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Issue: Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1
Publication Date: January 1998
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Issues: #1 of 3 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: suggested for mature readers
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Vertigo; DC ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 11/26/1997
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 76194121118300111
Price: $10.95 CAD
$7.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: suggested for mature readers
Content Items: 12 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Vertigo anthology holiday special
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Winter's Edge

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Subject Matter
Character(s): John Constantine; Tim Hunter; King Mob; Desire; Ragged Robin; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Rain; Abel; Cain; Goldie; Nevada; Bolero; Minx [Anna Schwarz]; Detective Chimp; a faerie
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In Issue: FlagThe Sandman #3 published October 2010
In Content Item: FlagVertigo Visions: Artwork from the Cutting Edge of Comics #[nn] published January 2000
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Vertigo Winter's Edge

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Framing Sequence

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Rain; Ben; Paul; Marcus; Traci; the Curator of Art Gallery of the House of Secrets (introduction)
First Line: Winter in Seattle-- and when Santa says "ho, ho, ho--"
Synopsis: Rain searches for a gift for her friends and runs into a room full of paintings.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Framing sequence for the special. Split into 7 segments, beggining on pages 1-2, and of 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, and 3 pages respectively to introduce the other stories. and page 96 to finish its story.
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The Flowers of Romance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Desire; an unnmaded satyr; Sue; Phil
First Line: For hundreds of years, or longer, the little goat-footed man had lived in the hills on the island.
Synopsis: Desire visits the last of the Satyrs.
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In Issue: FlagThe Sandman #3 published October 2010
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Features Desire of The Endless.
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Mazel Tov, Leo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Tom Jones; The Minx [Anna Schwarz]; Joe Schwarz; Miriam Schwarz; Senator Ben Sharkey (ghost)
First Line: So I'm standing here wondering whether to put this thing on.
Synopsis: Tom Jones comes to term with his life, and The Minx.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Preview story for a series to debut later in 1998, The Minx (DC, 1998 series).
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Spirit of the Season

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Yara Koroff; Alexi; Monty
First Line: The holidays are many things to many people.
Synopsis: Sandman defends a synagogue from hoodlums at Hanukkah.
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Pages: 8
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Deck the Halls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Cain; Abel; Gregory; Goldie (photo); Mervyn Pumpkinhead; Lucien; Eve; Matthew the Raven; The Corinthian
First Line: There. That's how it's done. Simple, elegant...
Synopsis: Cain and Abel celebrate Christmas in their own special way.
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Pages: 10
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Tell Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): John Constantine; Danita Wright; Terell Wright; Fred Wright
First Line: Christmas in Manhattan. It never cease to amaze--
Synopsis: John talks to a ghost in a bar.
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Pages: 12
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Piss on Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Nevada; Benny; Bolero
First Line: The holidays are supposed to be a season of joy and goodwill.
Synopsis: Nevada deals with her Christmas hangups.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Preview story for a series to debut later in 1998, Nevada (DC, 1998 series).
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Thanks for Nothing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Tim Hunter; Erica
First Line: Saint Catherine's couldn't save me either. I checked me out of there faster than Social Services had checked me in.
Synopsis: Tim helps a young girl fight her demons.
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Pages: 8
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And We're All Police Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Gideon Stargrave; Queen Genevieve
First Line: "This isn't a story."
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: For Lou and for Shelly.
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Q&A: Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon

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Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Garth Ennis; Steve Dillon
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Interview with Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon about the comic Preacher.

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