"Endless Nights: Preview": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.
...I know all about change. Shade the Changing Man
Vertigo X: Preview is a one-shot with a cover date of April, 2003. It was published on February 26, 2003.
Synopsis for "Endless Nights: Preview"
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- Kara (First appearance; unnamed)
- Killalla (First appearance)
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- The Threshold (Unnamed)
- Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
- Billions of years ago
- Palace of the Parliament (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Middle Ages
- Europe
- Scandinavia (Unnamed)
- Europe
- Billions of years ago
- Dreaming (Mentioned only)
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Synopsis for "The Originals: Preview"
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- The Originals Universe (First appearance; unnamed)
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Synopsis for "Orbiter: Preview"
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- Orbiter Universe (First appearance; unnamed)
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Synopsis for "Beware the Creeper: Preview"
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- Maddy (First appearance) (Cameo)
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- Judith (First appearance) (Cameo)
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- God (Mentioned only)
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- New Earth (Unnamed)
- 1920s
- France
- Paris
- Eiffel Tower (Cameo)
- Paris
- France
- 1920s
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Synopsis for "Blood and Water: Preview"
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- Adam Heller (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
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- Vampires
- Nikki (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Joshua (Mentioned only)
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- Blood and Water Universe (First appearance; unnamed)
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Synopsis for "Barnum!: Preview"
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- Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
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Synopsis for "Lovecraft: Preview"
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Synopsis for "Shade the Changing Man: One Crazy Girl's Story"
Appearing in "Shade the Changing Man: One Crazy Girl's Story"
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- Cissy Hampton (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Shade the Changing Man (Flashback and main story)
- Empty (Possessed)
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- Kathy George (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Lenny Shapiro (Flashback only) (Cameo)
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- Councilwoman Hampton (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
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- Area of Madness (Unnamed) (Cameo)
- Vertigo Universe (Unnamed) (See Notes)
- 1993
- United States of America (Flashback only)
- 2003
- 1993
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- Madness
Synopsis for "Winter Men: Preview"
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Synopsis for "Vertigo Pop! Bangkok: Preview"
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Synopsis for "Zatanna: Preview"
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- Nimue Ravensong (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
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- Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
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Synopsis for "At Death's Door: Preview"
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- Damned souls
- Endless (Cameo)
- Jill Thompson
- Shelly Bond
- Akira Toriyama (Mentioned only)
- Rumiko Takahashi (Mentioned only)
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Synopsis for "Can't Get No: Preview"
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Synopsis for "Losers: Preview"
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- Losers Universe (First appearance; unnamed)
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Notes
- Except for "Shade the Changing Man: One Crazy Girl's Story", which is the only original story in this issue, all the other stories are continued in Vertigo titles or one-shots:
- "Endless Nights: Preview" is continued in Sandman: Endless Nights;
- "The Originals: Preview" is continued in The Originals;
- "Orbiter: Preview" is continued in Orbiter;
- "Beware the Creeper: Preview" is continued in Beware the Creeper (Volume 2);
- "Blood and Water: Preview" is continued in Blood and Water (Volume 1);
- "Barnum!: Preview" is continued in Barnum!;
- "Lovecraft: Preview" is continued in Lovecraft;
- "Winter Men: Preview" is continued in Winter Men (Volume 1);
- "Vertigo Pop! Bangkok: Preview" is continued in Vertigo Pop!: Bangkok (Volume 1);
- "Zatanna: Preview" is continued in Zatanna: Everyday Magic;
- "At Death's Door: Preview" is continued in Death: At Death's Door #1;
- "Can't Get No: Preview" is continued in Can't Get No;
- "Losers: Preview" is continued in Losers (Volume 1).
- "Shade the Changing Man: One Crazy Girl's Story" takes place in 2003, ten years after Cissy Hampton met Shade, Lenny, and Kathy in 1993 according to her flashback. The girl remembers their original meeting, which implies that this story cannot be set in the altered timeline of Earth-85 from Shade, the Changing Man (Volume 2) #70.
- This suggests that this story is actually set in the Vertigo Universe, where the events of Shade the Changing Man still occurred.
- Shade's next chronological appearance is in Hellblazer #268, which takes place seven years after this story.
- This issue contains several interviews and features:
- Interview with Neil Gaiman by Shelly Bond;
- Interview with Warren Ellis by Will Dennis;
- Interview with Brian K. Vaughan by Steve Bunche;
- An article called "Fashion Beast" by Mariah Huehner with art by Chris Bachalo, Tim Bradstreet, Steve Dillon, Duncan Fegredo, Dave Johnson, and Christopher Moeller. Among the items featured in the article:
- Spider Jerusalem's shades;
- Dizzy's hip-hugger jeans;
- Death's top hat and ankh;
- Shade's Madness Vest;
- John Constantine's enchanted trenchcoat;
- Lucifer Morningstar's tux;
- An interview with the 100 Bullets team of Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, by Will Dennis;
- Interviews with Howard Chaykin and Steven T. Seagle, by Shelly Bond;
- An interview with Dave McKean by Shelly Bond;
- An interview with Shelly Bond;
- An interview with Peter Milligan by Shelly Bond featuring art by Javier Pulido;
- "A Horrorscope of Things to Come by Three Witches" by Mariah Huehner, with art by Mike Kaluta;
- Bios of some of Vertigo's stable of artists. It also features a collective panel with all the main Vertigo characters, including:
- John Constantine;
- Tim Hunter;
- Swamp Thing;
- Lucifer Morningstar;
- Shade the Changing Man;
- Sandman (Wesley Dodds);
- Animal Man (Buddy Baker);
- Zatanna;
- Phantom Stranger;
- Black Orchid;
- Dream (Morpheus);
- Dream (Daniel Hall);
- Death;
- Delirium;
- Kid Eternity;
- Molly O'Reilly;
- Abby Arcane;
- Corinthian;
- Merv Pumpkinhead;
- Bandage People;
- Dizzy Cordova;
- Spider Jerusalem.
- An interview with Mike Carey by Shelly Bond, with art by Jock;
- "What's the Story," which recaps the situations of the main Vertigo series at the time of this issue's publication date;
- An Interview with Bill Willingham by Shelly Bond with art by James Jean;
- A "partial transcript" of a Vertigo Editorial meeting, with Karen Berger, Shelly Bond, and Will Dennis;
- An interview with Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon by Zachary Rau;
- An interview with Grant Morrison, by Shelly Bond;
- "The Yearbook from Hell," which features childhood or teenage photos of the major Vertigo authors.
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