Vertigo Preview 1993 #1 - back issue

Editor Karen Berger explains the reasoning behind grouping thirteen of their titles which "aren't quite like any others in the industry" into a new imprint - Vertigo.

Sandman invades a dream to teach a young man how to cope with his fear of falling.

Comic presents previews of the new Vertigo line of comics in two page segments as well as a brand new stand-alone Sandman story; Although the cover gives this issue as #1, the indicia leaves it unnumbered.

• - Wraparound cover is a pastiche of Vertigo cover artists. The artist for the Enigma portion is uncertain.
• Death: The High Cost of Living - 2 pages of Death: The High Cost of Living #1
• Vertigo: If You Don't Already Know Us, You've Probably Seen Us Around. - Essay on the new Vertigo imprint and a descriptive listing of the titles which will now be included in it. Photo of Karen Berger. Indicia. Inside front cover and first page.
• Enigma - 2 pages of Enigma #1
• Sandman Mystery Theatre - 2 pages of Sandman Mystery Theatre #1
• Mercy - 2 pages of Mercy Prestige Format
• Kid Eternity - 2 pages of Kid Eternity #1
• Sebastian O - 2 pages of Sebastian O #1; Nudity panels
• Black Orchid - 2 pages of Black Orchid #1
• Animal Man - 2 pages of Animal Man #57
• Doom Patrol - 2 pages of Doom Patrol #64
• Hellblazer - 2 pages of Hellblazer #63
• Shade The Changing Man - 2 pages of Shade The Changing Man #33
• Swamp Thing - 2 pages of Swamp Thing #129
• Fear of Falling - This original story did not appear in the ongoing Sandman series.
• We're Handing You a Line - Listing of titles that will be included in the new Vertigo imprint starting in January of 1993. Inside back page.