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.

" Joining Mystery Theatre in February ( cover-dated April, 1993 ) was J. Marc DeMatteis ( and Paul Johnson )' s 64-page one-shot Mercy, while other initially talked about Vertigo projects included Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell's 3-issue steampunk miniseries Sebastian O-another ex-Touchmark project.

* Mercy ( with J. M. DeMatteis, 62 page one shot, Vertigo, 1993 )

Iceman has been featured in two self-titled limited comic book miniseries, one in the 1980s by J. M. DeMatteis and another in the 2000s by Andy Lanning and Dan Abnett, art by Karl Kerschl.

He may be best known for his 1987 work on the " Kraven's Last Hunt " storyline, written by J. M. DeMatteis, in the Spider-Man titles and the 1986 Punisher miniseries written by Steven Grant, and collected as Circle Of Blood, as well as the 1984 miniseries Secret Wars.

Kraven finally completes his ultimate objective in the acclaimed 1987 storyline by J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck, " Kraven's Last Hunt ", where he seemingly kills Spider-Man and buries him on his estate, then poses as the hero in a brutal vigilante campaign.

In 1987, DeMatteis and Zeck re-teamed for the " Kraven's Last Hunt " arc that ran throughout Marvel's then three Spider-Man titles.

Primarily, his Vertigo output has been in collaboration with JM DeMatteis, an issue of Blood: A Tale, the maxiseries Moonshadow ( and its coda, Farewell, Moonshadow ( 1997 )) and three issues of Seekers into the Mystery.

They initially approached writer J. M. DeMatteis to script a prose book with illustrations from Jon J Muth, Kent Williams, Dave McKean and others, but when it reached the stage of confirming the artists ' involvement, the suggested artists all declined to be involved.

At that stage, DeMatteis also decided to step back, and DC instead approached popular writer Neil Gaiman and asked him to come up with a four-issue prestige-format series " about our magic characters ".

DeMatteis followed this with the 1986 Doctor Strange graphic novel Into Shambhala drawn by Dan Green and Blood: A Tale, a hallucinatory vampire story drawn by Kent Williams.

The Giffen / DeMatteis team worked on Justice League for five years and closed out their run with the " Breakdowns " storyline in 1991 and 1992.

In collaboration with regular artist Sal Buscema, DeMatteis ' story arc The Child Within (# 178-184 ) featured the return of the Harry Osborn Green Goblin.

In addition, Giffen co-created the humorous Justice League International series in 1987 with J. M. DeMatteis and Kevin Maguire.

The success of that series led to a spinoff in 1989 titled Justice League Europe also co-written with DeMatteis and featuring art by Bart Sears.

The Giffen / DeMatteis team worked on Justice League for five years and closed out their run with the " Breakdowns " storyline in 1991 and 1992.

The title launched with a 10-page ongoing Metal Men co-feature written by J. M. DeMatteis.

Little did I know that within a year we would be an art team along with writer J. M. DeMatteis on DC's Doctor Fate series ... We worked together for six months on Doctor Fate until the DC editor moved me to another book.

Under Berger, the series experimented with long-form storylines in the popular I ... Vampire serial created by writer J. M. DeMatteis.

During the time that Giffen and DeMatteis were writing the Justice League, the character was shown struggling with his conscience and developing heroic qualities, though he would remain a con-artist.

Maguire's collaborations with Giffen and DeMatteis also include Defenders and Metal Men back-ups in the latest volume of Doom Patrol.

Nomad then becomes Captain America's partner for the next two years of published comics, most notably helping him defeat the Red Skull and Baron Zemo in DeMatteis ' last storyline ( Captain America # 298-300 ; October-December 1984 ); DeMatteis ' successor as writer of the series, Mark Gruenwald, had Nomad end the partnership in Captain America # 309 ( September 1985 ).

DeMatteis and illustrator Jon J. Muth created the graphic novel Moonshadow, for Marvel's Epic line.

DeMatteis and Kevin Maguire, have applied their humorous brand of storytelling to a title that he had drawn in the 1970s, Marvel Comics ' The Defenders.

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J. M. DeMatteis began his comics career on DC's House of Mystery title over a decade before the formation of Vertigo, and later became one of the earliest Vertigo creators thanks in large part to his proposed Touchmark projects.

* Moonshadow ( comics ), a graphic novel by J. M. DeMatteis

When that series was cancelled in the wake of the company-wide crossover Legends, DeMatteis stayed through its relaunch as Justice League International, scripting over the plots of Keith Giffen.

In 1988, a six issue Forever People limited series by writer J. M. DeMatteis and artist Paris Cullins was published, showing what had happened to the Forever People on Adon.

* J. M. DeMatteis wrote a film treatment for a Daredevil movie, which included Baron Von Strucker as the leader of HYDRA, which, in the script, was an international arms cartel.

DeMatteis, the creator of the Clone Saga, claimed in an interview that he thought Jackal is " a terrific villain ... one of his favorites ", and that it " was a blast bringing the character back, if only for this one story.

He drew the title through its final storyline (# 258-261 ) which was written by J. M. DeMatteis.

She was created by J. M. DeMatteis and Angel Medina.

In 1987, Maguire was the artist on the relaunch of Justice League written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis.

The team was created by writers Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis, and artists Kevin Maguire and Joe Rubinstein.

A six-issue sequel to Formerly Known as the Justice League, I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League, was produced by Giffen, DeMatteis, and Maguire in 2004, but its publication was held off until 2005, after DC's Identity Crisis, in which a pregnant Sue Dibny is killed, had run its course.

I ... Vampire was a 24 issue series, created by writer J. M. DeMatteis, that appeared in House of Mystery between 1981 and 1983.

Back at Marvel, DeMatteis again succeeded Conway, this time as writer of The Spectacular Spider-Man in 1991, taking the series in a grimmer, more psychologically oriented direction.