All titles that eventually transferred over to the Vertigo imprint which is why for many Vertigo was originally thought of as a "Dark Fantasy" imprint as that was part of what originally tied all the titles together, although over time Vertigo would delve into many other genres.
VERTIGO COMICS SERIES
It should also be noted that from 1990 to 1992, DC was publishing an encyclopedia series of it's comics entitled Who's Who in the DC Universe and the fifteenth issue " DC's Realm of Dark Fantasy" (published a year before any Vertigo comic) spotlighted characters from Swamp Thing Shade, the Changing Man Black Orchid Doom Patrol The Sandman Hellblazer The Books of Magic and Kid Eternity. Finally, in January of 1993 (though the comics were cover dated March 1993) the Vertigo imprint launched, with a change in the cover design for the core titles that started it all, and a new publisher was born. So, in 1992, a one-shot premiered with an introduction by Karen Berger entitled Vertigo Preview which was essentially little snippets of thirteen Vertigo titles that would be hitting shelves in the next year. Another important factor (though it took some years for it to fully take effect due to the fact that a lot of the stuff in early years was brought over from the main DC Comics banner) was that the titles were creator-owned and each writer could create their own universe separate from any other continuity or chronology, in a sense containing a creator's vision unto the creator only.
Vertigo was to be something different, it was created in a time when new publishers were popping up constantly and it was to stand out as a line of titles that would draw people in for their stories and pushing the medium forward as opposed to how collectible they were. This was at a time when people were buying multiple versions of an issue, leaving them unopened, and believing that in some years the comics would be worth millions. So it was in the dawn of the 90's that she directed her passion into making a special imprint for DC, her own line of titles that people actually wanted to read. For over a decade she continued her efforts as a DC editor, publishing comics she actually enjoyed reading. The road to Vertigo's creation began in 1981 when Karen Berger edited her first issue for DC Comics, House of Mystery #292.
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