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The Trenchcoat Brigade

The Trenchcoat Brigade" #1, cover art by Glen Farby Publication information Publisher Vertigo Schedule Monthly Format Limited series Publication date March - June 1999 Creative team Writer(s) John Ney Rieber Artist(s) John Ridgway Letterer(s) Elle De Ville Colorist(s) Alex Sinclair Editor(s) Cliff Chiang Stuart Moore The Trenchcoat Brigade is a four issue comic books limited series that was published in 1999 as a part of DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.

The title references an offhand joke used by John Constantine in the earlier Books of Magic to label a loose affiliation of mystics including himself, Phantom Stranger, Doctor Occult, and Mister E who share a preference for trenchcoats as their outdoor wear. (Constantine was knowingly paraphrasing the title of Alfred Lord Tennyson's famous "The Charge of the Light Brigade," about a reckless military event).[1]

Contents [show] 1 Publication history 2 Members 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Publication history They first appeared together in Neil Gaiman's Books of Magic series, in which they attempted to guide Tim Hunter through various realms of Magic in the DC Universe in order to teach him all of Magic's abilities and consequences.

The group would later re-unite in the five issue mini-series The Names Of Magic.

[edit] Members The names listed are those used while the character was associated with the "Trenchcoat Brigade".

First Appearance is the place where the character first appeared as a member of the team. It is not necessarily the first appearance of the character in print, nor the story depicting how the character joined the team.

All information is listed in publication order first, then alphabetical.

Character Real Name First Appearance Notes John Constantine John Constantine The Books of Magic Book 1 (1990) Doctor Occult Richard Occult The Books of Magic Book 1 (1990) Mister E Erik The Books of Magic Book 1 (1990) Phantom Stranger N/A The Books of Magic Book 1 (1990) Rose Psychic Rose Spiritus The Books of Magic Book 3 (1990)

[edit] Notes ^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "The Books of Magic", in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 38-41, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015

[edit] References The Trenchcoat Brigade at the Grand Comic-Book Database The Trenchcoat Brigade at the Comic Book DB The Trenchcoat Brigade at the Comic Book DB