{"id":2530,"date":"2026-03-06T14:42:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:42:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:42:47","slug":"kray-z-comics-and-stories-697-vertigo-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/?p=2530","title":{"rendered":"Kray Z Comics and Stories 697: Vertigo Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After being put out to pasture back in 2020, but it has been brought back starting this year! Cory!! and Joe go into the history of where Vertigo came from, how shops in the 90\u2019s dealt with it, the successes why it went away and a review of the first comic in its revival!&nbsp; They also discuss:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cory talks about the DC implosion caused by a snowstorm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cory goes over the history of Superman publishing after Crisis on Infinite Earths<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How Alan Moore\u2019s Swamp Thing was the first comic that started the march onward Vertigo.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What the hell was Pirana Press<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How Vertigo opened the door for comics in bookstores<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joe not liking the hard line between Vertigo and DC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retro Review: The Monkees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of this, the usual shenanigans, and much, much more!!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4430\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2530-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/kray_z_comics_and_stories\/www.krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/audio\/KrayZPodcast697.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/kray_z_comics_and_stories\/www.krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/audio\/KrayZPodcast697.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/kray_z_comics_and_stories\/www.krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/audio\/KrayZPodcast697.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/kray_z_comics_and_stories\/www.krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/audio\/KrayZPodcast697.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2530-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/kray_z_comics_and_stories\/www.krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/audio\/KrayZPodcast697.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"KrayZPodcast697.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being put out to pasture back in 2020, but it has been brought back starting this year! Cory!! and Joe go into the history of where Vertigo came from, how shops in the 90\u2019s dealt with it, the successes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/?p=2530\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531,"href":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions\/2531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krayzcomix.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}