Plenty for the faithful to look forward to then, but if Hellraiser teaches us anything, it's that you should be careful what you wish for. While Hellraiser 1, which was released last week, is no longer available from distributors, your local comic shop may still have copies. BOOM Studios announced via press release this week that the first printing of Hellraiser 1 has sold out, with a second printing on the way. You can download a free eight-page prelude right hereīarker has been working on The Scarlet Gospels, a meeting of the Hellraiser mythos and his frequent protagonist Harry D'Amour (played by Scott Bakula in Lord of Illusion) for years, and the Drive Angry writer/director team of Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer are working on a Hellraiser reboot. BOOM Studios credits Hellraiser 1 sellout to free 'Prelude' PDF. Oh, and it looks like The Harrowers will be involved. And we also pick up with the life of Kirsty Cotton, protagonist of the first two Hellraiser films (and a key player in Hellseeker, the actually-not-bad sixth). The first issue sees a jaded Pinhead lamenting his cenobite afterlife and looking to make a faustian bargain of his own. Words and pictures by: Clive Barker, Christopher Monfette and Leonardo MancoĪnd so to the new series, turning its back on Marvel's later cartoon capers and returning the franchise to its creator. Taking in the Wild West, the Incas, medieval Europe and a "Climactic Cro-magnon Clash!!!" there's fun to be had here, but we're now a *long *way off-message. In 1993 Pinhead battled Toxic Comic's "costume killer" Marshal Law in the two-issue War in Hell, and received the full Marvel treatment, true believers, in this six-part epic charting a time travelling battle with his mighty foe Aggregate.
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