The first comic book published under the "Vertigo" imprint was the first issue of "", a 3-issue series by Neil Gaiman and Chris Bachalo. The second new title was the first issue of "Enigma", an 8-issue limited series initially planned to launch Touchmark, written by Peter Milligan (also author of "Shade, the Changing Man") and drawn by Duncan Fegredo, the artist from Grant Morrison's earlier "Kid Eternity" limited series. The following month saw the debut of "Sandman: Mystery Theatre" by Matt Wagner and Steven T. Seagle, and illustrated primarily by Guy Davis, described as "playing the '30s with a '90s feel... haunting, film noir-ish...," and starring original Sandman Wesley Dodds in a title whose "sensibilities echo crime genre fiction." Joining it was J. M. DeMatteis and Paul Johnson's 64-page one-shot "Mercy."