Comics from Vertigo

1993-1998

 

I never was one for DC's 'Vertigo' comics imprint. 80% of the titles were pretentious crap and 90% had awful artwork and 'dogshit' quality coloring. But - perhaps in the spirit of nostalgia - recently I got four titles in the 'Vertigo Visions' lineup, all of these one-shots published in the interval from 1993-1998.

 

'Dr. Occult,' aka 'The Ghost Detective,' was first created in 1935 by Siegel and Shuster, and pops up every now and then in some DC titles.

 

'Tomahawk' is a colonial-era frontier drama, featuring Native Americans. Tim Truman had considerable success with illustrating the Joe Lansdale-written 'Jonah Hex' Vertigo titles of the 1990s. 

 

DC's long-running Z-list character 'Phantom Stranger' gets the postmodern treatment in his own Vertigo Visions book. The plot has something to do with the residents of a down-at-heels nursing home. I'm not encouraged..........

 

Probably the best of the four titles is 'Prez: Smells Like Teen Spirit,' from the well-regarded team of Ed Brubaker and Eric Shanower. This comic is another postmodern take, this time on the short-lived, 1973 teen comic 'Prez.' 

 

I'll likely do a post about the Prez title, but as for others, well.....I'll see if they are Worthy. But right now it's a warm early Spring day, and it's a good day to sit on the porch and read some comic books.......