Enigma (Vertigo)

For other uses of Enigma in comics, see Enigma (comics).
Enigma

Cover of the Enigma trade paperback
Publication information
Publisher Vertigo
Schedule Monthly
Format Limited series
Genre
    Publication date March - October 1993
    Number of issues 8
    Creative team
    Writer(s) Peter Milligan
    Artist(s) Duncan Fegredo
    Letterer(s) John Costanza
    Colorist(s) Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh
    Creator(s) Peter Milligan
    Editor(s) Art Young
    Collected editions
    Enigma ISBN 1-56389-192-1

    Enigma is an American comic book series written by Peter Milligan, with artwork by Duncan Fegredo, featuring a superhero named "The Enigma". It was published as an eight-issue limited series by Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics, in 1993.[1]

    Publication history

    Writer Peter Milligan and artist Duncan Fegredo created Enigma for Disney Comics' planned Touchmark imprint. When the Touchmark line was canceled, the project moved to DC's newly launched Vertigo line in 1993.[2] A new edition of Enigma will be released on January 6, 2015.[3] A 2007 review by Comic Book Resources praised the series for the handling of its subject matter.[4]

    Plot

    The story focuses on Michael Smith, a compulsive, late-20s, heterosexual telephone repairman living a highly structured life in Pacific City, California. His father was killed in an earthquake, and he was abandoned by his mother around age nine. Smith meets Titus Bird, a writer of the superhero comic book series The Enigma. The Enigma himself is a man born with seemingly omnipotent powers who adopts the identity of a comic book superhero. He is an essentially emotionless being and unfamiliar with the concepts of right and wrong. One of the minor characters in Enigma, named Envelope Girl, made an appearance in Peter Milligan's run of Animal Man.

    Collected editions

    The series has been collected into a trade paperback.

    References

    1. ↑ Irvine, Alex (2008), "Enigma", in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 66, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015
    2. ↑ Boney, Alex (July 2012). "From Such great Heights: The Birth of Vertigo Comics". Back Issue! (TwoMorrows Publishing) (57): 68–69.
    3. ↑ Adair, Torsten (14 March 2014). "New Titles From DC Comics! Fall 2014! And Spring 2015!". The Beat.
    4. ↑ Burgas, Greg (February 18, 2007). "Comics You Should Own – Enigma". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2013.

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