Vertigo Comics from DC Comics September 2013

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Vertigo Comics from DC Comics September 2013
By Hervé St-Louis
June 10, 2013 - 17:14

FAIREST IN ALL THE LAND HC
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM
Art by CHRIS SPROUSE, PHIL NOTO, ADAM HUGHES, RENAE DE LIZ, FIONA MENG and others
Wraparound cover by ADAM HUGHES
On sale NOVEMBER 20 • 160 pg, FC, $22.99 US • MATURE READERS
In the grand tradition of FABLES: 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL, this original FAIREST graphic novel features short stories written by Bill Willingham, as told through the Magic Mirror! Featuring artwork by some the finest artists in comics, you won’t want to miss it!

FAIREST #19
Written by SEAN E. WILLIAMS
Art by STEPHEN SADOWSKI and PHIL JIMENEZ
Cover by ADAM HUGHES
On sale SEPTEMBER 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
In “The Dhole of War,” part 5 of “The Return of the Maharaja,” Charming and Nalayani track down the dhole and confront them, Nalayani’s village faces its ultimate fate, and the master of the dhole reveals himself to our heroes in a shocking turn of events!

FABLES #133
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM
Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM and STEVE LEIALOHA
Cover by guest artist JOHN VAN FLEET
On sale SEPTEMBER 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
As Rose Red tries to pull everyone together, a certain dead man has left his remains on the coroner’s table...

FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND TP
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM
Art by CRAIG HAMILTON, JIM FERN, RAY SNYDER and MARK FARMER
Cover by DANIEL DOS SANTOS
On sale OCTOBER 2 • 152 pg, FC, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS
Bigby Wolf takes center stage in this original graphic novel, embarking on a quest through the American Heartland to find a new location for Fabletown. In his wanderings, Bigby stumbles across a small town named Story City, that, amazingly enough, seems to be populated by werewolves. Who are they and where did they come from? They aren’t Fables, but they sure aren’t normal mundys. They seem to already know and revere Bigby, but at the same time they’ve captured and caged him – but why? Unravelling the many mysteries of Story City may cost Bigby more than his life…

THE UNWRITTEN #53
Written by MIKE CAREY and BILL WILLINGHAM
Art by PETER GROSS and MARK BUCKINGHAM
Cover by YUKO SHIMIZU
On sale SEPTEMBER 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
As “The Unwritten Fables” continues, it looks like the darkest hour, but somehow things continue to get darker. Nothing stands between Mister Dark and the endless, nested worlds of reality and story—except a witch without a conscience, a prince crippled by grief and three schoolchildren who are starting to realize that they’re wearing the wrong faces.

ASTRO CITY #4
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Art by BRENT ANDERSON
Cover by ALEX ROSS
On sale SEPTEMBER 11 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Mattie Sullivan isn’t a super hero or a villain—she uses her telekinetic powers to do special effects for movies and television. But when she’s forcibly “recruited” by a new criminal mastermind, Mattie faces a choice: Will she fight, or will she continue to stay on the sidelines? A look into the lives of super humans who’ve taken different paths, and how they manage.

THE SANDMAN OMNIBUS VOL. 2 HC
Written by NEIL GAIMAN
Art by JILL THOMPSON, MARC HEMPEL, MICHAEL ZULLI and others
Cover by DAVE McKEAN
On sale NOVEMBER 6 • 1,040 pg, FC,
$150.00 US • MATURE READERS
In this second SANDMAN OMNIBUS, Delirium prevails upon the Sandman to help her find their errant brother, Destruction. But their quest will lead to a painful reunion between Morpheus and his son, Orpheus. Then, the Sandman and others are trapped in a mysterious inn while a tempest rages—and all they can do to while away the time is tell the stories of their lives. And when a young woman’s baby is stolen, she turns to The Kindly Ones for vengeance, only to set off a series of events that will lead the Sandman to his ultimate fate, and the baby to find a destiny no one could have foretold.
This massive tome collects THE SANDMAN #38-75, plus stories from VERTIGO JAM #1 and VERTIGO: WINTER’S EDGE #3.

THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS TP NEW EDITION
Written by NEIL GAIMAN
Art by GLENN FABRY, MILO MANARA, MIGUELANXO PRADO, FRANK QUITELY, P. CRAIG RUSSELL, BILL SIENKIEWICZ and BARRON STOREY
Cover by DAVE McKEAN
On sale OCTOBER 16 • 160 pg, FC, $19.99 US • MATURE READERS
The classic short story collection by Neil Gaiman and a host of internationally renowned artists is now available in a new trade paperback at DC’s standard trim size. Alternately haunting, bittersweet, erotic and nightmarish, the seven stories in this book—one for each of the Endless siblings, each illustrated by a different artist—reveal strange secrets and surprising truths about The Endless.

