The World of DC always finds a way to expand and craft new and/or stand-alone stories – mostly outside the current DC Continuity, in the specific case of DC Black Label. Presented at first as an imprint for adults featuring alternate versions of familiar DC Comics characters, DC Black Label was founded in 2018, with Batman: Damned, the first title of the imprint. The limited series made more of a splash for a scene with full frontal nudity than for the story.
Before the official end of Vertigo Comics, DC Black Label had clearly been developed to take the place of the famous imprint under which classic titles like Hellblazer, Fables, Preacher, The Sandman, and more have been published. However, Vertigo declined in the 2010s and was officially discontinued in 2020. New and old titles published under the now-defunct imprint were now published as part of DC Black Label.
No surprise here, you’ll find under the Black Label imprint many Batman stories, as well as several stories with Harley Quinn and the Joker, but also some new takes on Superman, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, and more…
All DC Black Label Comics
Batman Related Title Comics
- Batman: Damned
Collects Batman: Damned #1–3. Written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Lee Bermejo - Batman: Last Knight on Earth
Collects Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1–3. Written by Scott Snyder and illustrated by Greg Capullo - Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child
Written by Frank Miller and illustrated by Rafael Grampá. Part of The Dark Knight Universe. - Batman: The Imposter
Collects Batman: The Imposter #1–3. Written by Mattson Tomlin and illustrated and lettered by Andrea Sorrentino - Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham
Collects Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham #1–6. Written by Bill Willingham and illustrated by Brian Level. Part of the Fables Universe. - Batman: Reptilian
Collects Batman: Reptilian #1–6. written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Liam Sharp - Batman: One Dark Knight
Collects Batman: One Dark Knight #1–3. Written and illustrated by Jock - Batman/Catwoman
Collects Batman/Catwoman #1–12 and Batman/Catwoman Special #1. Written by Tom King and illustrated by Clay Mann - Batman & the Joker: The Deadly Duo
Collects Batman & Joker: The Deadly Duo #1-7. Written and illustrated by Marc Silvestri
Harley Quinn/The Joker Related Titles
- Harleen
Collects Harleen #1–3. Written and illustrated by Stjepan Šejić - Joker: Killer Smile
Collects Joker: Killer Smile #1–3 and Batman: The Smile Killer #1.Written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Andrea Sorrentino - Batman: Three Jokers
Collects Batman: Three Jokers #1–3. Written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson - Birds of Prey (One-Shot)
Written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Emanuela Lupacchino and Ray McCarthy - Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey: The Hunt for Harley
Collects Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey #1–4 and a story from Harley Quinn Black + White + Red #12. Written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti and illustrated by Arthur Adams - Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity
Collects Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #1–8 and Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity Secret Files #1. Written by Kami Garcia and illustrated by Mike Mayhew and Mico Suayan
Suicide Squad
- Suicide Squad: Get Joker!
