Vertigo Jam Vol 1 1

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"The Castle": A dreaming man is mistaken for a visiting dignitary and is given a tour of Dream's Castle and its inhabitants.

"The Castle"
Vertigo Jam
August, 1993
Publisher	Vertigo
Executive Editor	Karen Berger
Cover Artists	Glenn Fabry
The Castle
Writers	Neil Gaiman
Pencilers	Kevin Nowlan
Inkers	Kevin Nowlan
Colorists	Daniel Vozzo
Letterers	Kevin Nowlan
Editors	Shelly Bond
Tainted Love
Writers	Garth Ennis
Pencilers	Steve Dillon
Inkers	Steve Dillon
Colorists	Tom Ziuko
Talking Turkey
Writers	Jamie Delano
Pencilers	Scot Eaton
Inkers	Mark Pennington
Colorists	Tom Ziuko
Letterers	Clem Robins
Spooks Return Satisfied
Writers	Rachel Pollack
Pencilers	Eric Shanower
Inkers	Eric Shanower
Colorists	Tom Ziuko
The Ghost in the Green
Writers	Nancy A. Collins
Pencilers	Phil Hester
Inkers	Kim DeMulder
Colorists	Tom McCraw
Letterers	Clem Robins
He Who Falls
Writers	Ann Nocenti
Pencilers	Duncan Fegredo
Inkers	Sean Phillips
Colorists	Tom Ziuko
Letterers	Clem Robins
The Vision
Writers	Peter Milligan
Pencilers	Michael Allred
Inkers	Michael Allred
Colorists	Laura Allred
Letterers	Todd Klein

Well, all of you come here, sooner or later. This place is the heart of all your Dreaming, after all.

— Dream

Vertigo Jam #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of August, 1993.

Synopsis for "The Castle"

A dreaming man is mistaken for a visiting dignitary and is given a tour of Dream's Castle and its inhabitants.

Appearing in "The Castle"

Featured Characters:

• Unnamed dreaming man (Single appearance) (Also in a dream sequence)

Supporting Characters:

• Abel
• Cain
• Dream/Sandman (Morpheus)
• Goldie the Gargoyle
• Lucien
• Matthew the Raven
• Merv Pumpkinhead
• Nuala

Other Characters:

• Residents of the Dreaming
  • Boris (Behind the scenes)
  • Giant, Faceless Women With Wolves Riding on Their Shoulders (Single appearance)
  • Tiny (Behind the scenes)
• Eve (Mentioned only)
• Fashion Thing (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• The Dreaming
  • Dream's Castle
    • The Great Hall
      • Throne of the Dreaming (Cameo)
    • Library of Dreams
  • House of Mystery
  • House of Secrets
  • Fiddler's Green (Mentioned only)
• Waking World
• Faerie (Mentioned only)

Items:

• 
  

Concepts:

• Magic
  

Synopsis for "Tainted Love"

John Constantine, living as a bum, tells a story to another vagrant in exchange for some whisky. In it, John tells of his friend Seth, pays a terrible price for the way he treats women.

Appearing in "Tainted Love"

Featured Characters:

• John Constantine (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Annette (Single appearance) (Dies in flashback)
• Coney (Single appearance)
• Kit Ryan (Flashback only)
• Seth (Single appearance) (Dies in flashback)

Antagonists:

• Satanic Triumvirate (Behind the scenes)
  • The Third of the Three (Unnamed) (Flashback only)

Other Characters:

• Barbara (Seth's friend) (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
• Martha (Seth's friend) (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Jesus (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
  • Earth
    • England
      • London (Flashback and main story)
    • France
      • Calais (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Alcohol
• Magical Books
  • "Leviticus Infernal" (Flashback only)
• Silk Cut

Concepts:

• Magic
  

Synopsis for "Talking Turkey"

Buddy Baker is feeling like his life isn't going anywhere, and it isn't helped when he gets told off by a foul-mouthed turkey.

Appearing in "Talking Turkey"

Featured Characters:

• Animal Man (Buddy Baker)

Supporting Characters:

• Unnamed turkey (Single appearance)

Antagonists:

• 
  

Other Characters:

• 
  

Locations:

• New Earth
  • United States of America
    • California
      • San Diego

Items:

• 
  

Concepts:

• The Red (Behind the scenes)
  

Synopsis for "Spooks Return Satisfied"

After Dorothy experiments with a psychic transmitter she ordered from the back of a magazine, two of the Sexually Remaindered Spirits that inhabit the Doom Patrol Headquarters break free and begin creating havoc in nearby Violet Valley.

Appearing in "Spooks Return Satisfied"

Featured Characters:

• Doom Patrol
  • Dorothy Spinner
    • Honey Pie the Imaginary Friend (Single appearance)
  • George and Marion the Bandage People
  • The Head (Niles Caulder)
  • Robotman (Cliff Steele)

Supporting Characters:

• SRS/Sexually Remaindered Spirits (First appearance)
  • Alice Wired-For-Sound (First appearance)
  • Feathered Jonathan (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Gail (Single appearance)
• Janet (Single appearance)
• God (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• New Earth
  • Violet Valley
    • Rainbow Estates

Items:

• Psychic Radionic Transmitter Shield

Concepts:

• 
  
  

Synopsis for "The Ghost in the Green"

While pondering his relationship troubles in The Green, Swamp Thing encounters Greensleeves, an entity who is trapped somewhere between life, death and being an elemental.

Appearing in "The Ghost in the Green"

Featured Characters:

• Greensleeves (Alan Helstrom) (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Also as a spirit)
• The Swamp Thing (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Abby Arcane (Flashback only)
• Parliament of Trees (Flashback only)
• Tefé Holland (Flashback only)

Other Characters:

• The Healing Faith (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
• Lauren (Alan Helstrom's lover) (Single appearance)
• Spirits (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• New Earth
  • United States of America
    • Pennsylvania
      • Paoli
        • Linhart General Hospital
• Spirit World (Behind the scenes)

Items:

• 
  

Concepts:

• The Green
  

Synopsis for "He Who Falls"

Kid Eternity and Dr Pathos explore the Kid's early memories of death and spirituality.

Appearing in "He Who Falls"

Featured Characters:

• Kid Eternity (Kit Freeman) (Flashback and main story)

Antagonists:

• Dr. Pathos

Other Characters:

• Ghouls (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• New Earth
  • United States of America
    • An Asylum

Items:

• 
  

Concepts:

• 
  
  

Synopsis for "The Vision"

Shade, Kathy and Lenny come upon a dying priest, and offer him comfort via Shade's Madness Vest.

Appearing in "The Vision"

Featured Characters:

• Kathy George
• Lenny Shapiro (Single appearance)
• Shade the Changing Man

Supporting Characters:

• Father Williams (Single appearance)

Antagonists:

• 
  

Other Characters:

• God (Mentioned only)
• Kathy George's grandfather (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Kathy George's grandmother (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Nazi Party (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Area of Madness (Cameo)
• Earth-85
• Heaven (Mentioned only)

Items

• M-Vest

Vehicles:

• Bicycle

Notes

• "The Castle" story takes place some time before the events of Sandman (Volume 2) #58.
• "The Castle" is reprinted in:
  • Sandman: The Kindly Ones
  • The Absolute Sandman Vol. 4
  • The Sandman: Deluxe Edition, Book Four
  • The Sandman, Book Four

Trivia

• The Sex Ghosts from the Doom Patrol tv show are inspired by the SRS from the "Spooks Return Satisfied" story.

See Also

• Images from Vertigo Jam Vol 1 1