The Vertigo Mega Trades List

[JTLauder]

VERTIGO TRADES LIST (as of 3/2005)

This is an exhaustive list of Vertigo trades and the issues they contain.
I've tried to get them all, but I'm sure I might have missed something, and new ones should be added. So if anything is wrong, please correct.

Regular series are listed alphabetically. Miscellaneous mini series not directly connected with a regular series are listed at the end. OGNs are generally not included except to identify them separate from the regular trades.

Title header is followed by relevant series information--the different
series and the number of issues they contain. The brief series series info isn't all inclusive, but is meant for reference in deciphering what issues are contained in a trade book. Currently ongoing series list the latest known issue number that is known to actually be released, usually up until May.

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100 BULLETS [ongoing currently at #61]
Vol 1: First Shot, Last Call (#1-5, Winter's Edge III short story)
Vol 2: Split Second Chance (#6-14)
Vol 3: Hang Up on the Hang Low (#15-19)
Vol 4: A Foregone Tomorrow (#20-30)
Vol 5: The Counterfifth Detective (#31-36)
Vol 6: Six Feet Under the Gun (#37-42)
Vol 7: Samurai (#43-49)
Vol 8: The Hard Way (#50-58)

AMERICAN CENTURY [27 issues]
Vol 1: Scars and Stripes (#1-4)
Vol 2: Hollywood Babylon (#5-9)

ANIMAL MAN [89 issues]
Animal Man (#1-9)
Origin of the Species (#10-17, Secret Origins #39)
Deus ex Machina (#18-26)

BLACK ORCHID [3 issue mini-series; Series 2, 22 issues]
Black Orchid Volume 1: Book 1 (#1-3 mini-series collection)

BOOKS OF MAGIC
[Series 1, 4 issue mini. Series 2, 75 issues. Series 3, Names of Magic 4 issue mini. Series 4, ongoing at #11. various Books of Faerie minis.]
Books of Magic (4 issue mini-series)
Vol 1: Bindings (#1-4)
Vol 2: Summonings (#5-13)
Vol 3: Reckonings (#14-20)
Vol 4: Transformations (#21-25)
Vol 5: Girl in the Box (#26-32)
Vol 6: The Burning Girl (#33-41)
Vol 7: Death After Death (#42-50)

Books of Faerie (Books of Faerie #1-3, Arcana Annual #1)
Books of Faerie: Auberons Tale (Books of Faerie: Auberon's Tale #1-3; Books of Magic #57-58, Annual #1)
Names of Magic (#1-5)
Books of Magick: Life During Wartime, Book 1 (#1-5)

DEATH [various mini-series]
Death: The High Cost of Living (#1-3 mini-series, Sandman #46, Hellblazer #62)
Death: The Time of Your Life (#1-3 mini-series + 3 extra pages)
Little Endless Storybook (OGN)
Death: At Death's Door (manga-style OGN)

DOOM PATROL
[Series 1: Started out as My Greatest Adventures in #80; title becomes Doom Patrol at #86 and issue numbers continued in sequence to #124.
Series 2, 87 issues; Series 3, 22 issues.]
Doom Patrol Archives 1 (My Greatest Adventure #80-85; Doom Patrol Series 1, 86-89)
Doom Patrol Archives 2 (Series 1 #90-97)
Vol 1: Crawling from the Wreckage (Series 2 #19-25)
Vol 2: The Painting that Ate Paris (Series 2 #26-34)

DREAMING [60 issues]
Vol 1: Through the Gates of Horn & Ivory (#1-8)
Vol 2: Beyond the Shores of Night (#15-19, 22-25)
Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold (Destiny #1-3)

FABLES [ongoing at #37]
The Last Castle OGN (Prequel story)
Vol 1: Legends in Exile (#1-5)
Vol 2: Animal Farm (#6-10)
Vol 3: Storybook Love (#11-18)
Vol 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers (#19-21, 23-27, Last Castle)
Vol 5: The Mean Seasons (#22, 28-33)

HELLBLAZER [ongoing at #208]
Original Sins (#1-9) [Jamie Delano]
Rare Cuts (#11, 25-26, 35, 56, 84; Excerpts from Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer)
Dangerous Habits (#41-46) [Garth Ennis]
Fear And Loathing (#62-67) [Garth Ennis]
Tainted Love (#68-71, Special 1) [Garth Ennis]
Damnation's Flame (#72-77) [Garth Ennis]
Rake at the Gates of Hell (#78-83) [Garth Ennis]
Son of Man (#129-133) [Garth Ennis]
Haunted (#134-139) [Warren Ellis]
Setting Sun (#140-143) [Warren Ellis]
Hard Time (#146-150)
Good Intentions (#151-156) [Brian Azzarello]
Freezes Over (#157-163) [Brian Azzarello]
Highwater (#164-174) [Brian Azzarello]
Red Sepulchre (#175-180) [Mike Carey]
Constantine: The Hellblazer Collection (The official movie adaptation, #1, 27, 41)
All His Engines OGN

[B]HUMAN TARGET
[Series 1, 4-issue mini. Series 2, ongoing currently at #21.]
Human Target (4 issue mini series collected)
Vol 1: Strike Zones (Regular series #1-5)
Vol 2: Living in Amerika (#6-10)
Final Cut OGN

