- Enigma (Vertigo)
Infobox comic book title
title = Enigma
imagesize = 250
caption = Cover of the "Enigma" trade paperback
schedule = Monthly
limited = y
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publisher = Vertigo
date = March - October 1993
issues = 8
main_char_team =
writers =Peter Milligan
artists =Duncan Fegredo
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creators =Peter Milligan
TPB = Enigma
ISBN = 1-56389-192-1
subcat = Vertigo
sort = PAGENAME"Enigma" is a
comic book byPeter Milligan , with artwork done byDuncan Fegredo , featuring asuperhero called "The Enigma". It was published as an eight-issuelimited series by Vertigo, an imprint ofDC Comics , in 1993.Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = Enigma | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 66 | publisher =Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015]Characters
*Michael Smith - A compulsive, late-20’s, 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.
*Titus Bird - The writer of the superhero comic book series “The Enigma”.
*The Enigma - A man born with seemingly omnipotent powers who adopts the identity of The Enigma, a comic book superhero. He is an essentially emotionless being and unfamiliar with the concepts of right and wrong.Additional notes
*This story takes place outside of the main
DC Universe .
*This was one of the first mini-series released when DC launched Vertigo, their "suggested for mature readers" line of comics in March 1993 and the first not to be connected to an existing book.
*All eight issues of Enigma have special metallic inks on the cover.
*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 was been collected into a trade paperback, although it is now out of print.
*"Enigma" (208 pages,
DC Comics , August 1995, ISBN 1852866152, DC Comics, December 1993, ISBN 1-56389-192-1)References
Other sources
*gcdb series|id=13414|title="Enigma"
*comicbookdb|type=title|id=1324|title="Enigma"External links
* [http://www.gayleague.com/gay/characters/display.php?id=138 Gay League profile]
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