On Aug 17, 5:54 am, Sean Daugherty <seancd...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Shade may have been based on a DCU character, but the events in his
> Vertigo book pretty much exclude it from ever being a part of that
> universe.
Which is why we designate a number to Earth-V, create the Berger Wall
which cannot be passed through and get on with things.
That way Vertigo can do what they want with any DC character and DC
can do what they want with any Vertigo character.
> But there is a fair amount of interaction between the "Vertigo
> universe" and the mainstream DCU. Characters like Zatanna and the
> Phantom Stranger commute (or used to do so, at least) fairly regularly
> between the two lines.
Or, there's a Zatanna and Phantom Stranger on New Earth and on Earth-
V.
> various Books of Magic series referred to mainstream DCU characters
> and settings, as well, including Gemworld.
And DC, and I'm sure Vertigo characters, appeared in Kingdom Come.
They have aspects of the characters which are shared, aspects which
are different.
This "separate but linked" thing is the worst of both worlds.
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