Death's popularity saw her spun off into two solo miniseries, ' (1993), and ' (1996). Both were written by Gaiman and illustrated by Chris Bachalo, and dealt with Death's encounters with various mortals. "Death: The High Cost of Living" became the first comic released under the newly instigated Vertigo branding in 1993, at which point "The Sandman" also moved from the DC to Vertigo imprint. A third miniseries, "The Girl who Would Be Death" by Caitlín R. Kiernan, was about a girl who purchased an ankh stolen from Death and tried to become her. Death is never actually seen in the series, but she speaks and acts in the third and fourth issues of the four-issue series.