Long long ago, DC decided to target a different market: adult comic book readers who wanted something a bit more…sophisticated and mature. The result was Vertigo, which turned into one of the most successful ventures they’d ever tried. Fables and the Sandman universe came from this line, among other things.
Now in 2026 Vertigo is back, with a completely brand new line of titles! This is by necessity. Bill Willingham will never work with them again and they have to pretend Neil Gaiman never happened. Fortunately they’ve roped in talent like James Tynion IV, Deniz Camp, Kyle Starks and Steve Pugh, among others, to come up with new worlds. Each #1 issue (except the first one, which is actually issue #7) will debut one week at at time throughout the month of February.
Tynion’s book, The Nice House By The Sea, continues as a Vertigo title. “The residents of the House on the Lake and the House by the Sea were both told the same thing: that they were the only humans who survived a global apocalypse,” reads the DC synopsis. “But while Walter, the mysterious and seemingly all‑powerful alien master of the Lake House, chose to save the people he’d grown fond of, the Sea House was assembled by another of his species, Max, and she chose the most brilliant and competitive humans. They’ve just learned their only path to survival is to kill every one of the loveable losers in the Lake House…and they know exactly how do it. And what’s worse? Someone in the Lake House has agreed to help them…” This is the first Vertigo book, due out February 4.
One week later comes Bleeding Hearts #1, a wacky tale about the zombie apocalypse — from the perspective of the zombies. The dilemma of the main protagonist is that he may be turning BACK into a human (oh no!) The story comes from Deniz Camp with art by Stipan Morian, and it will be released February 11.
The next title is the comedic End Of Life #1, about a manchild hitman who crossed the wrong target and now needs a place to hide. He picks the one place everyone figures he’d never go, his childhood home town — and home of his estranged and angry father. Complications ensue! It’s by Starks and Pugh, and it begins February 18.
Final;y there’s The Peril of the Brutal Dark #1, half noir and half fantasy — a private investigator in the 1940s finds himself up against a cabal with weapons that give them the powers of the gods. This gumshoe might be out of his depth. The story’s from Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips and it starts February 25.
Check out the new DC Vertigo line all throughout the month of February, and look out for more.
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