INVISIBLES
[Series 1, 25 issues. Series 2, 22 issues. Series 3, 12 issues.]
Vol 1: Say You Want a Revolution (Series 1 #1-8)
Vol 2: Apocalipstick (Series 1 #9-16)
Vol 3: Entropy in the U.K. (Series 1 #17-25)
Vol 4: Bloody Hell in America (Series 2 #1-4)
Vol 5: Counting to None (Series 2 #5-13)
Vol 6: Kissing Mr Quimper (Series 2 #14-22)
Vol 7: The Invisible Kingdom (Series 3 #1-12)

THE LOSERS [ongoing at #24]
Ante Up (#1-6)
Double Down (#7-12)
Trifecta (#13-19)

LUCIFER [ongoing at #62]
Vol 1: Devil in the Gateway (#Sandman Presents: Lucifer #1-3, Lucifer #1-4)
Vol 2: Children and Monsters (#5-13)
Vol 3: A Dalliance with the Damned (#14-20)
Vol 4: The Divine Comedy (#21-28 )
Vol 5: Inferno (#29-35)
Vol 6: Mansions of the Silence (#36-41)
Vol 7: Exodus (#42-44,46-49)
Nirvana (OGN)

PREACHER [66 issues]
Vol 1: Gone to Texas (#1-7)
Vol 2: Until the End of the World (#8-17)
Vol 3: Proud Americans (#18-26)
Vol 4: Ancient History (One Shots, and Saint Of Killers Mini)
Vol 5: Dixie Fried (#27-33)
Vol 6: War in the Sun (#34-40)
Vol 7: Salvation (#41-50)
Vol 8: All Hell's A-Coming (#51-58)
Vol 9: Alamo (#59-66)
Dead or Alive (Cover reprints from the entire series)

SANDMAN [Series 2, 75 issues.]
Golden Age Sandman Archives 1 (Adventure Comics 40-57 [1939-1940, pre-Gaiman era])
Vol 1: Preludes and Nocturnes (#1-8)
Vol 2: The Doll's House (#8-16)
Vol 3: Dream Country (#17-20)
Vol 4: Seasons of Mists(#21-28)
Vol 6: A Game of You (#32-37)
Vol 6: Fables and Reflections (#29-31, 38-40, 50, Sandman Special #1, expanded story from Vertigo Preview)
Vol 7: Brief Lives (#41-49)
Vol 8: Worlds' End (#51-56)
Vol 9: The Kindly Ones (#57-69, short story from Vertigo Jam #1)
Vol 10: The Wake (#70-75)

Sandman: Endless Nights (collection of new stories)

The Sandman: Dust Covers -- The Collected Sandman Covers (covers from #1-75)
The Sandman Companion (interviews, commentaries, book analysis)
The Quotable Sandman (Gaiman quotes from the series)
Sandman Presents: The Furies OGN (sequel story following the end of the series)
Sandman Presents: Taller Tales (Collects all of Bill Willingham's stories from the Dreaming: Sandman Presents: Merv Pumpkinhead; Sandman Presents: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dreams...; Dreaming #55; Sandman Presents: The Thessaliad #1-4)

Sandman Mystery Theater:
Vol 1: The Tarantula (#1-4)
Vol 2: The Face and the Brute (#5-12)

Sandman-related Titles
Mythos: The Final Tour (#1-3)
Witchcraft (#1-3)

SHADE, THE CHANGING MAN [70 issues.]
The American Scream (#1-6)

SWAMP THING
Series 1: 24 issues.
Series 2: Saga of the Swamp Thing #1-38; rename Swamp Thing #39-171.
Series 3: 20 issues.
Series 4: currently ongoing at #15.

[Series 1]
Dark Genesis (story from House of Secrets #92, Swamp Thing #1-10)

[Series 2: UK Distribution, B+W]
Vol 1 (Saga #21-24)
Vol 2 (Saga #25-28)
Vol 3 (Saga #29-31)
Vol 4 (Saga #32-36)
Vol 5 (Saga #37-40, Swamp Thing #39-40)
Vol 6 (Saga #42-44, Swamp Thing #41)
Vol 7 (Saga #45, Swamp Thing #46-47)
Vol 8 (Swamp Thing #48-51)
Vol 9 (Swamp Thing #52-55)
Vol 10 (Swamp Thing #56-59)
Vol 11 (Swamp Thing #60-64)

[Series 2: Color, US Distribution]
Vol 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing (Saga #21-27)
Vol 2: Love & Death (Saga #28-34, Annual #2, Swamp Thing intro from House of Secrets #92)
Vol 3: The Curse (Saga #35-42)
Vol 4: A Murder of Crows (Saga #43-45, Swamp Thing #46-50)
Vol 5: Earth to Earth (Swamp Thing #51-56)
Vol 6: Reunion (Swamp Thing #57-64)
Vol 7: Regenesis (Swamp Thing #65-70)

[Series 4]
Vol 1: Bad Seed (#1-6)

