The Trenchcoat Brigade

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title = The Trenchcoat Brigade


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caption = "The Trenchcoat Brigade" #1, cover art by Glen Farby
schedule = Monthly
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publisher = Vertigo
date = March - June 1999
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writers = John Ney Rieber
artists = John Ridgway
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letterers = Elle De Ville
colorists = Alex Sinclair
editors = Cliff Chiang
Stuart Moore
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subcat = Vertigo
sort = Trenchcoat Brigade, The

"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).Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = The Books of Magic | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 38-41 | publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015]

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".

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.

Notes

References

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