Sandman is not the only DC Black Label story that became one of several series that audiences fell in love with, other stories also enjoyed great acceptance
Between the years 1994 and 2018 DC Comics delivered us through the Vertigo label great stories and comics that defied expectations. Since 2019 this label is now known as DC Black Label, but its stories continue to amaze millions, now thanks to television series.
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Constantine was the first Vertigo character to reach the cinema, and the Paranormal Detective himself paved the way for DC Black Label on television screens, commanding new series that defy expectations.
Learn about the DC Black Label stories that made the leap from cartoons to series for the small screen, both on television and on digital platforms.
Constantine
The detective of the paranormal created by Alan Moore and Stephen Bissette, debuted in the mythology of Swam Thing, but his charm led him to his own series, Hellblazer, and from there he made the leap first to the cinema, and years later to a tv series loved by fans.
Unfortunately Constantine only had one season, but Matt Ryan continued to play Joh Consnatine in animated films and in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow series.
Sandman
In 1988 Neil Gaiman reformulated a title that founded the Justice Society of America to turn it into a story that ranged from horror to fantasy without forgetting the dreamlike, in one of Vertigo’s first successes.
More than three decades later, Sandman conquered digital platforms to bring the first episodes of the Morpheus story to its Live-Action format.
zombie
Created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred for Vertigo Comics in 2010, iZombie has become one of the most popular series based on graphic novels. The story introduces us to Gwen Dylan, a zombie who, in order to survive, has to ingest brains so as not to lose her memories and intelligence, but each of the brains she eats makes her adapt the personality of the person who ate the brain. her.
This story presented some changes to reach the small screen, in a proposal that presents us with a series of detectives where Olivia Moore, the coroner’s assistant who is Zombie, who thanks to the visions she gets after eating brains help her solve cases. This series is on HBO Max
Lucifer
The Prince of Darkness was one of the characters that Neil Gaiman gave us in the pages of Sandman, but the charisma of the Lord of Hell led him to star in his own comic, to later reach the big screen.
British actor Tom Ellis was commissioned to play the Prince of Darkness, who is a detective in Los Angeles, who manages to use his diabolical nature to enforce his law. This series is now available on the world’s largest digital platform
preacher
Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon led us into a story From the ashes of a small-town church to the bright lights of New York City, and to the wooded wilderness of Louisiana, Jesse and his friends blaze a virtuous path through the spirit. from the United States to find God.
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg produced the adaptation to this Vertigo series that was liked by viewers who favored it with their attention for four seasons, which can be seen on the Amazon Prime Video platform
sweet tooth
Jeff Lemire delivered a 2009 post-apocalyptic fairy tale that follows the unique adventures of Gus, a half-deer, half-human boy and lonely wanderer in a devastated world.
In 2021, the largest platform in the world partnered with DC Comics and Team Downey, the production house of Robert Downey Jr. to adapt this series to its live action format, which will soon premiere its second season
Y: The Last Man
Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra took us in 2002 through the pages of a story where all men have died from a strange virus, with the exception of Yorick, the only survivor of this extermination, who will become the target to protect. or to delete?
The FX network ordered an eight-episode season with the story of Yorick, starring Diane Lane and Ben Schnetzer as Yorick, in a series that airs on the Star+ platform in Mexico and on Hulu in the United States.
You can also read: The history of DC Comics in Mexico
Source: DC Comics
The Sandman comes to DC Black Label in a deluxe edition
One of the most popular and critically acclaimed graphic novels of all time, the award-winning masterpiece The Sandman, written by Neil Gaiman, has set a bar for mature, lyrical fantasy in comics.
SMASH and DC Black Label bring you The Sandman; Deluxe Edition Book 1. This edition collects issues 1-16 of the original The Sandman series along with Sandman Midnight Theatre, authored by Neil Gaiman.
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