TRANSMETROPOLITAN [60 issues.]
Vol 1: Back on the Street (#1-3)
Vol 2: Lust for Life (#4-12)
Vol 3: Year of the Bastard (#13-18, short story from Winter's Edge #2)
Vol 4: The New Scum (#19-24, short story from Winter's Edge III)
Vol 5: Lonely City (#25-30)
Vol 6: Gouge Away (#31-36)
Vol 7: Spider's Thrash (#37-42)
Vol 8: Dirge (#43-48)
Vol 9: The Cure (#49-54)
Vol 10: One More Time (#55-60)

I have It Here (prestige format one-shot)
Filth of the City (prestige format one-shot)

Vol 0: Tales of Human Waste (I Hate It Here; Filth of the City; christmas story from Winter's Edge #2)

Y: THE LAST MAN [ongoing at #33]
Y - Double Feature (#1-2 Special Reprint)
Vol. 1: Unmanned (#1-5)
Vol. 2: Cycles (#6-10)
Vol. 3: One Small Step (#11-17)
Vol. 4: Safeword (#18-23)
Vol. 5: Ring of Truth (#24-31)

MISC VERTIGO TITLES (mini-series collected)
Enigma TB (#1-8)
Filth TB (#1-13)
Gangland TB (#1-4)
Goddess TB (#1-8)
Heavy Liquid TB (#1-5)
House of Secrets: Foundation (#1-5)
Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo TB (#1-5)
Jonny Double TB (#1-4)
Compleat Moonshadow (#1-12; Farewell Moonshadow)
My Faith in Frankie TB (#1-4)
Stardust TB (#1-4)
Nevada TB (#1-6, short story from Winter's Edge 1)
Pride & Joy TB (#1-4)
Proposition Player TB (#1-6)
Seaguy TB (#1-3)
Sebastian O TB (#1-3)
Unknown Soldier TB (#1-4 mini-series)
V for Vendetta TB (#1-10)
Vamps TB (#1-6)
Witching Hour (#1-3)

[Kid Seven]

Thanks. This list is an awesome resource.

[dancj]

Great list!

One small correction though... The Swamp Thing Bad Seed tpb reprints the first issues of the 4th series, not the 3rd

[UniqueFrequency]

wow. AMAZING list. thanks alot!!

[TomGun13]

What about:

Unknown Soldier

[JTLauder]

... The Swamp Thing Bad Seed tpb reprints the first issues of the 4th series, not the 3rd

You're right. I was counting off the series numbers from the available trades and the 3rd series was never collected. I've corrected and added the series info.

I did a little more digging and here are the series (not including OGN or single issue specials) I found for Swamp Thing:

Series 1: Swamp Thing. 24 issues (1972-76)
Series 2: Saga of the Swamp Thing #1-38.
Renamed to Swamp Thing #39-171
(1982-96)
Series 3: Swamp Thing. #1-20 (2000-2001)
Series 4: Swamp Thing. currently ongoing at #15 (2004- )

Misc. series:
Roots of the Swamp Thing. #1-5 mini-series
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing. #1-24.

[JTLauder]

What about:

Unknown SoldierHmmm...didn't run across it on any of the Vertigo lists I initially went through.
Did a little more digging and apparently it had a really big run. I tried to include all this in the list, but apparently I exceed the 10,000 character limit for a message so I'll post the details here.


UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Series 1: First appearing in Star Spangled War Stories #151-204 (1970-1977)
Renamed to The Unknown Soldier #205-268 (1977-1982)
Series 2: #1-12 (1988-1989)
Series 3: #1-4 mini-series. Published under Vertigo logo. (1997)]

Unknown Soldier TB (Collects the 4-issue mini-series).

[TomGun13]

Hmmm...didn't run across it on any of the Vertigo lists I initially went through.
Did a little more digging and apparently it had a really big run. I tried to include all this in the list, but apparently I exceed the 10,000 character limit for a message so I'll post the details here.


UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Series 1: First appearing in Star Spangled War Stories #151-204 (1970-1977)
Renamed to The Unknown Soldier #205-268 (1977-1982)
Series 2: #1-12 (1988-1989)
Series 3: #1-4 mini-series. Published under Vertigo logo. (1997)]

Unknown Soldier TB (Collects the 4-issue mini-series).


No Problem. Keep up the good work!

[LooksBetterDrawn]

Under MISC VERTIGO TITLES, Blood: A Tale (#1-4)

[Spiff]

Excellent list. This deserves to be stickied. The only thing I would add are authors for series where the writing teams change, such as for Swamp Thing.

Again, great list, and thanks for the compilation.

[Headhunter]

Great list!

I think Unknown Soldier is out of print...

[Slyfoot]

VERTIGO TRADES LIST (as of 3/2005)

This is an exhaustive list of Vertigo trades and the issues they contain.


Many thanks for this list. I was hunting around for something exactly like this.

~Sly

[foxfire]

Isn't the Warren Ellis graphic novel Orbiter from Vertigo? Did someone mention it? I just finished reading it and it was pretty good....

[Glaucon]

SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE VOL. 3: THE VAMP comes out in June.

[Rob H]

Thanks for the list. Very useful.

[Kid Seven]

There is also the Vertigo: First Bite trade that just came out. Though I've read most of the stories in it, I picked it up anyways. Just five bucks a pop; seemed a good way to introduce some of comics best work to friends.

