Vertigo offers readers a cheap FIRST TASTE

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Source: DC Comics

Six key issues from DC Comics' Veritgo imprint line of comic books will be collected at a low price in VERTIGO: FIRST TASTE, a 160-page trade paperback set for release in April. Unbelievably, the TPB will retail for just $4.99.

The issues assembled for FIRST TASTE include Alan Moore's legendary first issue writing SWAMP THING where he re-interpreted the character. In many ways this comic was the birthplace of the future Vertigo line of mature titles, paving the way for Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN and Grant Morrison's DOOM PATROL series.

The six books in VERTIGO: FIRST TASTE include:

100 BULLETS #1, written by Brian Azzarello with art by Eduardo Risso.

THE BOOKS OF MAGIC: LIFE DURING WARTIME #1, plotted by Neil Gaiman and Si Spencer and written by Spencer with art by Dean Ormston.

DEATH: THE HIGH COST OF LIVING #1, written by Neil Gaiman with art by Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham.

SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #21, written by Alan Moore with art by Steve Bissette and John Totleben.

TRANSMETROPOLITAN #1, written by Warren Ellis with art by Darick Robertson and Jerome K. Moore.

Y: THE LAST MAN #1, written by Brian K. Vaughan with art by Pia Guerra and José Marzan Jr.

"For those readers who haven't gotten a taste of these incredible titles, your excuses are up!" said Karen Berger, Vice President - Executive Editor, Vertigo. "This is the perfect opportunity to get the first bite of some of Vertigo's definitive and popular series, and experience the first sensation of some powerful and riveting work."


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