Vertigo is making a big push with its 12 new series this fall, with an impressive roster of creators including Gail Simone, Holly Black, Peter Milligan, Gilbert Hernandez, Darwyn Cooke, and Micheal Allred.

Survivors’ ClubThe Twilight ChildrenClean Room and Art Ops launch next month, followed by UnfollowSlash & BurnRed Thorn and Jacked in November. The four books rounding out the dozen are Sheriff Of BabylonLuciferNew Romancer and Last Gang In Town, all launching in December and solicited in this month's Previews catalog.

We have an advance look at those solicitations, and with it your first comprehensive look at the new Vertigo line-up. Check out the covers, creative teams, and synopses below, in order of release:

  • THE SHERIFF OF BABYLON #1

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    Written by TOM KING
    Art by MITCH GERADS
    Cover by JOHN PAUL LEON
    On sale DECEMBER 2 • 32 pg, FC, 1 of 8, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

    Baghdad, 2003. Florida Police officer-turned-military contractor, Chris Henry is tasked with training a new Iraqi police force. When one of his trainees ends up dead, Chris is forced to team up with Nassir, the last remaining cop in Baghdad. Pulling the strings to bring them together is the mysterious Sofia, an American-educated Iraqi who has returned to take control of the city’s criminal underworld. This miniseries is a thrilling wartime crime drama told amid one of the most tumultuous times in modern history.

    THE SHERIFF OF BABYLON is a new eight-issue miniseries pulled from GRAYSON cowriter Tom King’s real-life experience as a CIA operations officer and is illustrated by Mitch Gerads, cocreator of The Activity.

  • SURVIVORS’ CLUB #3

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    Written by LAUREN BEUKES and DALE HALVORSEN
    Art by RYAN KELLY
    Cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
    On sale DECEMBER 2 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

    Six kids who lived through unbelievable terror in the ‘80s are somehow united in LA. Alice and Simon continue their lusty game of cat and mouse as Chenzira and Kiri resort to illegal measures to find more information about the cursed game Akheron. And Harvey’s psychotic imaginary Mr. Empty goes from the voice inside his head to fully realized horror right in front of his face.

  • UNFOLLOW #2

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    Written by ROB WILLIAMS
    Art by MIKE DOWLING
    Cover by MATT TAYLOR
    On sale DECEMBER 2 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

    Blood is spilled as 140 strangers make their way to the home of the dying man who has offered them each a chance at millions. Plus: A new member of the 140 gets recruited. Ravan shares her story. Deacon’s luggage gets screened. And Dave must risk what he loves most.

  • NEW ROMANCER #1

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    Written by PETER MILLIGAN
    Art and cover by BRETT PARSON
    On sale DECEMBER 9 • 32 pg, FC, 1 of 12, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

    Fired from a cushy job in Silicon Valley, Lexy becomes a coder for New Romancer, an Internet-dating app that’s seen better days. To create fake profiles, she plunders characteristics from history’s most notorious lovers. Using little-known writings by Ada Lovelace, the world’s first computer programmer, Lexy pushes the boundaries of coding and accidentally unleashes history’s greatest lover: Lord Byron. Online dating meets courtly love in this paranormal rom-com by Vertigo veteran writer Peter Milligan and rising art-star Brett Parson (Tank Girl).

  • SLASH & BURN #2

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    Written by SI SPENCER
    Art by MAX DUNBAR and ANDE PARKS
    Cover by TULA LOTAY
    On sale DECEMBER 9 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

    As Rosheen wraps up the case of the trigger-happy corpse, her quest to find the face from her past sparks memories of her childhood days of arson and infamy. Exploding squirrels, broken fingers and a fistful of doodles lead Rosheen closer to an explosive showdown with the Matchstick Man.

  • TWILIGHT CHILDREN #3

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    Written by GILBERT HERNANDEZ
    Art and cover by DARWYN COOKE
    On sale DECEMBER 9 • 40 pg, FC, 3 of 4, $4.99 US • MATURE READERS

    Local flirt Tito is forced to make a decision regarding her love life. The young scientist is forced to make a decision about his career path. And just when the children come to grips with their blindness, they’re given new clarity. Don’t miss the latest chapter in the surreal tale of love and sacrifice that unites comics legends Gilbert Hernandez and Darwyn Cooke.

