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Vertigo: Winter's Edge 1

VERTIGO: WINTER'S EDGE #1

Cover Date: January 1998
Cover Price: $7.95

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Cover Credits:
Art: Brian Bolland (signed)


Framing Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StorySteven T. Seagle
ArtTeddy Kristiansen
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsTeddy Kristiansen
EditingShelly Roeberg

Feature Character(s):

House of Secrets:
Rain
Paul
Marty
Ben
Traci
Curator of Art Gallery of the House of Secrets (first appearance; presents Rain with different works of art; which have the stories in this issue behind them)

Comment(s):

This story is the framing sequence for all the stories in this issue.


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Second Story: "The Flowers of Romance" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryNeil Gaiman
ArtJohn Bolton
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsJohn Bolton
EditingKaren Berger, Shelly Roeberg

Feature Character(s):

Desire

Other Character(s):

An elderly satyr (first appearance; given the gift by Desire to woo one more woman before he dies)
Paul (first appearance; an archaeologist who visits the satyr's island
Sue (first appearance; Paul's girlfriend; wooed by the satyr)

Comment(s):

The painting for this story is called "The Endless Desire".


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Third Story: "Mazel Tov, Leo" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPeter Milligan
ArtSean Phillips
LetteringEllie de Ville
ColorsKevin Somers
EditingKaren Berger, Shelly Roeberg

Feature Character(s):

Anna Schwarz

Supporting Character(s):

Tom Jones (Anna's boyfriend)
Joe Schwarz (Anna's father)
Mrs. Schwarz (Anna's mother)
Blind Senator Ben Sharkey (a ghost)

Comment(s):

The painting for this story is called "The Minx".


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Fourth Story: "Spirit of the Season" (10 Pages)

Credits:

PlotMatt Wagner, Steven T. Seagle
StorySteven T. Seagle
ArtJohn K. Snyder III
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsBjarne Hansen
EditingKaren Berger, Shelly Roeberg

Feature Character(s):

Sandman (in between Sandman Mystery Theatre #28 and #29)

Supporting Character(s):

Dian Belmont (in between Sandman Mystery Theatre #28 and #29)

Villain(s):

Three robbers of a Jewish crypt (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Yani Koroff (first appearance; mourning the loss of her father and husband; not even 20 year old)

Comment(s):

The painting for this story is called "The Mystery Theatre".
Marina Dodds birth and death dates are given as 1888 and 1917.
This story takes place during the Christmas season.


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Fifth Story: "The Dreaming: Deck the Halls" (10 Pages)

Credits:

, Shelly Roeberg
StoryCaitlin R. Kiernan, Peter Hogan
ArtDuncan Fegredo
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsDaniel Vozzo
Color separationsDaniel Vozzo
Assistant editingAlisa Kwitney

Feature Character(s):

House of Secrets
House of Mystery
Cain
Abel

Supporting Character(s):

Gregory the Gargoyle
Mervyn Pumpkinhead

Comment(s):

The painting for this story is called "A Dream of Two Houses" or "Hell's Blazing Remembrance".


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Sixth Story: "Tell Me" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Jenkins
ArtPaul Pope
LetteringClem Robins
ColorsMatt Hollingsworth
Color separationsJamison
EditingAxel Alonso, Shelly Roeberg

Feature Character(s):

John Constantine

Supporting Character(s):

Dani (a friend of John's) and his family (Mom, Dad, cousin Terrell, Uncle Fred)

Other Character(s):

Unnamed young couple (first appearance; in flashback,. He dies of brain cancer)

Comment(s):

Loosely based on Lou Stathis, Vertigo editor who died of brain cancer.


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Seventh Story: "Piss on Earth" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StorySteve Gerber
PencilsPhil Winslade
InksSteve Leialoha
LetteringJohn Workman
ColorsNathan Eyring
Color separationsJamison
Assistant editingJoan Hilty
EditingKaren Berger

Feature Character(s):

Nevada (a Las Vegas showgirl)

Supporting Character(s):

Bolero (Nevada's pet ostritch)

Comment(s):

The painting for this story is called "Nevada".


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Eighth Story: "Thanks for Nothing" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn Ney Rieber
ArtSteve Parkhouse
LetteringSteve Parkhouse
ColorsSherilyn Van Valkenburgh
Color separationsDaniel Vozzo
EditingJulie Rottenberg, Shelly Roeberg

Feature Character(s):

Tim Hunter

Villain(s):

Either an illusion brought on by hypothermia or a Winter Demon

Other Character(s):

Erica (first appearance; homeless girl trying to sell Tim some blotter acid)

Comment(s):

The painting for this story is called "The Magician Tree".


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Ninth Story: "And We're all Police Men" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGrant Morrison
PencilsPhillip Bond
InksGlyn Dillon
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsDaniel Vozzo
Color separationsDaniel Vozzo
EditingShelly Roeberg

Feature Character(s):

King Mob (as Gideon Stargrave; December 31, 1999 in a alternate future)

Supporting Character(s):

Queen Genevive (Gideon's sister; gives birth to a creature that will bring the Apocalypse)

Comment(s):

The painting for this story is called "Invisible Mob".


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