The Absolute Death

([December] 2009)

DC, 2009 Series

Published in English (United States)

United States

Price: 99.99 USD; 121.99 CAD
Pages: 370
On-sale Date: 2009-10-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Suggested for Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics
Brand: Vertigo
ISBN: 978-1-4012-2463-9
Barcode: 9781401224639 59999

Editing: Bob Harras (collection editor)

Color: color
Dimensions: 8.5" x 13"
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: hardcover with slipcase
Publishing Format: collected edition

Issue Notes

There is a translucent page tipped in before the title page, which accounts for the unusual total page count.
This issue has variants:

The Absolute Death (DC, 2009 series) [New Edition]

Death / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Dave McKean
Inks: Dave McKean
Colors: Dave McKean

Reprints

from A Death Gallery (DC, 1994 series) #1 ([January] 1994)
in Morte - Edição Definitiva (Panini Brasil, 2014 series) (agosto de 2014), (agosto de 2014)

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Edit covers

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

Script: Amanda Palmer
Letters: typeset

Reprints

in Morte - Edição Definitiva (Panini Brasil, 2014 series) (agosto de 2014)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Dave McKean
Inks: Dave McKean
Colors: Dave McKean

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Death

Reprints

from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #8 (August 1989)

Sandman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: Mike Dringenberg
Inks: Malcolm Jones III
Colors: Robbie Busch
Letters: Todd Klein
Editing: Karen Berger

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Sandman; Death

Reprints

from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #8 (August 1989)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Dave McKean
Inks: Dave McKean
Colors: Dave McKean

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #20 (October 1990)

Element Girl / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: Colleen Doran
Inks: Malcolm Jones III
Colors: Steve Oliff
Letters: Todd Klein
Editing: Karen Berger

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Element Girl [Urania Blackwell]; Death

Reprints

from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #20 (October 1990)

Death / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Dave McKean
Inks: Dave McKean
Colors: Dave McKean

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

from Death: The High Cost of Living (DC, 1993 series) #1 [Standard Cover] (March 1993)

Death / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: Chris Bachalo
Inks: Mark Buckingham
Colors: Steve Oliff; Olyoptics
Letters: Todd Klein
Editing: Karen Berger; Lisa Aufenanger (assistant editor); Dick Giordano (executive editor); Jenette Kahn (editor-in-chief)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Death; Mad Hettie; Sexton Furnival

Reprints

from Death: The High Cost of Living (DC, 1993 series) #1 (March 1993)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Dave McKean
Inks: Dave McKean
Colors: Dave McKean

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

from Death: The High Cost of Living (DC, 1993 series) #2 (April 1993)

Death / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: Chris Bachalo
Inks: Mark Buckingham
Colors: Steve Oliff; Olyoptics
Letters: Todd Klein
Editing: Karen Berger; Alisa Kwitney (associate editor); Dick Giordano (executive editor); Jenette Kahn (editor-in-chief)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Death; Mad Hettie; Sexton Furnival; Hazel McNamara; Foxglove

Reprints

from Death: The High Cost of Living (DC, 1993 series) #2 (April 1993)

Death / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Dave McKean
Inks: Dave McKean
Colors: Dave McKean

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

from Death: The High Cost of Living (DC, 1993 series) #3 [Uncorrected First Printing] (May 1993)

Death / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: Chris Bachalo
Inks: Mark Buckingham
Colors: Steve Oliff; Olyoptics
Letters: Todd Klein
Editing: Karen Berger; Shelly Bond (assistant editor); Dick Giordano (executive editor); Jenette Kahn (editor-in-chief)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Death; Mad Hettie; Sexton Furnival

Reprints

from Death: The High Cost of Living (DC, 1993 series) #3 (May 1993)

Death / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Dave McKean
Inks: Dave McKean
Colors: Dave McKean

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

from Death: The Time of Your Life (DC, 1996 series) #1 (April 1996)

