BODIES (2014)

"VERTIGO brings you the miniseries of the summer, with four detectives, four time periods, and four dead bodies - all set in London. Edmond Hillinghead is an 1890s overachiever who's trying to solve a murder no one cares about while hiding his own secret. Karl Whiteman is our dashing 1940s adventurer with a shocking past. Shahara Hasan is 2014's kickass female Detective Sergeant, who walks the line between religion and power. And Maplewood, an amnesiac from post-apocalyptic 2050, brings a haunting perspective to it all. Si Spencer (HELLBLAZER: CITY OF DEMONS, THE VINYL UNDERGROUND) executes a centuries-spanning murder mystery like nothing you've ever seen before, with four sensational artists illustrating a six-page chapter in each issue: Dean Ormston, Phil Winslade, Meghan Hetrick and Tula Lotay."

"With four bodies lying on mortuary slabs, speculation mounts from a century ago to the present day as to the identity of the victim. In wartime Britain and a forgetful future, however, living strangers are causing confusion. A hooker's kiss, a fine young cannibal, a fascist mob and a suspect who literally falls from the heavens will send muddy ripples through history. The time-travelling serial-killer story heats up!"

"As the present-day murder investigation explodes, we learn more about Whiteman's and Maplewood's unexpected pasts, while Edmond sees a most unsettling view of the future. Perverts, Pipettes, Poland and the Paranormal collide in the chapter we call 'Suspects.'"

"A night in the pub winds up in two very sticky ends for Whiteman and Edmond, while in 2050 Maplewood and Bounce go up on the roof to wait for the big parade. In the present day, what should be a walk in the park for Shahara leads her straight to the morgue."

"While Whiteman is summoned to the high court, Edmond is busted out of jail, which leads each to very different near-fatal encounters. Shahara has lost the most important part of her case while Maplewood comes face to face with hers. The killers are approaching and the wind begins to howl."

"Four time periods, four detectives, four murders, identical M.O, identical location, same body - and now four murderers step into the frame, all very different yet all unnervingly familiar. It's time for our detectives to face their quarry, but which is the hunter and which is the prey?"

"Coppers undercover, coppers under lovers, coppers on drugs and genocide uncovered. The penultimate tick of the tock before the courtroom dock, the future shock, the hangman's drop and the doomsday clock."

"As Edmond solves the case of his life, Whiteman and Maplewood are offered the chance to save the world in very different ways, and Shahara uncovers the final mystery at the heart of BODIES."