Today is the day! No, the new phone books aren’t here, but today sees the release of the new Hellraiser comic from BOOM! Studios! What, you want more? OK, how about an FREE EXCLUSIVE 8-page prelude to the series that you can’t get anywhere else? BOOM! has corralled Pop Culture Zoo and a few other online outlets to carry this FREE prelude that will not be available in print until the TPB collection comes out at some point in the future. You can download it right now and find out what all the hubbub is about this brand new series. Oh, we almost missed the best part; this new ongoing series is written by CLIVE BARKER, along with Christopher Monfette, and the exquisite artwork is provided courtesy of Leonardo Manco. Not convinced? Fine, here’s the cover and one of the pages from the prelude:
See what I mean? To check out the prelude for yourself, just click on the nifty banner below (did we mention it is FREE?!?). Once you devour the prelude check out our review of Hellraiser #1 and then run on out to your favorite local comic book shop to pick up your own copy!
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“At the Tolling of a Bell”
Written by Clive Barker with Christopher Monfette
Art by Leonardo Manco
Colors by Juan Manuel Tumbro
Lettering by Johnny Lowe
Cover by Tim Bradstreet
Edited by Ian Brill
Published by BOOM! Studios
Suggested for Mature Readers
WELCOME TO THE HELLRAISER COMIC SERIES! Not a preview. Not an excerpt. What you are reading is an all new, all original eight-page prelude to Clive Barker’s new ongoing HELLRAISER series. Only a taste of things to come! March 23rd sees the debut first issue of the monthly ongoing HELLRAISER comic series, written by master of horror Clive Barker! Haven’t been a regular comics reader for a while? New to the world of comics? Not a problem. BOOM! Studios makes it easy for you to get on board with this series and follow Clive Barker’s evolution of Pinhead with this self-contained prelude story that you can download, read, and share! Then make sure you get the first issue at your local comic shop!
We hope that you will join Clive Barker as he returns to his signature creation for a new saga of HELLRAISER! HELL HAS COME HOME!