[xowainx]

I thought i'd bump this for myself and for others as it's a pretty useful resource.. Perhaps it should be stickied?

[JTLauder]

The updated Vertigo Mega Trades List can be found here:
http://cbd.netfirms.com/vertigo/vertigoTP.html (http://cbd.netfirms.com/vertigo/vertigoTP.html)

Don't know how long I'll keep maintaining the list, but for now, it's updated with trades that will be release in Oct.

[Matches Malone]

There's also an Adventures of the Rifle Brigade TPB.

[JTLauder]

Adventures of the Rifle Brigade has now been added.

[JTLauder]

Here's a bump to alert the list has been updated with known trades to be released up to the end of the year.
I just want to make sure I'm not maintaining this list for nothing and that at least someone's using it.

Vertigo Trades Mega List (http://cbd.netfirms.com/vertigo/vertigoTP.html)

[One3D]

UPP!! this is a useful thread

[riftt]

was morrison on for the whole 89 issues of animal man? And why only 3 trades for the title?

[Rob H]

Great thread. Now that I've stopped buying monthly titles, I can catch up on the Vertigo books.

[dancj]

was morrison on for the whole 89 issues of animal man? And why only 3 trades for the title?

Nope - Morrison did 26 issues plus a story in Secret Origins, which are collected in the 3 trades. The next 6 issues were a fantastic story by Peter Milligan which deserves to be collected too.

It goes downhill after that

[MarkSullivan]

Nope - Morrison did 26 issues plus a story in Secret Origins, which are collected in the 3 trades. The next 6 issues were a fantastic story by Peter Milligan which deserves to be collected too.

It goes downhill after that

Let me step in and defend Delano's run. He took over after the Tom Veitch run that followed Milligan (which was pretty lightweight, but featured cool Steve Dillon art). This was six months before the Vertigo launch, and DC switched the title to Mature Readers so Delano could tie up loose ends and prepare for the switch to Vertigo. His run was wild and over the top, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The Prosser run which followed it until the title ended was truly bad, IMO.

[Eelybot]

Does the repint of History of Violence count as Vertigo? Might be a good one to pick up w/ the movie coming out soon.

[dancj]

Let me step in and defend Delano's run. He took over after the Tom Veitch run that followed Milligan (which was pretty lightweight, but featured cool Steve Dillon art). This was six months before the Vertigo launch, and DC switched the title to Mature Readers so Delano could tie up loose ends and prepare for the switch to Vertigo. His run was wild and over the top, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The Prosser run which followed it until the title ended was truly bad, IMO.

Delano's run had it's moments, particularly in the earlier part of his run, but it got very silly by the end. Even at its best though it wasn't up there with Morrision and Milligan's runs

[stealthwise]

Anyone know where Volume 0 of Transmetropolitan fits in the order of the series? Thanks.

[dancj]

Volume 0 is a series of columns written by Spider Jerusalem which could be written almost anywhere during the run. It really doesn't matter when or if you read this.

[stealthwise]

Is it a good trade? Mediocre? Boring? Just looking to see if I should pick it up along with the rest.

[dancj]

It's okay and very quick. It depends how much you like pin-ups and Spider's columns. If you've got money spare then it's fine, but I wouldn't worry about it too much.

[powerforward]

are there going to be any more sandman myst. theatre trades?

[stealthwise]

Is that it for the Human Target trades? Just the three (and OGN) listed?

[JTLauder]

Is that it for the Human Target trades? Just the three (and OGN) listed?

That's all I see that exists.

[Tadhg]

That's all I see that exists.

And that is all there is, sadly.

Some others:

Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days, collecting Swamp Thing Annual #5, Hellblazer 27, and Sandman Midnight Theatre

Skreemer, collecting the Skreemer mini-series 1-6 by Milligan and Ewins

Deadenders: Stealing the Sun collecint the first four issues of Deadenders plus a short story from Vertigo: Winter's Edge III, Deadenders ran for 18 issues written by Brubaker.

Scene of the Crime, collecting the Scene of the Crime miniseries 1-4 by Brubaker, Lark and Phillips.

Terminal city, collecting the Terminal City miniseries 1-9 by Motter and Lark

When I go home, I'll check my shelves for any others.

[stealthwise]

Good additions. Yes, I"m just posting to bump this thread (which should be stickied) up for reference.

[stealthwise]

I still don't get why this thread hasn't been stickied. Hell, it could be locked and edited constantly, but it's a great resource for anyone who's not familiar with Vertigo.

[DonC]

I still don't get why this thread hasn't been stickied. Hell, it could be locked and edited constantly, but it's a great resource for anyone who's not familiar with Vertigo.


It is a great resource for fans (it certainly answered a Hellblazer question of mine), but it is also information you can find elsewhere.


This is a trade listing site I go to often. (http://tplist.millarworld.net/index.html)

[stealthwise]

Well, they have full FAQ forums for other characters, I don't see why they can't have one sticky thread for all of those damn pesky titles that don't have numbers on the spines of the books.

