Vertigo Jam #1

(August 1993)

Vertigo Jam (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stuart Moore; Tom Peyer

Pencils

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Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Prick up your ears, relax your limbs and let us send some sound messages up your spine.

Indexer Notes

Title and an introduction to the issue.

The Castle (Table of Contents: 2)

Sandman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Neil Gaiman

Pencils

Kevin Nowlan

Inks

Kevin Nowlan

Colors

Daniel Vozzo

Letters

Kevin Nowlan

Editing

Karen Berger (editor); Shelly Bond (assistant editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There's a dream in which huge faceless women with wolves astride them are chewing at my entrails and legs. They have sharp teeth.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Abel; Cain; Dream; Goldie; Lucien; Matthew the Raven; Merv Pumpkinhead; Nuala; an unnamed dreamer

Reprints

• in All American Comics II (Comic Art, 1994 series) #9
• in Sandman (Tilsner, 2000 series) #9 - Die Gütigen 1
• in Sandman (Tilsner, 2000 series) #9 - Die Gütigen 1
• in Sandman - Edição Definitiva (Panini Brasil, 2010 series) #4 [traduzida]
• in Sandman: Le origini (Comic Art, 1994 series) #5
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #7/1995 ([juni] 1995)
which is reprinted
• in Inferno album (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1997 series) #5 - Gaiman Galore ([juni] 1998)
• in The Sandman: The Kindly Ones (Titan, 1996 series) (1996)
• in The Sandman: The Kindly Ones (DC, 1996 series) #[9] ([April] 1996)
• in The Sandman: The Kindly Ones (DC, 1996 series) #[9] ([September] 1996)
which is reprinted
• in The Sandman: The Kindly Ones [preview] (DC, 1996 series) (August 1996 (see notes))
• in Colección Vertigo (NORMA Editorial, 1997 series) #4 - The Sandman: Las Benévolas 1 de 6 (julio de 1997)
• in The Sandman [Sandman Library Edition] (DC, 1998 series) #9 - The Kindly Ones ([November] 1999)
• in Colección Vertigo (NORMA Editorial, 1997 series) #290 - The Sandman: Las Benévolas (abril de 2005)
• in Sandman: Le Eumenidi (Magic Press, 2006 series) (2006)
• in Sandman (Egmont Polska, 2002 series) #[15] - Panie łaskawe część I ([październik] 2006)
• in Sandman: Le Eumenidi (Magic Press, 2007 series) (2007)
• in The Absolute Sandman (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2008), #4 (2008 [January 2009])
• in The Sandman (Planeta DeAgostini, 2010 series) #6 - Destino (Marzo 2011)
• in The Sandman (DC, 2010 series) #9 - The Kindly Ones ([July] 2012)
• in The Sandman Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #2 (2013 [January 2014])
• in The Sandman Omnibus Silver Edition (DC, 2013 series) #2 (2013 [January 2014])
• in Sandman (ECC Ediciones, 2013 series) #9 - Las Benévolas (mayo de 2014)
• in The Annotated Sandman (DC, 2011 series) #4 (2015 [February 2016])
• in Neil Gaiman Collection (RW Edizioni, 2017 series) #3 - Sandman (novembre 2017)
• in Sandman: Edición Deluxe (ECC Ediciones, 2017 series) #5 (abril de 2018)
• in The Sandman (DC, 2018 series) #9 - The Kindly Ones ([August] 2019)
• in The Sandman: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2020 series) #4 (2021 [January 2022])
• in The Sandman (DC, 2022 series) #4 ([July] 2022)

Keywords

Dream's Castle; House of Mystery; House of Secrets; The Dreaming

Tainted Love (Table of Contents: 3)

Hellblazer / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Garth Ennis

Pencils

Steve Dillon

Inks

Steve Dillon

Colors

Tom Ziuko

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Stuart Moore (editor); Julie Rottenberg (assistant editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do a friggin' trick, then.

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

John Constantine; Coney; Seth; Annette; The Third of the Three; Kit Ryan (cameo); Barbara; Martha

Reprints

• in All American Comics II (Comic Art, 1994 series) #7
• in Hellblaze - Garth Ennis Collection (Panini Deutschland, 2012 series) #3 - Angst und Schrecken
• in John Constantine, Hellblazer (Metal Pesado / Tudo em Quadrinhos / Atitude, 1998 series) #13 [traduzida]
• in John Constantine, Hellblazer - Infernal (Panini Brasil, 2014 series) #5 [traduzida]
• in John Constantine, Hellblazer: Amore corrotto (Magic Press, 1999 series)
• in Magnum (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #6/1995 ([mai] 1995)
• in John Constantine Hellblazer: Tainted Love (DC, 1998 series) ([September] 1998)
• in Hellblazer (Schreiber & Leser, 1998 series) #[5] - Tainted Love ([Januar] 2000)
• in John Constantine, Hellblazer (DC, 2011 series) #7 - Tainted Love ([February] 2014)
• in Vertigo Library (RW Edizioni, 2013 series) #17 - Hellblazer: Madrepatria (aprile 2015)
• in Hellblazer (ECC Ediciones, 2015 series) #[5] - Garth Ennis Vol. 2 (Mayo 2015)

Keywords

England; Leviticus Infernal; London

Talking Turkey (Table of Contents: 4)

Animal Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jamie Delano

Pencils

Scot Eaton

Inks

Mark Pennington

Colors

Tom Ziuko

Letters

Clem Robins

Editing

Tom Peyer; Julie Rottenberg (assistant editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You know how you sometimes get to feeling when birds are gathering to migrate; when you're only halfway through a too-long summer evening; or when you're horny and your partner won't wake up?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; a talking turkey

