| Vermillion | |
| Schedule: | Monthly |
| Format: | Ongoing series |
| Publisher: | Helix (DC Comics imprint) |
| Date: | 1996 – 1997 |
| Issues: | 12 |
| Main Char Team: | Jonathan Cave |
| Writers: | Lucius Shepard |
| Artists: | Al Davison, John Totleben, Gary Erskine |
| Inkers: | Angus McKie |
| Colorists: | Kim DeMulder |
| Creators: | Lucius Shepard |
| Editors: | Stuart Moore |
Vermillion is a dark science fantasy comic book series set in an eponymous city located in an imagined far future or alternate reality. The series was conceived and written by science fiction author Lucius Shepard as part of the short-lived DC Comics imprint Helix.[1] The title was cancelled after a one-year publication run shortly before the Helix imprint was itself cancelled by DC and its remaining titles shifted across to the Vertigo line.
The series narrates the tale of its major protagonist Jonathan Cave, to a man named Brother Fry. It describes the last days of a previous universe whose destruction in turn spawned the never-ending dystopian city-universe of Vermillion:
The series included two notable story arcs during its brief print run: Starlight Drive (issues #1–7) and Lord Iron & Lady Manganese (issues #9 – 11).