Vertigo Sampler #[nn] for Sale - First Appearance of Death - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Vertigo Sampler (DC, 1992 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: 1992
Key date: 1992-00-00
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: 0.00 FREE
Pages: 20

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Death - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	letters: typeset
1	We're Going to Make the Blood Rush to Your Head	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: Karen Berger; pencils: Chris Bachalo; inks: Mark Buckingham
2	Vertigo Promos	promo (ad from the publisher)	4	pencils: Jill Thompson, Richard Case, Steve Dillon, Chris Bachalo, Steve Pugh, Scot Eaton; inks: Stan Woch, Steve Dillon, Chris Bachalo, Steve Pugh, Kim DeMulder
3	Death: The High Cost of Living	comic story	6	script: Neil Gaiman; pencils: Chris Bachalo; inks: Mark Buckingham; letters: Todd Klein	Death First
4	Enigma	comic story	2	script: Peter Milligan; pencils: Duncan Fegredo; inks: Duncan Fegredo	Enigma
5	Sandman Mystery Theatre	comic story	3	script: Matt Wagner; pencils: Guy Davis; inks: Guy Davis; letters: John Costanza	Wesley Dodds, The Sandman

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Series context

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Sources

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