Best Vertigo Collected Editions! 

I am a simple man. I see a new Near Mint Condition episode I click and like! Awesome list again Omar!

Sandman is friggin literature. You actually turn smarter just by reading it. Hell just by owning it. I like to wear a housecoat, smoke my tobacco pipe and entertain guests while just standing by my sandman omnibuses.

All these videos are giving me...Vertigo!

Great choices Omar, my top 10 are: DMZ Y the Last Man Daytripper The Filth The Invisibles Sandman Lucifer Swamp Thing Animal Man Hellblazer

My favorite Vertigo Titles 10.Preacher 9.Transmetropolitan 8.The Invisibles 7.100 Bullets 6.Joe The Barbarian 5.Fables 4.Y The Last Man 3.Doom Partol 2.Animal Man(Grant Morrison,Jamie Delano & Peter Millgian run in trades) 1.Swamp Thing(Alan Moore,Nancy A Collins) Honorable Mentions John Constantine:Hellblazer(Jamie Delano,Garth Ennis,Warren Ellis,Neil Gaiman,Grant Morrison,Etc) Punk Rock Jesus Sandman/Death/Endless(Neil Gaiman) Sandman Mystery Theatre(Wesley Dodds Sandman) Sweet Tooth Promethea IZombie Sleeper Ex Machina American Vampire Astro City Dark Night:A True Batman Story Lucifer(Mike Carey,etc)

The Unwritten needs to get a mention. Absolutely fantastic series. It definitely needs some love.

Omar, you uncanny bastard! I love and sorely miss the Vertigo days... my list consist basically of most of the British Invasion days from the 80's & 90's i,e. Grant Morrison, Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Peter Milligan, Jamie Delano, Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis. I also love the early-to-mid 2000's series like DMZ, Y The Last Man, Fables etc. Awesome video thanks for that JUICY content!

Awesome video Omar, I recently picked up Punk Rock Jesus Deluxe Edition HC for super cheap.🙌🏼

Daytripper is beyond unreal, one of the best literary works I ever read. The Sandman Omnis are gorgeous books and if you have the resources pick them up. Keep up the Top 10's, always a treat to take a peak into the Uncanny Mind of Omar

Yeah Transmetropolitan is dope series from Warren Ellis. Funny funny series But very thoughtful and engaging with story

Joe the Barbarian really was sentimental. It was very tear jerking towards the end

Awesome! I love these types of videos, love your lists and recommendations!

My List ONLY from what iv'e read Not in any order Y-The Last Man,Ex-Machina,Transmet,Pride of Baghdad,Sweet Tooth,Daytripper,Preacher,Fables,DMZ,American Vampire Awesome Job Omar, Much love from the PNW. Thanks for these videos.

Great list. Excited to see more, they're incredibly tough to make but always surprising picks I wanna check out after. Here's 3 of my favorite Vertigo titles that didn't make the list: Dark Night, Uncle Sam and American Vampire.

Omar Thank you so much for this inspiring video! I love seeing you surrounded by so many books! Your top 10 fantagraphics please :)

I just read daytripper and wow what an amazing heartfelt read. I feel like this is going to be a great book to buy because if you read it every couple years you’ll get something new out of it. It displays how important family, friends, and enjoying life to the fullest is. It’s writing is extremely well done and makes you stop every page and think about life in general. Loved it

You know vertigo is the one company I've wanted to read several books from like preacher and especially swamp thing and sandman but I've never had the chance or ability to get their books. I was lucky and read Y the last man digitally, it was an amazing series. Your lucky to have all the books you do, though I get single issues im sure if I change to a tpb/hc only collector I'd find myself getting a lot more of the things I missed out on. Awesome top 10 as always!!!

My list, mostly in order: 1) Sandman 2) Transmetropolitan 3) Planetary 4) Swamp Thing (Alan Moore) 5) Authority 6) Doom Patrol (Grant Morrison) 7) Watchman (Based on content, not imprint, it was as Vertigo like as any Vertigo title) 8) All Star Superman (I don't care it's neither Vertigo or even Vertigo like) 9) V For Vendetta 10) The Invisibles (Only on the strength of the first half; the less said about the second half and Morrison's "philosophy" the better). 11) Lucifer

Having just read Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing for the first time, I think a lot of the attempts of modern discourse around that run to describe exactly what it is or why it’s good are inadequate. I mean this in the best possible way: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing was 100% completely not what I expected.

