DC Black Label is a DC Comics imprint established in 2018 that specialises in providing unique, edgy, and provocative standalone stories based on DC Universe characters, in the tradition of defining works such as All-Star Superman, Watchmen, and DC: The New Frontier.[1] It was intended to allow writers and artists the opportunity to tell their definitive DC stories without being constrained by continuity or age ratings. The imprint publishes prestige original limited series, both canon or otherwise,[2] as well as reprints of critically acclaimed graphic novels.[3] Since 2019, Hill House Comics, the stand-alone horror imprint, is also published under DC Black Label.
Original titles
- Batman: Damned
- Batman: Last Knight on Earth
- Superman: Year One
- Batman: Curse of the White Knight
- Harleen
- Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity
- The Last God
- Joker: Killer Smile
- Batman: White Knight Presents Von Freeze #1
- The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage
- Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child #1
- Wonder Woman: Dead Earth
- Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey
- Strange Adventures (Volume 5)
- Birds of Prey (Volume 4) #1
- Batman: The Smile Killer #1
- Batman: Three Jokers
- Hellblazer: Rise and Fall
- Rorschach
- American Vampire 1976
- Batman: White Knight Presents Harley Quinn
- Sweet Tooth: The Return
- The Other History of the DC Universe
- Batman/Catwoman
- The Nice House on the Lake
- Batman: Reptilian
- Suicide Squad: Get Joker!
- Refrigerator Full of Heads
- Superman vs. Lobo
- Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham
- Batman: The Imposter
- Catwoman: Lonely City
- The Human Target
- Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons
- Batman: One Dark Knight
- Swamp Thing: Green Hell
- Peacemaker: Disturbing the Peace #1
- Suicide Squad: Blaze
- Rogues
- Batman: Beyond the White Knight
- Aquaman: Andromeda
- Batman White Knight Presents: Red Hood
- The Riddler: Year One
- Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo
- Danger Street
- Waller vs. Wildstorm
- Peacemaker Tries Hard!
- Batman: White Knight Presents: Generation Joker
- Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor
- Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham
The Sandman Universe
Publishing of all titles under The Sandman Universe label was taken over by DC Black Label following the shut-down of Vertigo in 2020:
- Books of Magic (Volume 3)
- House of Whispers
- Lucifer (Volume 3)
- The Dreaming (Volume 2)
- The Sandman Universe Presents: Hellblazer #1 and John Constantine: Hellblazer
- The Dreaming: Waking Hours
- The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country
- The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives
- The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country - The Glass House
- The Sandman Universe Special: Thessaly #1
Reprints
- Batman: White Knight and Batman: White Knight: Deluxe Edition
- All-Star Superman
- DC: The New Frontier
- Watchmen
- Kingdom Come
- Joker and Joker: The Deluxe Edition
- Luthor
- Black Orchid
- Animal Man by Grant Morrison Book One
- DMZ Compendium One and Compendium Two
- Hellblazer by Garth Ennis Omnibus
- Swamp Thing by Nancy A. Collins Omnibus
- Absolute Daytripper
- Ex Machina Compendium One and Compendium Two
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Preacher: The 25th Anniversary Omnibus Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
- Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters Saga Omnibus Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
- Fables Compendium One, Compendium Two, Compendium Three, and Compendium Four
- Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3
- Hard Time: The Complete Series
- The Sandman Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 6, Vol. 7, Vol. 8, Vol. 9, Vol. 10, Vol. 11, The Dream Hunters, and Overture 30th Anniversary Edition
- The Absolute Sandman Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5, and Overture
- The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3
- The Sandman: The Deluxe Edition Book One, Book Two, Book Three, Book Four, and Book Five
- Girl
- Y: The Last Man Compendium One and Compendium Two
- Absolute Transmetropolitan Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
- V for Vendetta and The Absolute V for Vendetta
- 100 Bullets Omnibus Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
- Revolver
- The Sheriff of Babylon
- Sweet Tooth Compendium
- Death: The Deluxe Edition
- The Annotated Sandman Vol. 1
- The Sandman Book One, Book Two, Book Three, Book Four, Book Five, and Book Six
- Animal Man Omnibus
- American Vampire Omnibus Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
- Doom Patrol by Rachel Pollack Omnibus
- Deathbed
- Dead Boy Detectives by Toby Litt & Mark Buckingham
- The Unwritten Compendium One
- Absolute Preacher Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
- The iZombie Omnibus
The Sandman Universe Classics
- The Books of Magic 30th Anniversary Edition and 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
- The Books of Magic Omnibus Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3
- Lucifer Omnibus Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
- Sandman Mystery Theatre Compendium One
- The Dead Boy Detectives Omnibus