[JTLauder]

Just in case the link is lost somewhere in this thread, I'll just post the URL to the updated list again. It's just nice to have everything listed on a simple to scan list.

http://cbd.netfirms.com/vertigo/vertigoTP.html

[Socrates1971]

Great list, JT! Many thanks, as I can now see which issues, etc I want to get, without having to rifle through the stack at my local store...:evilsmile

Has been a long hiatus from comics for me, and this will be a valuable asset.

Cheers!

[dupersuper]

Great list! Thanks.

Wouldn't Kill Your Boyfriend, We3, and Mystery Play be Vertigo? Or did I just not see them?

What the heck is up with the Hellblazer TPB's?? They jump around and miss ALOT of issues...

[dancj]

What the heck is up with the Hellblazer TPB's?? They jump around and miss ALOT of issues...

After the Dangerous Habits trade, the powers that be at Vertigo (stupidly) saw fit to cash in on the popularity of Preacher by jumping straight to the Steve Dillon issues. They've never gone back to fix this since

Dan

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

After the Dangerous Habits trade, the powers that be at Vertigo (stupidly) saw fit to cash in on the popularity of Preacher by jumping straight to the Steve Dillon issues. They've never gone back to fix this since

Dan

I just want to know why there's a trade of a Papa Midnight mini-series, and yet they still haven't collected the rest of Delano, all of Ennis or any of Jenkins.

It's like they just want to piss me off.

[dancj]

I just want to know why there's a trade of a Papa Midnight mini-series, and yet they still haven't collected the rest of Delano, all of Ennis or any of Jenkins.

It's like they just want to piss me off.

Others would disagree with me, but in the case of Delano and Jenkins I'd say they weren't collected because they're not that great. The Ennis stuff is stupidity on Vertigo's part.

As for Papa Midnight, that's recent. Mosts comics that come out these days are collected, but for older comics it's less of a given.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

Others would disagree with me, but in the case of Delano and Jenkins I'd say they weren't collected because they're not that great. The Ennis stuff is stupidity on Vertigo's part.

As for Papa Midnight, that's recent. Mosts comics that come out these days are collected, but for older comics it's less of a given.

I like Delano's first trade.

But is the Jenkins stuff really that bad that it doesn't deserve a trade, or wouldn't sell as a trade?

I read the Hellblazer story he had in the first Winters Edge and quite liked it.
I also read issue #120 where John took the reader on a tour of London and that was quite enjoyable.

[MarkSullivan]

I like Delano's first trade.

But is the Jenkins stuff really that bad that it doesn't deserve a trade, or wouldn't sell as a trade?

I read the Hellblazer story he had in the first Winters Edge and quite liked it.
I also read issue #120 where John took the reader on a tour of London and that was quite enjoyable.
I like the Jenkins run pretty well, especially the first two-thirds or so while Sean Phillips was the artist. I'd say it's definitely worth collecting, and has an undeservedly bad reputation. I finally gave up on them being given the TPB treatment, and fortunately they can be had pretty cheaply as back issues. The Delano run, OTOH, is fairly pricey. I've enjoyed the scattered issues I've read, but I don't know how well the run would read as a whole.

[Hellstormer]

Has a Kid Eternity trade come out? I believe I saw it in Previews.

[stealthwise]

Has a Kid Eternity trade come out? I believe I saw it in Previews.

Yeah, about two weeks or so ago. I already picked it up; it's not bad I guess, but I'll probably never read it again. (PM me if you want to work out a trade or a deal.)

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

Yeah, about two weeks or so ago. I already picked it up; it's not bad I guess, but I'll probably never read it again. (PM me if you want to work out a trade or a deal.)

I got about halfway through last week, but just haven't picked it back up since (to be fair though, I have been working and caught up in a book).

It's alright, but far from great.

[dancj]

But is the Jenkins stuff really that bad that it doesn't deserve a trade, or wouldn't sell as a trade?

It's not all that bad. If it was coming out now it would probably be collected, but older stuff doesn't get collected as much as current stuff

[Sophisticated_Gamer]

what exactly is vertigo???

[Hellstormer]

what exactly is vertigo???
A DC own company that has more mature and realistic stories.

[JTLauder]

what exactly is vertigo???

Check out: About Vertigo (http://dccomics.com/about/?action=vertigo) and DC Vertigo site (http://dccomics.com/vertigo/)

[rebelchelle]

Thank you so much for this list. I hope to one day own the majority if not all of the Veritgo titles.

[Ullar]

why can't i find the fables OGn on amazon?

[Ryan K]

why can't i find the fables OGn on amazon?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401203671/sr=8-1/qid=1156530952/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-8236904-3586446?ie=UTF8

:)

[Ullar]

thnx but isn't the lost castle the ogn?

[Tadhg]

thnx but isn't the lost castle the ogn?

No, Last Castle was a "Prestige Format" One-shot, which puts it somewhere inbetween a single issue comic and what is traditionally labeled as an OGN. Amazon almost never has Prestige Format comics listed. It's collected in the March of the Wooden Soldiers TPB.

[Ullar]

ah tnaks for clearing it up.

[Bazooka Tooth]

Is the list updated?

Come to think offit..maybe some guy can you know put stars(*) or somn to kinda like represent it as a MUST READ or a MUST HAVE kinda thing you know.

