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Death: The High Cost of Living #1

DC · Series began 1993 · March 1993

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Dates

Cover date: March 1993
On sale: January 14, 1993
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Standard Cover
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Platinum Edition
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Dave McKean, Chris Bachaloinks: Dave McKean, Mark Buckinghamcolors: Dave McKean, Steve Oliff, Olyopticsscript: Neil Gaimanletters: Todd Klein

Stories

Chapter One: The Spirit of the Stairway · 28 pages
Death becomes mortal for a day.

Characters

DeathMad Hettie

Reprinted in

Death: The High Cost of Living (1994), Death: The High Cost of Living (1994), Vertigo: First Taste (2005), The Absolute Death (2009), Death: The Deluxe Edition (2012), The Sandman Omnibus (2013), Death (2014)