Written by Peter Milligan; ART by Chris Bachalo and Mark Pennington; PAINTED cover by Brendan McCarthy. In stores February 26. Collecting the first six issues of one of VERTIGO's founding titles, THE AMERICAN SCREAM TP puts a unique VERTIGO spin on the visitor from the Meta Zone created by the legendary Steve Ditko (Amazing Spider-Man). Kathy George relives the horror of her parents' murder when Shade arrives from his dimension only to take up residence in the body of the man who killed them.