It's just a suggestion tho. hahaha.

[JTLauder]

I try to keep it updated, though I can't really say for how much longer as my interest in comics has waned quite a bit. But I should still be following Vertigo for a while longer. You can know how recently the list was updated by date near the top of the web page.

You asking for some kind of recommendation indicator on the list itself?

I'm not going to do that because it's too subjective. Such as lots of people like Preacher, and I absolutely hated it. Everyone has different tastes and like different things, and while there are some classic Vertigo titles, there really isn't anything absolutely crucial to read before enjoying another Vertigo title. Besides, I haven't read ALL Vertigo books to even make a personal recommendation as to which ones are definitely better than others.

Sometimes trades are not numbered, or they don't collect all issues or in order. I started the list for myself to sort through the confusion because I kept forgetting which trades contained which issues, such as Hellblazer. I thought others might benefit from such an inclusive list, so I put it on the web. The point of the list is to just list out all the trades in order and what issues they contain so you know what to look for if you want to buy them.

[Bazooka Tooth]

ahhhh point noted. it's all good tho.

[ocn_aeon]

Great List! But I think you did leave out Hellblazer: Stations of the Cross. And some Fables titles as well.

[Kid Quick Foots]

LOL, i was just about to post a message asking if someone could post all the trade titles of sandman and lucifer morningstar(love that name:D ) and here i stumble onto this list already here, thanx dude.

[dark_venom]

there is some trades that i really want but im going to get preacher at the moment.

[1_2_3[Kasady]]

I've considered picking up Hellblazer for quite some time, but I can never seem to fully convince myself it's worth the dough.

[stealthwise]

;5220060']I've considered picking up Hellblazer for quite some time, but I can never seem to fully convince myself it's worth the dough.

Well, some of it is, and some of it isn't.

I.e. Delano's run - from what I've seen, worth it

Ennis's run - except for Son of Man, more than worth it

Ellis - yup

Azzarello - just get Hard Time and stop there

[dancj]

Opinions will vary though. I thought Delano's run was largely mediocre

[Jerkmeister]

Awesome list. Very useful for a big Vertigo fan as myself, especially since I hate having incomplete runs in my trade collection.
So far I've got all of Sandman, The Invisibles, Animal Man, Death and a few other assorted vertigo trades.

[panjisudoyo]

Awesome list. Very useful for a big Vertigo fan as myself, especially since I hate having incomplete runs in my trade collection.
So far I've got all of Sandman, The Invisibles, Animal Man, Death and a few other assorted vertigo trades.

You should add in Fables, 100 Bullets and Y:The Last Man into your collection, mate..They're awesome stuff.
And although it isn't a trade, i also suggest Pride of Baghdad. A masterpiece!!

[Jerkmeister]

I do have Fables in my set as well as Preacher...I don't know which ones to go for first. It's a tough but fun call...

[SMMM]

Dear lord, this needs an update...

[JayC]

What does "OGN" stand for?

Thanks!

[Mr. Palmer]

OGN = Original Graphic Novel

[Immortal]

Might want to add:

Scalped by Jason Aaron

True Faith by Garth Ennis

[Libaax]

Might want to add

Sandman Mystery Theatre vol 3- vol 6
War Stories by Ennis vol 1 - vol 3


I just got a huge softcover of War Stories vol 1 by Garth Ennis.

I was just glad to see a new trade by Ennis :D

[BigBoss]

how many issues does absolute sandman vol 1 hold.

[Iron-boy]

That list is old, you should add the new Fables vol x.x

[kometman]

Does anyone have a list (or a link to a list) of the more recent Hellblazer trades? Since this mega trades list was made in 2005, there has been published a lot of books since then and it's hard to keep track of the chronological order.

Thanks :smile:

[dancj]

Does anyone have a list (or a link to a list) of the more recent Hellblazer trades? Since this mega trades list was made in 2005, there has been published a lot of books since then and it's hard to keep track of the chronological order.

Thanks :smile:
Look here (http://www.graphicnovelarchive.com/archive.cfm?jbViewID=1&jbActionID=1&jbPageID=1&jbSortID=2)

[Name Already Taken]

I scrolled around to find an open thread already for some suggestions, but I guess I'll just post my question here rather than starting a new thread.

What are some good trades to pick up for some newer Vertigo titles that have come out for more recent titles you liked? I don't have anything in mind really. I like vertigo for the fact I can open a title I normally wouldn't read and find myself pleasantly surprised. Currently, I'm all caught up on Fables, Y, Preacher, 100 Bullets, and Scalped, and have also collected bits of Jack of Fables, Northlanders.

Are there any good story arcs for more recent titles you would rec for some series that have come out recently? I'm not real picky about genre, I just like good writing.

Thanks in advance.

[JakeJarmel]

I scrolled around to find an open thread already for some suggestions, but I guess I'll just post my question here rather than starting a new thread.

What are some good trades to pick up for some newer Vertigo titles that have come out for more recent titles you liked? I don't have anything in mind really. I like vertigo for the fact I can open a title I normally wouldn't read and find myself pleasantly surprised. Currently, I'm all caught up on Fables, Y, Preacher, 100 Bullets, and Scalped, and have also collected bits of Jack of Fables, Northlanders.