I'd have a pretty similar list, especially adding doom patrol in there though. Sandman: brief lives is probably my favorite single volume of graphic novels out there, and as for transmetropolitan....Spider Jerusalem is my probably my favorite character out of vertigo.

I can’t wait to get my Swamp Thing Absolutes this Fall!

So glad you did this video. Absolutely love it. How about a video on vertigo hidden gems?

A great list, Omar! I remember how hooked I was back when Y:The last man was first published. It was the first comic I read every month and couldn't wait for the next issue... As for new top10 recommendations, an interesting one (and very difficult) would be for "best single issues". Top 10 collected editions of old classic comics would be cool, too.

Great list! My personal Vertigo top: 1th Sandman, 2nd Hellblazer, 3rd Preacher. Hi from Italy!

Great list, I'm currently reading through the vertigo line and it's really cemented what I love about comic books!

I gave several volume of a 100 bullets few friends that's never read it they really enjoyed it

Wish i could still get all of Fables in those Deluxe volumes.

Nice video, I enjoyed that.

Another killer list! Y is my personal favorite, but plenty I've yet to read.

Y the last man and the preacher are my absolute favorites from vertigo. The artwork in 100 bullets looks right up my alley so I might pick it up even though I'm not that into crimes.

LONG LIVE VERTIGO!

That thumbnail made me think of that one scene from scarface when Tony's sitting in front of a mountain of coke but instead of that it's books

I still find myself unreasonably upset by the recolouring of Swamp Thing. When I first read that it was going to be "remastered" I feared for the worst, and it still managed to disappoint. I really hope we will get this run in an Omnibus restoring Tatjana Woods fabolous colours someday. Apart from that, great video showing some of the best Vertigo had to offer!

These videos are always helpful to people that are interested in learning about the publisher. Great video Bromar.

Haven’t read Transmetropolitan but I’ve read Planetary (Omnibus) and Orbiter and I really wanna read Trans. Daytripper is definitely one of my favorite books ever. I’ve already preordered the second deluxe edition of Animal Man. Swamp Thing by Alan Moore is my favorite comic run. Lot of great suggestions here, Omar :)

Thank You Omar! Preacher! Yes!!!

When you said Hellblazer was an honorable mention you looked so pained lol great list and great vid as always

Now fables for me was a like a rough start with the first volume because I read it because I heard good things about it. That first volume for me was a little rough so I I dropped the series one day I definitely am going to try to go back and reread the whole entire series

Yeah definitely preacher really Define my face in certain thing. The way I got into the series was I was reading this vertigo trade that had the first issues. I forgot what it was called. And I decided at my local comic book store at the time to check out the series. It blew me away how good the series was for me. I just was in pure shock how the artwork was on point. The story definitely was something we haven't seen before in my opinion. From start to finish I really cared about their journey and trying to find God. And make him answer for what do you thought I really enjoyed the issues where Jesse Custer talk with his dad's best friend during Vietnam. In the stories were so creative I mean they were funny but at the same time it really got you the reality of war from his perspective on things because if you read the Series. If you have not I suggest you read the series because it is crazy. It was crazy how these characters felt so realistic. This has to be in my eye the best series ever to go for me it just took me just someplace the really captivated by the characters even learning about Jesse backstory I broke down and cried. I felt so horrible Jesse Custer That his imaginary friend kind of gone through that and if you read the series you know who I am taking about a certain famous figure. This has to be a 10 out 10 of that type of series. Rest in peace Steve Dillon a Genius

Awesome, Omar! great video. I have them all as well, of course! cheers!

My favourite vertigo title is Preacher-it shows what vertigo can be and second Swamp thing

Good Lord Bro... Nice!👍

Love your picks, I just read all of Y and I'm gonna get into Transmetropolitan soon. I have the complete trades from my LCS.

A list of best Vertigo without Hellblazer.... wow! Hellblazer was always the standard bearer of that imprint.

My favorites from Vertigo are DMZ, Y: The Last Man and Pride of Baghdad.

