Sickness in the Family #1

Sickness in the Family — Vertigo

Issue: #1

Denise Mina, award-winning crime novelist, brings her psychological style of crime fiction to Vertigo Crime. Meet the Ushers. The parents, Ted and Biddy. Grandma Martha. The three kids, William, Amy and Sam. Just a normal, middle-class family gathered around the table on Christmas Day. Until they start dying. Violent deaths. One by one. Is there a curse on their house, as a recently unearthed hist...

First appearances: Biddy Usher, Inspector Sharp, Kerr, Darota, William Usher, Danny, Ted Usher, Amy Usher, Sam Usher, Martha Usher

Creators: Lee Bermejo, Clem Robins, Mark Doyle, Jonathan Vankin, Antonio Fuso, Denise Mina

Characters: Biddy Usher, Inspector Sharp, Kerr, Darota, William Usher, Danny, Ted Usher, Amy Usher, Sam Usher, Martha Usher

Story arcs: Vertigo Crime