  • LUCIFER #1

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    Written by HOLLY BLACK
    Art by LEE GARBETT
    Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
    On sale DECEMBER 16 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

    The anti-hero who made his debut in THE SANDMAN and starred in his own hit series is back in a new series by best-selling writer Holly Black (The Spiderwick Chronicles) and artist Lee Garbett (Loki)!

    As this series begins, God is dead — and Gabriel has accused Lucifer of His murder. Lucifer had motive and opportunity, but claims he can prove his innocence. If Gabriel finds the killer and takes the culprit into custody, his sins will be forgotten, and he’ll be welcomed back to Silver City. So, despite the fact that Lucifer just opened a nightclub on Earth and is hiding a mysterious wound, the two brothers set off to solve their Father’s murder. Their investigation will span Heaven, Hell, Earth and beyond in this antagonistic buddy-cop noir with an angelic flair.

  • RED THORN #2

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    Written by DAVID BAILLIE
    Art by MEGHAN HETRICK
    Cover by CHOONG YOON
    On sale DECEMBER 16 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

    It’s Halloween night, and something wicked and powerful is stirring beneath the streets of Glasgow. Join Isla on the day she meets a bloodthirsty army she thought was a myth and breaks the heart of the only man she ever loved. Innocents are slaughtered, a demigod is crowned king, and history is rewritten in the second issue of this new series!

  • CLEAN ROOM #3

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    Written by GAIL SIMONE
    Art by JON DAVIS-HUNT
    Cover by JENNY FRISON
    On sale DECEMBER 16 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

    Self-help guru Astrid Mueller faces some unexpected personal consequences in her latest trip into the Clean Room, where dirty secrets and demons come to life. Meanwhile, intrepid journalist Chloe encounters an unexpected, otherworldly visitor, and assassin Killian gets a good rubdown in “Good Things and Celebrity Deaths.”

  • LAST GANG IN TOWN #1

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    Written by SIMON OLIVER
    Art by RUFUS DAYGLO
    Cover by ROB DAVIS
    On sale DECEMBER 23 • 32 pg, FC, 1 of 7, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

    Forget what you know of England, of the “Land of Hope and Glory.” Instead, try damp and depressing, and embrace this miserable island for what it is. Our story kicks off in 1976: the country coming apart at its flared corduroy seams, a decade after the Great Train Robbery, when British crime has gone decidedly soft in the middle.

    Time for a new generation of criminals to rise: a band of snotty-nosed heroes driven by destiny and cheap cider, who will strike fear back into the establishment, put art back into crime and crime back into art, and pull off what will become known as the heist of the century.

    This new series from Simon Oliver (FBP: FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS) and Rufus Dayglo (Tank Girl), spans three decades, from the punk rock ’70s to the decadent ’80s and beyond, charting the rise, fall and redemption of a group of bandits that changed the face of the criminal underworld and closed the door on a legacy.

  • JACKED #2

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    Written by ERIC KRIPKE
    Art by JOHN HIGGINS
    Cover by GLENN FABRY
    On sale DECEMBER 23 • 32 pg, FC, 2 of 6, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

    Josh Jaffe is living the dream: from suburban schlub to superhero in one easy swallow of a shady Internet drug. This is where his nightmare starts. Eric Kripke (Supernatural) and John Higgins (HELLBLAZER) bring an unflinching humanity and surreal level of detail to this tale of a midlife crisis — with superpowers!

  • ART OPS #3

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    Written by SHAUN SIMON
    Art by MICHAEL ALLRED and MATT BRUNDAGE
    Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED

    On sale DECEMBER 23 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

    Reggie Riot finds himself in hot water when he takes the world’s most famous painting come-to-life to a New York City punk club. But the real trouble begins when the Mona Lisa picks up the mic. Plus, the leader of the graffiti vandals sets her sights on New York’s leading lady, and we flash back to the missing Art Ops team in action when Reggie was still a toddler.

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