When it comes to Vertigo Comics everybody knows Sandman and preacher and Y: The last man but
here are ten series that maybe fell under your radar. WOOF WOOF! Hey guys, it's me,
Marcus AKA the Maddogg and we're back with another video! now the first way to go title I'm going to
recommend is the weight by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy so you've got the absolute Powerhouse that
wrote Batman during the New 52 which yes of course it's still my jam and you've got phenomenal ills
and you've got phenomenal levels and you've got phenomenal illustria and you've got phenomenal
ills and you've got phenomenal illustrations from Sean Murphy who the Batman White Knight and also
Tokyo ghost this was a tennis shoe series that was released between 2013 and 2014 and because
it was just part of one of vertigo's last couple of years I feel like that's the reason that this
doesn't get talks about much anymore but this is a great horror Thriller that centers around
deep sea exploration there's a great mystery element to it and for me I'm more scared of
being underwater than I am in space so this was one of those that just really creeped me out as
well it's a decent enough size and still easily accessible that you can pick this up and just
read it in a few settings and in the build up to this being released I just remember there being a
ton of adverts in pretty much every single DC Book which is the reason why I ended up picking this up
in single issues and for a shorty story it does a great job of capturing this unique claustrophobic
tone and I just found it funny that people sleep on the way next up I'm going to go with Loveless
it was written by Brian azarella the art was also done by a few people over the 24 issues
and let's just get the elephant out the room yes this series was canceled I'm not saying that this
is a list of the greatest vertigo titles that will blow your mind because that would be a completely
different video which you know I'm down to do and this was unfortunately one of those series
that changed gear halfway through and became more about the town of Blackwater than it did about the
main character it doesn't sound like I'm doing a great job of selling this title but trust me it
did a lot of great things in the first 12 issues however if you did enjoy 100 bullets it'd be worth
digging this up because it's a great western theme story that follows the sheriff of a town that's
coming to terms with the Fallout of the Civil War another one I'm gonna go with Jack of fables now
I feel like this is going to be one of the most heard of on this list but I also feel like it's
one of the most overlooked it ran for 50 issues between 2006 and 2000 and 12 and it was written
by Bill Willingham so he isn't like it was just ditched off onto somebody else and he is still
very much connected to the main fables universe so if it isn't you finish the main series I feel
like this is imperative that you read it but the same time you can pretty much just jump into this
on its own there are some things that you'd need to know but admittedly I've had this before I ever
read anything of fables but it follows Jack who was kicked out of the main fables universe as he
goes off on his own adventures and admittedly he was one of those characters that at first I just
love to hate he is flawed and narcissistic and quite unlikable you know kind of like myself but
the series is still worth checking out because of the way that it's told in the supporting
characters and for as much as I enjoy what I have read of fables I feel like Jack of fables takes
itself less seriously and it's more just about telling an enjoyable story it still has that law
in that Heritage but it doesn't feel like it's clogging the main story down with it so yeah I
think this might be a shout if you have already read fables or you're looking for something that
might be an easy way to get into that universe and I am hoping that they do a complete compendium of
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sure yeah I did get a TV show very early on and when this was first released there was a lot of
Buzz about this series we ended with 28 issues in 2012 and since then I don't see it appearing in a
lot of conversations this is another great horror s comic that has amazing art for Mike Allred and
we follow Gwen who's a Gravedigger who looks quite normal on the surface but she needs to
eat at least one brain a month to remain herself it goes deeper than that but there is a great cast
of Side characters that still keep this series feeling fresh all the time it's a decent size
series as well so that you can really sink your teeth into it and if you wanted to zombie story
that's not as dark and depressing as The Walking Dead then maybe this is the one for you next up
I'm gonna go with air another victim of poor sales and if you judge the book by its cover
you're gonna think that this is gonna be something similar to that boot that we viewed a few months
ago called Skyward but this is like the Nicolas Cage National Treasure series mixed with some of
the dimensional quirks of Rick and Morty it ran for 24 issues between 2008 and 2010 and if you
can't gather already the majority of this list is going to be the books that I was picking up when I
was first getting into Comics an air just felt completely under the radar for everybody which
is ironic if you know the plot it's part mystery part Thriller and it kept me guessing throughout
and sure the ending didn't stick The Landing but Wilson had a four-year plan that she never really
got to see through to the end and despite it not getting the conclusion that he wanted in those
first two years there was a really enjoyable story here next up I'm gonna go with northlanders you've
probably heard of DMZ the series that Brian Ward did over at vertigo well I think that Northland
Disney saves as much attention if not more this does have a somewhat cult following but
do also feel like a lot more people would enjoy if they gave this a chance and I know that some
people didn't enjoy this because of the confusing way that the single issues told the story but if
