With the demise of Vertigo on everyone's minds, the lads thought it would be a good idea to have former-comics-editor-now-comics-writer Brandon (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur) Montclare back on the show to pick his brain about his time working at the publisher. Montclare covers a lot of ground in this hour-plus discussion, including his Vertigo origin story, what DC did right and wrong with its handling of the imprint, pitched books that never saw the light of day, who legendary artist Mike Kaluta thought was a tough act to follow, and much more. 

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