Collects Suicide Squad: Get Joker! #1–3. Written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Alex Maleev - Suicide Squad: Blaze
Collects Suicide Squad: Blaze #1–3. Written by Simon Spurrier and illustrated by Aaron Campbell
Other Parts Of the DC Universe
- The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage
Collects The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #1–4. Written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Denys Cowan - The Other History of the DC Universe
Collects The Other History of the DC Universe #1–5. Written by John Ridley and illustrated by Giuseppe Camuncoli - Strange Adventures
Collects Strange Adventures #1–12. Written by Tom King and illustrated by Mitch Gerads Evan Shaner - Peacemaker: Disturbing the Peace
One-Shot written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Garry Brown - Rogues
Collects Rogues #1–4. Written by Joshua Williamson and illustrated by Leomacs - Catwoman: Lonely City
Collects Catwoman: Lonely City #1-4. Written and illustrated by Cliff Chiang - Swamp Thing: Green Hell
Collects Swamp Thing: Green Hell #1-3. Written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Doug Mahnke - Aquaman: Andromeda
Collects Aquaman: Andromeda. Written by Ram V and illustrated by Christian Ward - Waller Vs. Wildstorm
Collects Waller Vs. Wildstorm #1-4. Written by Spencer Ackerman and Evan Narcisse and illustrated by Eric Battle
Superman
- Superman: Year One
Collects Superman: Year One #1–3. Written by Frank Miller and illustrated by John Romita Jr. - Superman vs. Lobo
Collects Superman vs. Lobo #1-3. Written by Tim Seeley and Sarah Beattie and illustrated by Mirka Andolfo
Wonder Woman
- Wonder Woman: Dead Earth
Collects Wonder Woman: Dead Earth #1–4. Written and illustrated by Daniel Warren Johnson - Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons
Collects Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #1-3. Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, and Nicola Scott
Human Target
- Human Target Vol. 1
Collects Human Target #1–6. Written by Tom King and illustrated by Greg Smallwood - Human Target Vol. 2
Collects Human Target #7–12. Written by Tom King and illustrated by Greg Smallwood - Tales of the Human Target
One-Shot. Written by Tom King and illustrated by Greg Smallwood, Rafael Albuquerque, Kevin Maguire, Mikel Janín
Outside the DC Universe
Following the end of DC’s Vertigo imprint, new and ongoing series parts of the label are now released under the DC Black Label imprint. We are not going to list the reprints here but indicate the continuations of those series. There are also several lines with the Black Label imprint, linked by creative teams, a common universe, or even themes.
The Sandman Universe
The Sandman Universe is a line launched to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman and for Vertigo’s 25th anniversary. First published under the Vertigo line, it continues under the Black Label imprint. Some Hellblazer titles are part of this line. To know more about it:
Other Follow-ups to Vertigo
- Sweet Tooth: The Return
Collects Sweet Tooth: The Return #1–6. Written and illustrated by Jeff Lemire. See our Sweet Tooth Comic Book List for more. - American Vampire 1976
Collects American Vampire 1976 #1–10. Written by Scott Snyder and illustrated by Rafael Albuquerque See our American Vampire reading guide for more. - Fables: The Black Forest (issues #151 to 162)
The publication is ongoing. Takes place before Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham (listed with the Batman-related titles). See our Complete Fables reading order with all the spin-offs..
Hill House Comics
Launched in 2021, Hill House Comics is a Horror line founded and curated by Joe Hill, one of the men behind the excellent comic series Locke & Key.
- Basketful of Heads
Collects Basketful of Heads #1–7. Written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Leomacs and Dave Stewart - The Low, Low, Woods
Collects The Low, Low Woods #1–6. Written by JCarmen Maria Machado and illustrated by Dani - The Dollhouse Family
Collects The Dollhouse Family #1–6. Written by Mike Carey and illustrated by Peter Gross and Vince Locke - Daphne Byrne
Collects Daphne Byrne #1–6. Written by Laura Marks and illustrated by Kelley Jones - Plunge
Collects Plunge #1–6. Written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Jeremy Wilson - Refrigerator Full of Heads
The follow-up to Basketful of Heads. Collects Refrigerator Full of Heads #1–6. Written by Rio Youers and illustrated by Tom Fowler
Murphyverse
Batman: White Knight was the first limited series published in what we called the Murphyverse, before the launch of the Black Label imprint. Its success motivated DC Comics to start an imprint centered around Murphy’s work, and the universe expanded under the Black Label imprint. To dive more into this universe, check out:
Other Black Label titles
- The Last God: Book I of the Fellspyre Chronicles
Collects The Last God #1–12, The Last God: Tales from the Book of Ages #1 and The Last God: Songs of Lost Children #1. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and illustrated by Riccardo Federici - Rorschach
Collects Rorschach #1–12. Written by Tom King and illustrated by Jorge Fornés. Part of the Watchmen Expanded universe. - The Nice House on the Lake Deluxe Edition (HC)
Collects The Nice House on the Lake #1-12. Written by James Tynion IV and illustrated by Alvaro Martinez
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