OMAR- please do videos about the the SMURFS ANTHOLOGY, the SMURFS and FRIENDS and the MERCENARY the definitive edition and better if each series has a separate video. These are nice collector centered books coming out of smaller companies and showcasing them on NMC and OMNIBROS LIVE might help these smaller companies continue these book.

New to all of this and I find myself watching your videos a lot and finding we have very similar taste! Putting 8 of these on my list and I just ordered Y the last man 🎉

Classic books 💯

Love these kind of videos/lists, Omar! I would love to see a list about Absolute editions: best absolutes to get having never read the stories, best values in absolutes, best extras, anything like that would be great. It’s such a great format, but I’m much less familiar with DC books compared to Marvel, so I know I’d benefit from yours/the community’s knowledge. Thanks!

4 me personally Vertigo have best story's. Vertigo not so perfect art..but story's rockin'

I have only 3 more Y the Last man issues to get to have a complete set . Gotta got all the comic shops in the area

Does this mean Absolute Swamp Thing vol 2 will have a DC black label logo? Maybe I should sell my vol. 1 and get the reprint so the logos match...

I hope in a reprint of Transmetropolitan not in absolute format because i dont have the space to put it :|

It would be great if we also have a "best character runs" similar to this series. Best Superman runs/series or best Fantastic 4 runs/series

Definitely preacher I hope in the future gets an old reader new reader

What about a list if you’re trying to be a writer ? Books that demonstrate all parts of the craft

Man, that intro with so many books on the table. lol. Don't hurt your back Omar!

I've got a big soft spot for Death: The High Cost of Living. I first read it when I was in the 7'th grade, and the backup AIDS PSA was where I learned how to use condoms.

I like the Milligan books

5:54 !! JUST look at that artwork man!!!! Risso is one in ten million!

Ha! You did the list! Awesome, man :)

I own Y The Last in all formant that out. I love this Book. It help me when I was feeling really down.

Whoa is that a Swamp Thing omni ? 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

Hi Omar! Great review of your Top 10 Vertigo books. I agree with your inspired choices which I too own and have read on several occasions, however you did miss out "PLANETARY" by Warren Ellis. With regards to SANDMAN, it deserves it's no #1. status. I think it has been released several times in some high quality formats from Deluxe to Library to Omnibus & Absolute edition. My recommendation, which I have mentioned to you before would be the 70 issues series SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE by Matt Wagner, Steven T. Seagle & Guy Davis. These comics were absolute quality! My only concern would be that DC Vertigo have still not released this title in any Deluxe hardcover, Omnibus or Absolute edition. Which I consider to be a grave injustice to these fine stories. Any reason why Omar? It's so frustrating when you hold a title in high regard and yet it never gets given the royal treatment it richly deserves.

I have read a few of these books (namely Lucifer, Sandman, Swamp Thing, Y The Last Man and Animal Man) but only in Digital format 😔. VERTIGO comics are one of the best. Thank you Omar for more Great Suggestions. Would love if you could do one for WildStorm comics as well.

I collected preacher as it came out from the beginning. The info before it came out said it was like a Quentin Tarantino movie so that appealed to me. WHAT. A. RIDE. Lol It was an Mazing journey waiting for each issue all the way to the last issue in which I had tears in my eyes. AMAZING

Loving Preacher almost up to book 5, I'm enjoying reading it a lot more than watching the show... I'm definitely going to pre-order the Absolute Swamp Thing re-print, 2nd volume comes out just after the volume 1 reprint I believe... Enjoyed your thoughts on these books and will definitely check some of these out over time!

To me, Preacher and The Sandman proved that you can stray away from the comics and have it work. Those two are in my Top 5 CB shows ever.

I have V for Vendetta (republished in 2020 as DC Black Label 10 months after Vertigo discontinued), The Losers (under the 10 anniversary imprint called Vertigo X), Deadenders, The American Way: Those Above & Those Below (2017 Vertigo sequel to the 2006 WildStorm series) & Congo Bill (volume 1).

Joe the Barbarian is one of my favorite stories ever. Great to see it getting some love.

Just fyi, there are other imprints that are great too...like "America's Best Comics", "Wildstorm", "Milestone", "Paradox Press".

