Vext

Vext
Vext falls through the sky on the cover to Vext #1
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	DCU Heroes Secret Files and Origins #1 (February, 1999)
Created by	Keith Giffen
In-story information
Species	God
Place of origin	Jejune Realm
Abilities	Ability to change luck for the worse
Vext
	Vext #1 (March, 1999). Pencils by Mike McKone, inks by Mark McKenna, colors by Lovern Kindzierski, and color separations by Digital Chamaleon
Series publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Humor
Publication date	March–August 1999
Number of issues	6
Creative team
Writer(s)	Keith Giffen
Penciller(s)	Mike McKone
Inker(s)	Mark McKenna, Andy Lanning (issue #5)
Letterer(s)	Bob Lappan
Colorist(s)	Lovern Kindzierski, Digital Chameleon (separations)
Editor(s)	Kevin Dooley, Harvey Richards (assistant)

Vext is a fictional character created by Keith Giffen and the star of a short-lived 1999 comic book series published by DC Comics. The series was written by Keith Giffen, pencilled by Mike McKone, inked by Mark McKenna, lettered by Bob Lappan, and colored by Lovern Kindzierski with separations by Digital Chameleon for all six issues (with guest inker Andy Lanning filling in on issue 4). The series was the last one edited by Kevin Dooley before he left comic books and was assisted by Harvey Richards.

Vext is a god from the Jejune Realm (also known as the Borough of Mawkish Indifference) in the Pan-Dimensional Pantheons. He is the "patron deity of mishap and misfortune," and true to that appellation, his world was phased out of existence because he and the other deities there were no longer actively worshiped by mankind. From childhood, he has been beset by misfortune, and even visited the Garden of Eden and accidentally caused the Fall of Man and the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

It takes approximately twenty three years for the line of gods from the Jejune Realm to be processed. Everyone is told to cooperate or face instant termination. Vext finds himself in a waiting room, then dealing with a mustached female caseworker. She cannot get his name right and despite Vext trying to assist, she summons the executioners. They in fact go to the cubicle next door and kill the entity that the caseworker had mistaken Vext for.

Finally, he is simply evicted to a random realm, which turns out to be Midgard/Earth. He is given appropriate funds to start a new life and not much training. He is told he cannot interfere with the course of human affairs, try to take over the planet, or become a super-hero.

He rents an apartment, 4-A, in Mr. Danforth's apartment building in Delta City, which was also the home of a hero known as The Heckler (though he was not mentioned or seen in Vext.) Vext's next-door neighbor is aspiring writer Colleen McBride, who does her best to help Vext adjust to his new life on Earth (not knowing, for most of the series, that Vext was a god). For example, she (at least tries to) helps him deal with the concept of banks and the inaccuracies of the profoundly deaf landlord.