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Best Vertigo Comics Series

Dangioffre dangioffre 5 Series Jun 6, 2026

The greatest series from DC Vertigo, the imprint that brought mature, literary storytelling to mainstream comics and launched careers of some of the medium greatest writers.

The Sandman (1989)

DC Comics

75 issues

1

The Sandman is the defining Vertigo series, Neil Gaiman's mythological epic about the Lord of Dreams that transformed comics into a literary medium and remains one of the greatest works in the form.

Preacher (1995)

DC Comics

66 issues

2

Preacher published under the Vertigo imprint and exemplifies everything Vertigo stood for: extreme content, big ideas, Irish vampire sidekicks, and absolutely no reverence for anything sacred.

The Saga of Swamp Thing (1982)

DC Comics

45 issues

3

Alan Moore's Swamp Thing is the work that created Vertigo's DNA, transforming a B-list monster comic into literary horror and paving the way for everything that followed.

Transmetropolitan (1997)

DC Comics

60 issues

4

Transmetropolitan is Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson's furious, funny, prophetic Vertigo series about a gonzo journalist in a future city that feels closer every year.

100 Bullets (1999)

DC Comics

100 issues

5

100 Bullets is Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso's Vertigo noir masterwork, offering 100 different people untraceable guns and the opportunity for consequence-free revenge.

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