15. What are the collections, in order, of HELLBLAZER, SANDMAN, PREACHER,THE INVISIBLES, BOOKS OF MAGIC, and TRANSMETROPOLITAN?
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15. What are the collections, in order, of HELLBLAZER, SANDMAN, PREACHER,THE INVISIBLES, BOOKS OF MAGIC, and TRANSMETROPOLITAN?
Hellblazer
1. ORIGINAL SINS -- #1-9, written by Jamie Delano
2. DANGEROUS HABITS -- #41-46, written by Garth Ennis
3. TAINTED LOVE -- #68-71, Hellblazer Special #1, and "Tainted Love"
from Vertigo Jam. By Ennis/Dillon.
4. DAMNATION'S FLAME -- #72-77, by Ennis/Dillon
5. RAKE AT THE GATES OF HELL -- will complete the Ennis/Dillon run,
will probably be out in 2000
6. The Gaiman/McKean story from HELLBLAZER #27 is included in MIDNIGHT
DAYS, due December 1999. See above under Sandman-related material.
There were also black-and-white reprints of HELLBLAZER and SWAMP THING by
Titan Books, a British comics publisher, about ten years ago. They had 11
volumes of SWAMP THING, covering Alan Moore's entire run (starting with
"The Anatomy Lesson"), and 4 volumes of HELLBLAZER, covering #1-14 and
SWAMP THING #76-77, which complete the crossover story where Tefe was
conceived. These were UK releases only and out of print for years, so lots
of luck finding any.
Sandman
1. PRELUDES AND NOCTURNES -- #1-8 (story arc called "More than Rubies")
2. THE DOLL'S HOUSE -- #8-16 (since 1999, new editions of this
collection omit #8, "The Sound of Her Wings")
3. DREAM COUNTRY -- #17-20
4. SEASON OF MISTS -- #21-28
5. A GAME OF YOU -- #32-37
6. FABLES AND REFLECTIONS -- #29-31 and 50 ["Distant Mirrors"], #38-40
["Convergences"], the Sandman Special ["The Song of Orpheus"], and
"Fear of Falling" from the Vertigo Preview
7. BRIEF LIVES -- #41-49
8. WORLDS' END -- #51-56
9. THE KINDLY ONES -- #57-69 and "The Castle" from Vertigo Jam
10. THE WAKE -- #70-75 (contains three pages that were omitted from the
original issue #72; these pages were also printed in THE DREAMING #8)
11. DUST COVERS -- a book containing all the covers from the SANDMAN
series with commentary by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, plus a new
8-page story about what it was like to write SANDMAN
DC is currently bringing out new hardcover editions of these
collections with new, unifying designs by Dave McKean; the paperbacks
will also be reprinted with the new covers, gradually phased in as the
stock of old ones runs out.
Preacher
1. GONE TO TEXAS -- #1-7
2. UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD -- #8-17
3. PROUD AMERICANS -- #18-26
4. ANCIENT HISTORY -- Saint of Killers/Arseface/Good Old Boys
5. DIXIE FRIED -- #27-33 plus "Cassidy: Blood and Whiskey"
6. WAR IN THE SUN -- #34-40 plus the Starr special
7. SALVATION -- #41-50
The Invisibles
1. SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION -- vol. 1 #1-8
2. BLOODY HELL IN AMERICA -- vol. 2 #1-4
3. COUNTING TO NONE -- vol. 2 #5-13 plus "And We're All Police Men" from
Winter's Edge
4. KISSING MISTER QUIMPER -- vol. 2 #14-22, due out Jan. 19, 2000
The Books of Magic
1. THE BOOKS OF MAGIC -- 1991 miniseries by Neil Gaiman
2. BINDINGS -- ongoing series #1-4, by John Ney Rieber
3. SUMMONINGS -- #5-13 plus "The Lot" from Vertigo Rave
4. RECKONINGS -- #14-20
5. TRANSFORMATIONS -- #21-25
6. GIRL IN THE BOX -- #26-32
Transmetropolitan
1. BACK ON THE STREET -- #1-3 (originally Helix, reprinted by Vertigo)
2. LUST FOR LIFE -- #4-12
3. YEAR OF THE BASTARD -- #13-18 and story from Winter's Edge II
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