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Chronologies

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Vertigo Chronology  by Julian Darius

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first published online on 5 November 2003

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The shading area at the top of the table indicates that Vertigo as an imprint did not yet exist.  Stories for mature readers and stories featuring later Vertigo characters, however, did -- and are thus chronicled below.

 

Cover Date

Sandman

Swamp Thing

DC Universe

Non-DC Universe

 

1987

Jan

 

 

 

 

 

Feb

 

 

 

 

 

Mar

 

 

 

 

 

Apr

 

 

 

 

 

May

 

 

 

 

 

June

 

 

 

 

 

July

 

 

 

 

 

Aug

 

 

 

 

 

Sept

 

Alan Moore leaves Swamp Thing with #64

 

 

 

Oct

 

Rick Veitch begins his run on Swamp Thing with #65

Doom Patrol debuts as a mainstream super-hero title

 

 

Nov

 

 

 

 

 

Dec

 

 

 

 

 

1988

Jan

 

Hellblazer debuts

 

 

 

Feb

 

 

 

 

 

Mar

 

 

 

 

 

Apr

 

 

 

 

 

May

 

 

 

 

 

June

 

 

 

 

 

July

 

 

 

 

 

Aug

 

 

 

 

 

Sept

 

 

Animal Man debuts

 

 

Oct

 

 

 

 

 

Nov

 

Black Orchid (a 3-issue prestige format mini-series written by Neil Gaiman with Dave McKean art) debuts

 

 

 

Dec

 

Swamp Thing #79 features “Waiting for God (Oh!),” offering a revisionist take on Superman

 

 

 

1989

Winter

 

in Swamp Thing #80 Swamp Thing is sent back in time by aliens preparing to invade (in DC’s Invasion! crossover)

Animal Man #5 features the classic “The Coyote Gospel”

 

in order to get its cover dates closer to the month of publication (2 months ahead rather than 4 months), DC begins two months of non-month cover dates

Holiday

 

 

 

 

DC begins its 2-month Invasion! crossover

Jan

The Sandman debuts

 

 

 

 

Feb

 

 

Grant Morrison begins his run on Doom Patrol with #19, giving the title a more mature tone

 

 

Mar

John Constantine appears in The Sandman #3

Swamp Thing #84 features an appearance of Dream (from The Sandman) and turns longtime Swamp Thing character Matt Cable into Matthew the Raven, who becomes a character in The Sandman

 

 

 

Apr

 

 

 

 

 

May

 

 

 

 

 

June

 

Rick Veitch leaves Swamp Thing with #87 after DC censors an appearance of Jesus Christ in #88

 

 

 

July

 

 

 

 

 

Aug

The Sandman #8 features the first appearance of Death

 

 

 

 

Sept

 

Swamp Thing returns with #88 after a hiatus caused by Rick Veitch’s impromptu departure

 

&nbs