you just read the three thick trade paperbacks then you'll realize how great this series is it
ran for 50 issues between 2008 and 2012 and was unfortunately canceled after that but I think
that's more just due to the fact that it didn't get a lot of publicity and that was also the year
that DMZ Ended as well and I know Brian Wood's got some controversy around him which is something
that's hard to avoid but at the same time it shouldn't really impact your reading experience
and the best part is it split into three orgs and you could just pick up one of them and still get
a great Viking story which unfortunately there just isn't that many of in the comics industry
yes no Thunders isn't the only Viking comic but this was one of those titles that I jumped into
after it already ended and there was just so much energy in there so it's such a shame that
he got canceled and I feel like this deserves more fans number four even though these aren't in any
particular order I'm gonna go with the unwritten no yeah this one isn't completely unheard of but
it is still underrated when we talk about the great video to go series that we've had over
use I feel like this is one of those that should still be in the conversation it ran between 2009
and 2015 and even had a 12 issue follow-up series for the 54 issue main run how do I summarize this
one basically imagine if Harry Potter was based on an actual kid and then there's some kind of
conspiracy that's going on that that kid actually does know magic so kind of like the Amazing Amy
Series in Gone Girl but with magic and that's me barely skimming the surface because this series is
so dense and steeped in law and it just feels like a classic vertigo title occasionally I do hear
this cropping up in conversations but not nearly as much as it should be this could very easily be
a very enjoyable Netflix series and I don't get why this series is so slept on DC abandoned the
deluxe edition so the trade paperbacks are pretty much one of the only ways that you can get this
and I'm just hoping that DC doesn't keep this in the vault for too long number three I'm gonna go
with Unknown Soldier an unknown is probably the correct way to have in that title because this is
a criminally underrated 25 issue series that ran between 2008 and 2011. we follow Moses who is in
Uganda and he's a pacifist that is still getting these voices in his head that is telling him the
best way to kill people who are on the wrong side of this brutal War it goes so much deeper
than that but that's the basic concept and it just deals in Morality In The Human Condition
it won plenty of awards when it was first being released but for some reason people just weren't
picking this up and there have been a few series over the years that are called Unknown Soldier I
can't really speak about the quality of those because I'm only speaking about this Art's run
and it got recommended so heavily for my Fanboy back in the day that that's the reason that I
jumped into this however I'm glad I did because on paper this sounds like a story that I wouldn't
really enjoy but I loved everything that I read every and I really should revisit this series soon
and that's something that DC should probably do as well last few for this video but I'm gonna go
with the losers this one did get a movie that starred Chris Evans and we all hope that this
would bring more attention to the comic series yet we still don't see a lot of people talking
about it and yeah maybe show me British bias here because the 32 issue series that was published
between 2003 and 2006 was written by Andy diggle and illustrated by jock I can't light as a bit
of a product of its time and it isn't the same losers fought during World War II these losers
wait that feels really mean with special branch of the CIA that were betrayed after the mission
now they want revenge but they're also wanted by the CIA because they weren't killed like they were
supposed to be and it becomes this entertaining mass of spy Espionage that I really wish DC would
print an Omnibus for it is all available on DC Universe unlimited so you can read the series
there if you're interested the art was incredible and there was just way more to this series than
the movie Let on so if you haven't checked this out yet I'd recommend doing so and my final
recommendation for this video is gonna be the exterminators in fair warning this series is gross
and I kind of love you we only got 30 issues of the intended 50 but what we still got here was
great is this the highest caliber of Storytelling no am I saying that this is the greatest view to
go series of all time no am I holding on to some kind of sentimental image of the comics that were
around when I was first getting into this hobby yeah probably but that's pretty much everybody
in the comments Community anyway the exterminators follows Henry who's fresh out of jail and yeah he
does become an exterminator like the title would suggest and the partner that he works with is
just the worst but it's also discovered that the insects are mutating which makes the job harder
but they are more grotesque it's Tony Moore who you might know from The Walking Dead and fear
agent and this is one of those series that just made me feel like I constantly needed a shower
it still felt grounded and realistic even if it is going with this mutation angle so it
isn't steeped in fantasy or lore and it was just something that was just very easily accessible
not now though because the trade paperbacks are very out of print there was a ton of potential
with this series they never got chance to fully capitalize on and although this list isn't in
any kind of particular order and there's God knows how many hidden GEMS under the vertigo
Banner that I could probably make this a series in itself this was one of the first vertical titles
that I picked up and I just wish there was more people that I could talk to about it so that's my
list hopefully it's helped somebody discover a new vertigo title but until next time just
make sure that you stay safe and stay mad all you dogs we're roof see you at the next video