Are there any good story arcs for more recent titles you would rec for some series that have come out recently? I'm not real picky about genre, I just like good writing.

Thanks in advance.



DMZ

The Unwritten

[Name Already Taken]

DMZ

The Unwritten


Thank you. I picked up DMZ and its first few arcs. I love that book now, and have almost gotten caught up with singles. Great premise and one that bears some very real political mirroring in it's writing for the US, in a provocative fashion. Mattie Roth is kind of like the everyman guy who gets caught up in the bigger scheme of things, and his struggle and documentation of what he deals with is what I'm a sucker for in story.

I picked up the first few issues of Unwritten, and can't say it really floats my boat initially. Neither did Fables, but like all hell if that series didn't grow on me the more I read it down the line.

thanks for the recs.

[JakeJarmel]

No problem.

I think my favorite DMZ volume would be number four. Number seven came out a few weeks ago, but haven't had the chance to read it yet. Scalped vol 5 also just came out.

I liked Fables from the start, but I can see how it has to grow on certain people. The story took a couple of trades to really solidify itself into what it is today.

[Paladin King]

No problem.

I think my favorite DMZ volume would be number four. Number seven came out a few weeks ago, but haven't had the chance to read it yet. Scalped vol 5 also just came out.

I liked Fables from the start, but I can see how it has to grow on certain people. The story took a couple of trades to really solidify itself into what it is today.


Didn't Mark Buckingham also start drawing Fables in vol. 2? I remember thinking that the art had gotten significantly better.

[dancj]

Didn't Mark Buckingham also start drawing Fables in vol. 2? I remember thinking that the art had gotten significantly better.
He did

[sendingsignal]

this list is really awesome, especially for the older stuff - just sent me on a search to find Witchcraft and Mythos - I didn't even KNOW about those.

I see that it's pretty out of date and a lot of people have been offering additions here and asking about newer stuff. I'm going to have a vertigo universe (http://www.tradereadingorder.com/list/vertigo-universe/) listing at my site, but that won't be including the self contained (http://www.tradereadingorder.com/list/self-contained/) books, which will be in a separate section. Hopefully that will help some of you - I'm adding in a lot now, but I'll come back and make another note when it's totally up to date.

[Libaax]

I saw there is a new upcoming Human Target trade called Second Chances but i dont see what it contains. Anyone with content info ?

[AstonishingXMan]

Preacher vol.5 should be updated, it also includes the Cassidy: Good Ol' Days one shot that ties into the storyline.

[Jaibee]

DMZ is one of my favourite vertigo books, AWESOME concept. I still think that volume 1 is the best.

[DirkDickbutt]

I thought I'd ask here rather than start a new thread.

I was wondering if there's any chance of DC re-releasing Hellblazer trades or collecting the series in hardcover format like they have recently with Preacher and Swamp Thing?

[KNuff]

I've just started reading Scalped and it's one of the best stuff I've ever read

[Magnum_Valentino]

I thought I'd ask here rather than start a new thread.

I was wondering if there's any chance of DC re-releasing Hellblazer trades or collecting the series in hardcover format like they have recently with Preacher and Swamp Thing?

Bumping this as it's exactly why I came here, too.

[jdviant]

Hellblazer is being reprinted staring in March

The very first Hellblazer collection is back in a new edition that includes John Constantine's early appearances in SWAMP THING #76-77 along with HELLBLAZER #1-9. This is the first of a series of new HELLBLAZER collections that put all his adventures in reading order, capturing Constantine at his youthful, anarchic best.

[sotc1988]

Good news about the Hellblazer trades.
I think I may have to stop buying the Fables Deluxe Edition. Usually I buy Deluxe Editions because it combines two trades into one book and costs about the same price but in the larger, longer lasting format. With Fables however B. Willingham writes very long storylines and it seems that DC and Vertigo don't want to combine two Fables trades together because it would be too many issues. So they hike up the price of a fifteen dollar trade to thirty dollars. It's just not worth it to me, especially with the paltry four or so pages of sketches they also put in. They should look to the Y the Last Man Deluxe EDitions which give plenty of value for the price.

[jdviant]

As a Preacher/Swamp Thing fan, the Fables/Y deluxe books make me jealous and sad and angry lol

[Enjoypolydor]

The last Y Deluxe comes out in May! 5 more months and I can finaly finish the damn series.

[KidCharlemagne]

cheers for the list mate, should come in handy

[Jlls]

I saw there is a new upcoming Human Target trade called Second Chances but i dont see what it contains. Anyone with content info ?

So this ends up collecting 1-10, but is there any information that there will be other collections of 11+???

[doolbnoom]

Hellblazer is being reprinted staring in March

The very first Hellblazer collection is back in a new edition that includes John Constantine's early appearances in SWAMP THING #76-77 along with HELLBLAZER #1-9. This is the first of a series of new HELLBLAZER collections that put all his adventures in reading order, capturing Constantine at his youthful, anarchic best.

ahh... awesome! finally! i didn't have enough money to get it/ start collecting waaay back when to get it. i believe his title started in '87, same time Sandman started.