100 BULLETS DELUXE EDITION BOOK FIVE HC
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO
Art by EDUARDO RISSO
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
On sale NOVEMBER 27 • 512 pg, FC, 7.0625” x 10.875”, $59.99 US • MATURE READERS
In the final Deluxe Edition, collecting issues #81-100, more members of The Trust fall, and one family head reaches out to a semi-retired Minuteman for help. And learn the last dark secrets as secrets are revealed about what really caused this war.

LUCIFER BOOK TWO TP
Written by MIKE CAREY
Art by PETER GROSS, JON J MUTH, DEAN ORMSTON and RYAN KELLY
Cover by CHRISTOPHER MOELLER
On sale OCTOBER 9 • 416 pg, FC, $29.99 US • MATURE READERS
In this second new LUCIFER title collecting issues #14-28 and LUCIFER: NIRVANA, the Lightbringer is hard at work on a New Creation complete with a pair of inhabitants for his new Garden of Eden. But as he tries his hand at universe building, back on Earth (and in Hell) schemes and betrayals continue.

100 BULLETS: BROTHER LONO #4
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO
Art by EDUARDO RISSO
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
On sale SEPTEMBER 18 • 32 pg, 4 of 8, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Brother Lono needs to get medieval on some people when dueling drug lords bring their turf war to the front steps of his monastery. God help them all.

COLLIDER #3
Written by SIMON OLIVER
Art by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
Cover by NATHAN FOX
On sale SEPTEMBER 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Vertigo’s strangest new series continues! While FBP Agent Adam Hardy sticks to his mission, inside the “bubbleverse” his partner Jay is carrying out a very different operation, one that will endanger them both and throw the world of Collider on its head!

DJANGO UNCHAINED HC
Based on the screenplay by QUENTIN TARANTINO
Adaptation by REGINALD HUDLIN
Art by R.M. GUERA, JASON LaTOUR, DENYS COWAN and DANIJEL ZEZELJ
Cover by JIM LEE
On sale NOVEMBER 6 • 224 pg, FC, $24.99 US MATURE READERS
The seven-issue comics adaptation of the Oscar-winning movie by Quentin Tarantino is now collected in hardcover! Don’t miss this blood-soaked tale of a bounty-hunting dentist and his partner Django, a recently freed slave, as they search the post-Civil War South for Django’s wife!

TOM STRONG AND THE PLANET OF PERIL #3
Written by PETER HOGAN
Art and cover by CHRIS SPROUSE and KARL STORY
On sale SEPTEMBER 25 • 32 pg, FC, 3 of 6, $2.99 US
New Egypt, a vast tent city full of refugees from the cities, is Val and Tom’s next stop. Will the Gods there be willing to help them find Tom Strange and the elixir they desperately need to save Tesla’s life?

THE UNEXPECTED TP
Written by DAVE GIBBONS, JOSHUA DYSART, JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV, BRIAN WOOD, JOE KUBERT, PAUL POPE, GEOFF JOHNS and others
Art by DAVE GIBBONS, JILL THOMPSON, DAVID LAPHAM, MARK BUCKINGHAM, JOE KUBERT, PHIL JIMENEZ, JOHN McCREA, PAUL POPE, GILBERT HERNANDEZ and others
Cover by RAFAEL GRAMPA
On sale OCTOBER 2 • 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS
These stories from THE UNEXPECTED #1 and GHOSTS #1 spotlight a space heist on a ghost ship, a spirit who wants to play synthesizer in a techno band, a ghost-for-hire haunting agency and much more!

VERTIGO VISIONS: FRANK QUITELY HC
Written by NEIL GAIMAN, GRANT MORRISON, WARREN ELLIS and others
Art and cover by FRANK QUITELY
On sale NOVEMBER 13 • 144 pg, FC, $24.99 US • MATURE READERS
Don’t miss this showcase for the amazing art of Frank Quitely, with stories from FLINCH #12, HEARTTHROBS #2, GANGLAND #1, THE INVISIBLES #1, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS, STRANGE ADVENTURES #1, TRANSMETROPOLITAN #31, WEIRD WAR TALES #3 and THE BIG BOOKS OF CONSPIRACIES, DEATH, FREAKS, HOAXES, LITTLE CRIMINALS, LOSERS, MARTYRS and WEIRDOS.

TRILLIUM #2
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art and cover by JEFF LEMIRE
On sale SEPTEMBER 4 • 32 pg, FC, 2 of 8, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
In the heart of the Amazon jungle, Nika, a scientist from the year 3797, and William, an explorer from 1921, struggle not only to survive but to make sense of the mind-bending events that have pulled them together across space and time. The mysteries continue to pile up as Vertigo’s new sci-fi epic launches into high gear!

THE WAKE #4
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art and cover by SEAN MURPHY
1:25 Variant cover by ANDREW ROBINSON
On sale SEPTEMBER 25 • 32 pg, 4 of 10, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for more information.
Trapped…drowning…dying…could things get worse for Doctor Lee Archer and her team? Yes, they could. Much worse, in fact. Turns out the shocking discovery of the creature was only the beginning. Vertigo’s hit new series continues!