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The Vertigo Encyclopaedia Around the same time Hellblazer #75 and Swamp Thing #140 were hitting stores, Vertigo put out a promotional item called the Vertigo Encyclopaedia. Like other comic-book-esque marketing tools, this pamphlet was fashioned to resemble an actual comic book, in the hope of inspiring interest in Vertigo's titles at the time. Much like the Swamp Thing death certificate, the Vertigo Encylopaedia was more than the usual "buy our comics" promo. Narrated by John Constantine, it offers his personal opinion of Vertigo's character lineup, including Tim Hunter, Swmp Thing and even himself. The conceit is that John is sharing with readers a secret file he came across, the importance of which he compares to that of the Necronomicon. Admittedly, John's dialog sounds...well...off. Plus, hes making way too big a deal over what is basically a brief amount of general information, and there's nothing in the Encyclopaedia that any DC-universe magic user would find as amazing or "different...very different" as John claims it to be. But it's a nice addition to the collection, nonetheless. Click each image below to view a larger version.
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