Sandman Mystery Theatre #1 - back issue - $6.00

"The Tarantula" has been kidnapping and killing his victims in 1938 New York. Dian Belmont, socialite daughter of D.A. Lawrence Belmont, meets the odd Wesley Dodd at one of retired Judge Shaffer's parties, and is attracted to his non-conventional manner. Dodd, using sleeping gas and a goggled gas mask, has been snooping on gangster Albert Goldman and his associates. Brought to the precinct as her father is called in to investigate the possible murder of Dian's friend Catherine, Dian walks into a darkened lady's room and is shocked when a figure in a gas mask rises and approaches her.

• The Tarantula Act One - Based loosely on the story in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #40.
• - House ad for Mercy (DC, 1993 series) # [nn] ([April] 1993). Between pages 9-10 of story.
• Spin Across America Tour - A list of comics creators and venues for an extensive Vertigo promotional tour. Between pages 21-22 of story.
• - House ad for Batman: Night Cries (DC, 1993 series) # [nn] ([April] 1993) trade paperback. Between pages 23-24 of story.
• - DC Vertigo subscription ad. On page preceding ?On the Ledge?.
• On the Ledge With Karen Berger [April 1993] - Karen Berger introduces the other Vertigo editors and assistant editors. Checklist of Vertigo titles shipping in February 1993 and new Vertigo titles debuting in March 1993. On last interior page of book.