You brought up Sleeper but that was actually a Wildstorm book...which makes me wonder... Do you have a top 10 for Wildstorm?

But that Swamp Thing recolor though... ugh. I'm sure some people like it, but i can't stand it. I'll stay with my TPBs until they decide to do a proper omnibus

these all sound great im a have to pick these up

NMC, You're bad for my bank account. Thanks, bro. Good vid.

If I had to make a top 10 favorite comics of all time, I could literally fill it with just Vertigo titles. Surprisingly the big daddy of them all, Sandman didn't do anything for me; I'm not ashamed to say it just went over my head. I did enjoy some of the artwork, but that's not enough for it to make my list. Y the Last Man started out really strong, but for me it completely fizzled out at the end; I'm not a person to get overly involved emotionally, so it didn't work from that standpoint either. Still, the imprint is going to be sorely missed... The order my top 10 comes in is really hard to pin down because my favorites swap all the time . But when I look at my favorite Vertigo books, I notice I'm really attracted to anti-heroes and flawed protagonists. My top 10; 1. Hellblazer - the one that started it all. For over 300 issues (that's counting miniseries), John Constantine's adventures had me feverishly turning the page whenever another paperback dropped. for a lot of people the go-to run on the title is usually the Ennis one, but my favorite run on the title would probably be Paul Jenkins/Sean Philips. 2. Fables - the most brilliant premise of a comic, probably ever. Often immitated but never surpassed, the book by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham (plus an all-star line up of talented artists) may have overstayed its welcome somewhat, but should be mandatory reading. 3. Preacher - still one of Ennis' finest hours. I'm not a religious man in the slightest, but the brutality and the black humor make this a favorite. I actually prefer the smaller hardcovers over the absolute editions; the smaller size is a better fit for Dillon's art. Punisher MAX is my favorite comic by Ennis, but this comes a close second. 4. DMZ - one of the biggest surprises ever was this book by Wood and Burchielli. I'm not into poilitics or any type of war story really, but somehow this got to me. A heavily flawed protagonist (Matty Roth), a great setting and a whole range of interesting characters made this one of my most intriguing reads. 5. Scalped - what I said about DMZ could just as well go for Scalped; the setting and the characters are what make this book the great read it is. Might be my favorite in terms of artwork. It's weird how your sympathies for certain characters change; at the end I almost did a 360 on Dash and Red Crow, and the ending is downbeat as hell... 6. American Vampire (Skinner Sweet: 'nuff said. Please finish the series, Scott Snyder) 7. 100 Bullets (come fo the artwork, stay for the story) 8. Transmetropolitan (if I had the guts, I would be Spider for Halloween, but that means shaving my head) 9. Death - the Time of Your Life (the character that transcended Sandman) 10. Swamp Thing by Alan Moore (horror masterpiece, and although I kept the hardcovers the Absolute isn't that bad, really)

I am surprised that you haven't included Ex-Machina by Vaughn!

Like to see all of your favorite picture novels. I even plan to buy the other titles, unfortunately comixology does not ship countries outside US. 😥

I feel left out because iv'e read only 3-4 issues of both 100 bullets and Sandman, never hear a bad thing about them but coudn't get into them with all i got to read.

So many on list I want to check out now. Thanks for the info

One series no one talks about is scalped. It's literally the Wire/BB/Deadwood in comic form.

Almost a perfect list Hated 100 Bullets

I miss the Vertigo imprint. I was there at the beginning and read a ton of Vertigo titles back in the day.

Thank you very much for all these suggestions

I own 8 of the titles you listed, my Vertigo collection has: Absolute Preacher 1-3 and Absolute Transmetropolitian 1-2 a pair of replica Spider's glasses Lucifer Omni vol 1-2 Sandman BL Boxset Morrison's Doom Patrol Omni Morrison's Flex Mentalo Morrison's Animal Man oversized 1-2 Morrison's The Filth HC Morrison's The Invisibles 1-4 Can you tell I'm a Morrison fan? Moore's Swamp Thing 1-6 Punk Rock Jesus Hellblazer 1-19 Plus if we're counting Black Label books since it's kinda the new Vertigo. I have a bunch of the Batman books they've put out. As well as all of the Young Animals Doom Patrol trades.

