It always ends. That's what gives it value. 
- — Death
Death: The High Cost of Living #3 is an issue of the series Death: The High Cost of Living (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1993.
Synopsis for "The High Cost of Living"
Mad Hettie releases Death and Sexton from the locked room. Death buys a new Anhk from a street vendor with her last ten dollars. She gives two pennies and a Russian doll to Sexton. Death dies. The blind old man demands the two pennies from Sexton and places them on Death's eyes then leaves. Mad Hettie retrieves the Russian doll Sexton had left with a neighbor and removes her heart from inside.
Appearing in "The High Cost of Living"
Featured Characters:
- Death/"Didi" (Also as an illusion)
- Sexton Furnival (Flashback and main story) (Narrator)
Supporting Characters:
- Amelia Robbins
- Mad Hettie
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Billy Ling
- Sylvia Furnival
- Theo (Dies)
- Despair (Mentioned only)
- Foxglove (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Hazel McNamara (Mentioned only)
- Lenny Robbins (Mentioned only)
- Slim and Wandsworth the Goldfishes (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Sunless Lands
- Vertigo Universe
- United States of America
- New York City
- Central Park
- Sexton Furnival's Apartment
- Broadway (Mentioned only)
- New York City
- United States of America
- Heaven (Mentioned only)
- Hell (Mentioned only)
- Nirvana (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Mad Hettie's Heart (Single appearance)
Concepts:
- Magic
- Reincarnation (Mentioned only)
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in:
- Death's story continues in Death: The Time of Your Life (Volume 1).
See Also