Preacher, 100 Bullets and Fables ).

Several of the earliest new Vertigo series derived from Disney Comics ' aborted Touchmark Comics imprint, a line announced before the so-called " Disney Implosion " of 1991, and subsequently abandoned.

Having spearheaded the " British invasion ," by head-hunting such writers as Moore, Gaiman, Delano, Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis and Peter Milligan, Berger was well suited to head up the new line, as she was already editing many of the series which would form the core of the early Vertigo output.

Having inherited some projects from Disney's aborted Touchmark project, Vertigo was able to plan a first year in which they were to publish " two new series month in a variety of formats, either one-shots or miniseries or ongoing monthlies.

Although the books did not have a consistent visual style, the cover designs of early Vertigo series featured a uniform trade dress with a vertical bar along the left side, which included the imprint logo, pricing, date, and issue numbers.

" The second miniseries, Vertigo Pop: London, told the tale of " Rocky Lamont, lead singer in 1960s rock band " who " ather than burning out the way he'd hoped ... into a slow and dull decline with a trophy wife and a series of dreary albums.

The following on-going series had issues released during Vertigo's anniversary year and those issues carried the " Vertigo X " branding:

The following series and miniseries finished during the year, with the final issues featuring the " Vertigo X " logo: