When a black writer is found dead at a scandalous interracial party in 1920s' New York, Harlem's cub reporter Zane Pinchback is the only one determined to solve the murder. Zane must go 'Incognegro' for the first time, using his light appearance to pass as a white man to find the true killer, in this prequel miniseries to the critically acclaimed Vertigo graphic novel. A cryptic manuscript his only clue, and a beautiful woman the murder's only witness, Zane find himself on the hunt through the dark, dangerous streets of Harlem in search of justice.