Vertigo Comics returns to DC Comics in a big way in 2026 with nine new DC Vertigo comic book series, and James Tynion IV, Álvaro Martínez Bueno, and Jordie Bellaire’s The Nice House by the Sea second story arc, starting in issue #7.
The news was revealed at DC’s NYCC 2025 panel, “DC Vertigo: We’re Back!”, moderated by DC Executive Editor Chris Conroy.
Vertigo’s return was initially announced by DC Publisher Jim Lee at DC’s 2024’s New York Comic Con panel, reestablishing Vertigo as the imprint synonymous with DC’s creator-owned comic books, graphic novels and collected editions, which were brought under the DC Black Label umbrella in 2020.
The nine new Vertigo titles, creative teams, and plot summaries (from DC Comics) include:
Bleeding Hearts by Deniz Camp, Stipan Morian, and Matt Hollingsworth: A zombie named Poke discovers his heart beating again, threatening his place in a society where death reigns supreme.
End of Life by Kyle Starks, Steve Pugh, and Chris O’Halloran: A top-tier hitman returns to his Midwestern hometown to care for his dying father…and confront his own mortality.
The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery by Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips: A noir detective tale that collides with magic, fascism, and a stolen artifact of unimaginable power.
100 Bullets: The US of Anger by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso: Lono returns to America and reignites chaos, taking the nation’s darkest impulses to their violent extremes.
Black Tower: The Raven Conspiracy by Ram V and Mike Perkins: Wizard spies in the UK navigate a global cold war over sorcery, revealing a hidden world of occult power.
Necretaceous by Tom Taylor and Darick Robertson: Scientists attempt to time-travel to stop a zombie virus, only to land 66 million years in the past, among dinosaurs.
Fanatic by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer: A woman’s obsession with a comic book spirals into a deadly para-social fixation on its creator.
The Crying Doll by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell: A Jekyll-and-Hyde thriller about just how far a young woman would go to protect her best friend, who may (or may not) be a killer.
A Walking Shadow by Simon Spurrier and Aaron Campbell: Eight strangers wake up chained to a boat in the woods. No memory. No escape. No explanation.
The new DC Vertigo slate begins rolling out in February 2026, with The Nice House by the Sea #7 on February 4. Bleeding Hearts #1 on February 11, End of Life #1 on February 18, and The Peril of the Brutal Dark #1 on February 25.
Stay tuned to Conskipper for more release dates and be sure to check out all of the covers in DC’s official blog post about Vertigo’s return to glory.
You can check out the cover of The Nice House by the Sea #7 below.
