([September] 2003)

DC, 2003 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
9.95 USD; 16.95 CAD
Pages
212
On-sale Date
2003-07-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Suggested for Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
Vertigo
ISBN
1-56389-938-8 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
761941236285 00111
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Shelly Bond (credited) (senior editor); Mariah Huehner (credited) (assistant editor); Karen Berger (credited) (executive editor)
Color
color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions
5" x 7.2" (12.7 cm x 18.3 cm)
Binding
squarebound
Publishing Format
one-shot; graphic novel

Issue Notes

Publishing data actually reads "Death #1: At Death's Door," but all other occurrences of the title on the volume and in DC's promotional material have the title as listed. Neil Gaiman credited as consultant. Artwork is black and white with gray tones; the separations credit presumably applies to the tones.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Death [DC/Vertigo] / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jill Thompson (credited) (painting)
Inks
Jill Thompson (credited) (painting)
Colors
Jill Thompson (credited) (painting)
Letters
Steve Cook (credited) (logo design); typeset
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Death
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Death: At Death's Door (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece.

Death: At Death's Door (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Jill Thompson (painting)
Inks
Jill Thompson (painting)
Colors
Jill Thompson (painting)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Death

Indexer Notes

Title page. Illustration is a detail of the cover image.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Publishing data.

At Death's Door (Table of Contents: 5)

Death [DC/Vertigo] / comic story / 192 pages (report information)

Script
Jill Thompson (credited)
Pencils
Jill Thompson (credited)
Inks
Jill Thompson (credited)
Colors
Lee Loughridge (credited) (separations)
Letters
Jill Thompson (credited)
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Cain; Death; Delirium; Desire; Despair; Destiny; Dream; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo); Lucien; Lucifer Morningstar; Matthew the Raven; Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (cameo); Wyvern; Griffin; Hippogriff; Odin; Thor; Loki; Anubis; Bast; Bes; Susano-O-No-Mikoto; Azazel; Merkin; Choronzon; Kilderkin; Shivering Jenny; Remiel; Duma; Charles Rowland; Edwin Paine; Edgar Allan Poe; Cluracan; Nuala; Nada
Synopsis
While Dream decides what to do with the key to Hell, its former inhabitants make themselves at home in Death's domain. Delirium and Despair throw a party for these visitors, as Death tends to her duties, until Dream assigns Hell to its new rulers.

Indexer Notes

Re-presents many of the events from the Seasons of Mists storyline from Sandman (DC, 1988 series) #21-28.

Introduction (Table of Contents: 6)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Chris Bachalo (credited) (illustration); Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke) (illustration); Brian Bolland (credited) (illustration)
Inks
Chris Bachalo (credited) (illustration); Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke) (illustration); Brian Bolland (credited) (illustration)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Death

Sketchbook (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jill Thompson (credited) (signed as Jill)
Inks
Jill Thompson (credited) (signed as Jill)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Death; Delirium; Despair; Dream

Indexer Notes

Sketches and character designs of Death and other characters.

The Sandman Library (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Mike Dringenberg (credited) (illustration); Chris Bachalo (credited) (illustration); Jill Thompson (credited) (illustration); P. Craig Russell (credited) (illustration)
Inks
Malcolm Jones III (credited) (illustration); Chris Bachalo (credited) (illustration); Jill Thompson (credited) (illustration); P. Craig Russell (credited) (illustration)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Death

Look for These Other Vertigo Books: (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

At Death's Door (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Death [DC/Vertigo] / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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    Death [DC/Vertigo]
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  3. 2. Death: At Death's Door
  4. 3. Death: At Death's Door
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. At Death's Door
    Death [DC/Vertigo]
  7. 6. Introduction
  8. 7. Sketchbook
  9. 8. The Sandman Library
  10. 9. Look for These Other Vertigo Books:
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
  12. 11. At Death's Door
    Death [DC/Vertigo]
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