How is Doom Patrol one of your favorite omnis and it’s not one of your favorite Vertigo collected editions?

Love the swamp thing cover

Hi Omar, thanks for doing this for all your viewers. I know I’m probably going to get slammed for this but, I have a really hard time getting into Vertigo titles. I tried reading Preacher I didn’t like it, I tried reading Swamp thing the original TPB and I enjoyed the first book. Then the 2nd one just got too weird for me, especially when the little aliens guys show up and talk in a language that doesn’t make any sense. I’ve also read Sandman Overture which was amazing, beautiful art work and I could follow it. Then i read the first TPB preludes and nocturnes, again I enjoyed it and understand it. Then I tried the 2nd Volume The dolls house, and it all went wrong from there. Couldn’t follow it, had no idea what was going on and lost interest in it all together. I tried my hardest to struggle on but in the end give up and didn’t finish it.

Joe the barbarian doesn’t get enough love

Hello Omar! I am not a big fan of Vertigo, I am more the kind of regular Marvel, DC, Disney and lots of mangas titles, but I surely read all this titles you have in your collection and I also have all of them in my personal collection because, well, just like you, I am a completist lol. I want to express my personal opinion of what I think about my top 5 Vertigo titles. 1 - Swamp Thing is my first favorite title from Vertigo, I think it is the best. I have all six brazilian TPB signed by John Tottleben. 2 - Fables is my second favorite title and I really love the way things happen in the story. 3 - Hellblazer by Jamie Dellano and Ennis are really great and I love it. But, in general, I like all 300 issues from another writers too. 4 - Promethea is an amazing story and the art is extremely beautiful. I love it. 5 - The League of Extraordinay Gentlemen is very good and I like it. Joe The Barbarian is really a good story, specially in the art of Murphy. The other titles like Preacher, Scalped and 100 Bullets are not my kind of reading. I may like but not like at the same time and I think it is because is too violent in the case of Preacher. Animal Man is not what people say, at least not for me. I read it in 1994 in brazilian issues and about five years ago in brazilian TPB. It is not bad for sure, but it is not great too. The same could be told about Invisibles that start very nice and interesting and suddenly got lost in Morrisson crazies. Doom Patrol I do not know what to say because is completelly nosense, not my kind of stuff. Y The Last Man and Ex Machina is nice, but the end of both stories is very desapointing. Transmetropolitan sucks! I think that the only thong I like from Warren Ellis is the first twelve issues of Authority because everything else that I read from this autor I didi not enjoy. Sorry! I, Zombie sucks! Sandman, well, I never finished it. I tryed to read it 3 times and always quit in the issue 39-40 because I think is extremely boring. I like the first run when Morpheus wake up and the way the story is writen, but after that is too slow. I do not know how to explain, but it is difficult to keep reading until the end. There are other two titles from Vertigo that I really love. Books of Magic and Lucifer. This is just my feelings about the titles presented, please do not be offended.

sadly was never able to get into fables even though I love the concept and the Wolf Among Us game based on it

The reprint of Swamp Thing along with vol 2 has been preordered. Sandman is just amazing still reading but you are correct it hits on so many levels, 100 Bullets Omnibus has been solicited. Such a fan of Brubaker hopefully one day Sleeper omnibus is reprinted. Promethea is another amazing work waiting for Deluxe 3 to make my decision on the series as a whole. You got me into DayTripper that Absolute was worth it.

unknown soldier, was a great series that hasnt been collected beyond trade.....under-rated

Vertigo. RIP. :( Also... Invincibles?! You mean Invisibles, or is there something I've missed?!

Is there any difference between absolutes & omnibus format ? ... I own Y the last man in omnibus format but no idea about the absolutes . I would start preacher , should i go for the absolutes or w8 for the omnibus ?

There's always at least one dislike on all your videos. What's it going to take to get Gem Mint to stop stalking. 😂🤣😂🤣

excellent video, I'll be making sure to check some lf these out

I just noticed a couple of days ago that Risso's art reminds me of Tim Sale's some.

So.. all my favourite graphic novels and comics are vertigo's. I had no clue.

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