Enigma (Vertigo)

Enigma is a comic book by Peter Milligan, with artwork done by Duncan Fegredo, featuring a superhero called "The Enigma". It was published as an eight-issue limited series by Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics, in 1993.

Characters

• Michael Smith - A compulsive, late-20’s, heterosexual telephone repairman living a highly-structured life in Pacific City, California. His father was killed in an earthquake, and he was abandoned by his mother around age nine.
• Titus Bird - The writer of the superhero comic book series “The Enigma”.
• The Enigma - A man born with seemingly omnipotent powers who adopts the identity of The Enigma, a comic book superhero. He is an essentially emotionless being and unfamiliar with the concepts of right and wrong.

Additional notes

• This story takes place outside of the main DC Universe.
• This was one of the first mini-series released when DC launched Vertigo, their "suggested for mature readers" line of comics in March 1993 and the first not to be connected to an existing book.
• All eight issues of Enigma have special metallic inks on the cover.
• One of the minor characters in Enigma, named Envelope Girl, made an appearance in Peter Milligan's run of Animal Man.

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a trade paperback, although it is now out of print.

• Enigma (208 pages, DC Comics, August 1995, ISBN 1852866152, DC Comics, December 1993, ISBN......

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