Death / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: Chris Bachalo
Inks: Mark Buckingham
Colors: Matt Hollingsworth
Letters: Todd Klein
Editing: Karen Berger; Shelly Bond (associate editor); Mike Carlin (executive editor); Jenette Kahn (editor-in-chief)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Death; Hazel McNamara; Foxglove

Reprints

from Death: The Time of Your Life (DC, 1996 series) #1 (April 1996)

Death / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Dave McKean
Inks: Dave McKean
Colors: Dave McKean

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

from Death: The Time of Your Life (DC, 1996 series) #2 (May 1996)

Death / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: Chris Bachalo (1-13); Mark Buckingham (14-24)
Inks: Mark Buckingham (1-13); Mark Pennington (14-24)
Colors: Matt Hollingsworth
Letters: Todd Klein
Editing: Karen Berger; Shelly Bond (associate editor); Mike Carlin (executive editor); Jenette Kahn (editor-in-chief)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Death; Hazel McNamara; Foxglove

Reprints

from Death: The Time of Your Life (DC, 1996 series) #2 (May 1996)

Death / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Dave McKean
Inks: Dave McKean
Colors: Dave McKean

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

from Death: The Time of Your Life (DC, 1996 series) #3 (June 1996)

Death / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: Mark Buckingham
Inks: Mark Pennington
Colors: Matt Hollingsworth
Letters: Todd Klein
Editing: Karen Berger; Shelly Bond (associate editor); Mike Carlin (executive editor); Jenette Kahn (editor-in-chief)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Death; Hazel McNamara; Foxglove

Reprints

from Death: The Time of Your Life (DC, 1996 series) #3 (June 1996)

Death / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: Jeff Jones
Inks: Jeff Jones
Colors: Jon J. Muth
Letters: Jeff Jones
Editing: Karen Berger; Shelly Bond; Jennifer Lee (assistant); Jenette Kahn (editor-in-chief)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Death

Reprints

from Vertigo: Winter's Edge (DC, 1998 series) #2 (January 1999) [color added]
in Death: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2012 series) ([December] 2012)
in Death (DC, 2014 series) ([May] 2014)
in The Sandman (DC, 2022 series) #2 ([June] 2022)

Death / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: Chris Bachalo
Inks: Chris Bachalo
Colors: Robert Ro; Alex Bleyaert
Letters: Todd Klein
Editing: ?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Death; Destruction

Reprints

from 9-11 - The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember (DC, 2002 series) #2 ([April] 2002) [re-composed to 10 pp.]
in Death: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2012 series) ([December] 2012)
in Death (DC, 2014 series) ([May] 2014)

Death / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: P. Craig Russell
Inks: P. Craig Russell
Colors: Lovern Kindzierski
Letters: Todd Klein
Editing: Karen Berger (executive editor); Shelly Bond (group editor); Mariah Huehner (assistant editor)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Death

Reprints

from The Sandman: Endless Nights (DC, 2003 series) ([November] 2003)

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

Script: Neil Gaiman
Letters: typeset

Editing

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
Death
1. Introduction
2. [The Sandman #8]
Sandman
3. The Sound of Her Wings
Sandman
4. [The Sandman #20]
Sandman
5. Facade
Element Girl
6. [Death: The High Cost of Living #1]
Death
7. The Spirit of the Stairway
Death
8. [Death: The High Cost of Living #2]
9. A Night to Remember
Death
10. [Death: The High Cost of Living #3]
Death
11. The High Cost of Living
Death
12. [Death: The Time of Your Life #1]
Death
13. Things You Just Do When You're Bored
Death
14. [Death: The Time of Your Life #2]
Death
15. Imaginary Solutions
Death
16. [Death: The Time of Your Life #3]
Death
17. Death: The Time of Your Life
Death
18. A Winter's Tale
Death
19. The Wheel
Death
20. Death and Venice
Death
21. Afterwords

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