[sendingsignal]

1988, I think, but technically it's tendrils stretch back further. As you can see on this list (http://www.tradereadingorder.com/character/hellblazer/), Hellblazer kind of starts in Swamp Thing. I think those issues may be included in the new collections.

Sandman started in 1989. The first trade, Preludes, contains a Constantine appearance.

[doolbnoom]

thanks! as i get farther away in time from that time i tend to forget a few things.

[SJNeal]

I know there's already a recent Lucifer thread going, but I didn't want to derail it since this isn't really related to that posters topic. That said...

I was digging around Amazon and noticed that vols. 6, 8, and 9 appear to be out of print. In addition, the other volumes all say "Only (x) copies left in stock - order soon". Anyone see/hear anything about Vertigo releasing new editions of these? I know many here are clamoring for hardcovers, could they be on the way?

This is one of the few Vertigo series based on DCU characters that I haven't read in its entirety, and was just about to dive into the trades until I saw this. No use in tracking down out of print books if new editions are about to pop up...

[batnbreakfast]

i'm not sure if i should get the new HC:

SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING BOOK 5

Continuing the hardcover collection of master comics writer Alan Moore's award-winning run on SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING with issues #51-56, this volume begins as Swamp Thing returns from his journey to hell, only to learn that his girlfriend Abby is being persecuted for their "unnatural relations." When she skips town for Gotham City, he follows and runs afoul of Batman, Lex Luthor and the Gotham City Police Department.
168pg

or just the plain ol' trade:

SWAMP THING VOL.5: Earth to Earth

Returned from his sojourn to hell, Swamp Thing discovers that his girlfriend Abby is being persecuted for their "unnatural relations". When she skips town for Gotham City, he follows and runs afoul of Batman, Lex Luthor, and the Gotham City P.D.
154pg

Content seems to be the same ( both collect issues 51-56).
Can anyone help me making my decision?

[fever00]

I don't like the way the Swamp Thing hardcovers feel. I'd go with the trades as they are of better quality, and cheaper.

[batnbreakfast]

I don't like the way the Swamp Thing hardcovers feel. I'd go with the trades as they are of better quality, and cheaper.

Thanks. Have no complaints about the 4th Swamp Thing trade myself and lean more towards the cheaper alternative, too.

Would anyone know if there's additional content in the new HC?

[Ramage]

Are the 100 Bullets hardcovers straight reprints or do they publish multiple trades?

[henryfish]

Are the 100 Bullets hardcovers straight reprints or do they publish multiple trades?

The first hardcover collects issues 1 - 19, so it'll be multiple trades. Probably around 5 hardcovers total.

[FunkyLikeAMonkey]

For those who own it, how does the new 100 Bullets HC collection compare to the Y: The Last Man Deluxe Editions? Is it of the same quality?

[Ramage]

Any word on nice hardcovers of the invisibles?

[Red Winter]

I would love to see Vertigo do an Absolute Edition of American Century.

[ShiftyScarecrow]

Any word on nice hardcovers of the invisibles?

Not sure if you follow the hardcover discussions thread but it's coming out in one huge omnibus.LOL

THE INVISIBLES OMNIBUS HC
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artists: Steve Yeowell, Jilll Thompson, Dennis Cramer, Chris Weston, John Ridgway, Steve Parkhouse, Kim DeMulder, Paul Johnson, Phil Jimenez, John Stokes, Tommy Lee Edwards, Dick Giordano, Mark Buckingham, Mark Pennington, Michael Lark, Keith Aiken, Marc Hempel, Ray Kryssing, Philip Bond, Glyn Dillon, Ivan Reis, Warren Pleece, Sean Phillips, Jay Stephens, Frank Quitely, Grant Morrison, and others
Collects: THE INVISIBLES #1-25, THE INVISIBLES VOL. 2 #1-22, THE INVISIBLES VOL. 3 #12-1 and a story from VERTIGO: WINTER’S EDGE #1
$150.00 US, 1,536 pg

[Zen Master]

I have a confusion regarding Lucifer, Preacher and Sandman. Please help...
Currently I am reading Sandman...between the books mentioned above, there is a heaven and hell connection...right? Ok, the first series I read was Lucifer...which I don't remember clearly what happened in the end. I remember Preacher where that gunslinger shot God(:confused:) in the end. My problem area is that I don't get what happens to earth/god/humans.etc after the war. This may be a SPOILER to others, so you can message me incase that happens. :smile:

[noh-varr]

I have a confusion regarding Lucifer, Preacher and Sandman. Please help...
Currently I am reading Sandman...between the books mentioned above, there is a heaven and hell connection...right? Ok, the first series I read was Lucifer...which I don't remember clearly what happened in the end. I remember Preacher where that gunslinger shot God(:confused:) in the end. My problem area is that I don't get what happens to earth/god/humans.etc after the war. This may be a SPOILER to others, so you can message me incase that happens. :smile:

Preacher is its own separate universe and has no connection to any other book, Sandman and Lucifer happen in the same universe with Lucifer happening after Sandman. I hope that helps.

[fever00]

You might want to edit the spoilers out of that.

[Zen Master]

Oh, Man...I'm sorry. I forgot that was a spoiler.