Reprints

• in Grandi Opere Vertigo (RW Edizioni, 2012 series) #38 - Vertigo25 - Passato, presente e futuro (gennaio 2019)

Keywords

San Diego

Spooks Return Satisfied (Table of Contents: 5)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Rachel Pollack

Pencils

Eric Shanower

Inks

Eric Shanower

Colors

Tom Ziuko

Letters

Eric Shanower

Editing

Tom Peyer (editor); Julie Rottenberg (assistant editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ahh! Yes, oh yess!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doom Patrol: The Chief [Dr. Niles Caulder]; Dorothy Spinner
Doom Patrol: Robotman [Cliff Steele]
George; Marion; Feathered Jonathan; Alice Wired-for-Sound; Gail; Janet

Reprints

• in Grandi Opere Vertigo (RW Edizioni, 2012 series) #38 - Vertigo25 - Passato, presente e futuro (gennaio 2019)
• in Doom Patrol by Rachel Pollack Omnibus (DC, 2022 series) ([December] 2022)

Keywords

Psychic Radionic Transmitter Shield; Rainbow Estates; Violet Valley

Indexer Notes

Letters credit confirmed by Shanower via Facebook.

The Ghost in the Green (Table of Contents: 6)

Swamp Thing / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Nancy A. Collins

Pencils

Phil Hester

Inks

Kim DeMulder

Colors

Tom McCraw

Letters

Clem Robins

Editing

Stuart Moore (editor); Julie Rottenberg (assistant editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

She's gone... My wife is gone...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Abigail Arcane (flashback); Tefé Holland (flashback); Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]; Greensleeves [Alan Helstrom]; Parliament of Trees; Lauren; The Healing Faith [unnamed members]

Reprints

• in All American Comics II (Comic Art, 1994 series) #9 [tradotta]
• in Grandi Opere Vertigo (RW Edizioni, 2012 series) #38 - Vertigo25 - Passato, presente e futuro (gennaio 2019)

Keywords

Pennsylvania; The Green

He Who Falls (Table of Contents: 7)

Kid Eternity / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Ann Nocenti

Pencils

Duncan Fegredo

Inks

Sean Phillips

Colors

Tom Ziuko

Letters

Clem Robins

Editing

Tom Peyer (editor); Julie Rottenberg (assistant editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am alive, I am a corpse.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Kid Eternity; Dr. Pathos

Reprints

• in All American Comics II (Comic Art, 1994 series) #8
• in Kid Eternity (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([April] 2017)

Keywords

asylum

The Vision (Table of Contents: 8)

Shade, the Changing Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Milligan

Pencils

Mike Allred

Inks

Mike Allred

Colors

Laura Allred

Letters

Todd Klein

Editing

Karen Berger (editor); Shelly Bond (assistant editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The ambulance should be here in five minutes.

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Kathy George; Shade, the Changing Man [Rac Shade]; Lenny Shapiro; Reverend Williams

Reprints

• in All American Comics II (Comic Art, 1994 series) #8
• in Magnum presenterer (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1995 series) #6/1996 ([juni] 1996)
• in Grandi Opere Vertigo (RW Edizioni, 2012 series) #38 - Vertigo25 - Passato, presente e futuro (gennaio 2019)

Keywords

Madness Vest

The Extremist (Table of Contents: 9)

The Extremist / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ted McKeever (signed)

Inks

Ted McKeever (signed)

Colors

Ted McKeever (signed)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Coming in August

Genre

adventure

Characters

Judy Tanner [The Extremist]

Indexer Notes

Promo for The Extremist (DC, 1993 series).

Black Orchid (Table of Contents: 10)

Black Orchid / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dave McKean (painting)

Inks

Dave McKean (painting)

Colors

Dave McKean (painting)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A glimmer of violet... whispered temptation... hint of compulsion... and she's gone.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Orchid

Reprints

• from Black Orchid (DC, 1993 series) #1 [Standard Cover] (September 1993)

Indexer Notes

Promo for Black Orchid (DC, 1993 series) with illustration from #1 cover.

You Haven't Seen Enigma Yet? (Table of Contents: 11)

Enigma / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Duncan Fegredo

Inks

Duncan Fegredo

Colors

Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Where have you been hiding?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Enigma; Michael Smith

Keywords

closet; lizard

Indexer Notes

Promo for Enigma (DC, 1993 series) #6.

Ideas in Motion Remain in Motion (Table of Contents: 12)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Timothy Zach

Inks

Timothy Zach

Colors

Timothy Zach

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It won't stop

Indexer Notes

Promo for Vertigo series.

Subscribe Now! (Table of Contents: 13)

Animal Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Pugh

Inks

Steve Pugh

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The natural world is waiting for you to die. Then you belong to the supernatural world.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]

Keywords

bear; beasts

Indexer Notes

Promo for Vertigo subscriptions with illustration from page 14, 5th panel of Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #61 (with different colors).

On the Ledge with Stuart Moore [August 1993] (Table of Contents: 14)

On the Ledge / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stuart Moore

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Before I came to DC, I used to edit "real" books.

Indexer Notes

Stuart Moore talks about editing Vertigo comics.
Checklist of Vertigo titles shipping in June 1993 and new Vertigo titles debuting in July 1993.

Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo (Table of Contents: 15)

Jonah Hex / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Timothy Truman

Inks

Sam Glanzman

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He's killed five hundred men. They always stayed dead before.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Jonah Hex

Indexer Notes

Promo for Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo (DC, 1993 series).