{"id":3759,"date":"2010-07-12T06:45:37","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T10:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3759"},"modified":"2010-07-11T21:29:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T01:29:52","slug":"neil-gaimans-death-from-sandman-in-non-vertigo-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/12\/neil-gaimans-death-from-sandman-in-non-vertigo-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Gaiman’s Death (from Sandman) in non-Vertigo Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve probably already heard, but Neil Gaiman’s Death (from Sandman<\/em>) is scheduled to appear in the October issue of Action Comics<\/em>.\u00a0 This isn’t the first time Death has appeared in a superhero comic.\u00a0 Here are two examples where Death appeared outside of the Vertigo <\/em>line.\u00a0 It hasn’t happened very often and it was long ago.<\/p>\n

Probably the most effective use of Death outside of Vertigo <\/em>was her cameo in Legion of Super-Heroes<\/em> #38 in 1992.\u00a0 The story featured the destruction of the planet Earth in the 30th century.\u00a0 After centuries of pollution and damage from alien invasions, the Earth could no longer sustain itself.\u00a0 Many evacuated the planet, but over two billion were left behind when the Earth exploded.\u00a0 While Death wasn’t mentioned by name, she appeared in the art very effectively.\u00a0 The explosion in her left eye is a carry-over from the previous two pages (an enormous two-page splash of the Earth exploding).\u00a0 This story was incredibly powerful, written as prose with a single art panel per page.\u00a0 Seriously, this one will move you to tears.\u00a0 Below you’ll find the one panel she appeared in.<\/p>\n

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES<\/em> #38 (Late December 1992): “Requiem”<\/p>\n