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Review: Hellraiser #12
The battle between Kirsty and Elliot Spencer rages on in the new issue of Hellraiser. Spencer and his comrades have returned to the place where he left his former human life, in order to destroy the box that took him. However, while Spencer is trying to destroy the box on earth, Kirsty is trying to understand it in Hell. And if the two worlds collide, chaos is sure to ensue. Another great issue from the genius mind of Barker and the gang. Read on for the skinny…
WRITTEN BY: Clive Barker, Robb Humphreys, Mark Miller
ART BY: Janusz Ordon, Stephen Thompson
PUBLISHER: BOOM!
RELEASE: Out Now
In Hellraiser #12, both Kirsty and Spencer are sucked into alternate realities. Kirsty is taken to a shattered room, where she is forced to battle her inner beast and control her reactions. Spencer, however, is destined for bigger and better things, and humanity is holding him back, as it has in the past. In order to let go of his mortality and become truly invincible, he must experience a stomach-turning initiation. Once both of them make their choices, something happens that allows a new evil to be unleashed on earth.
This series continues to establish itself as a staple for any fan of the Hellraiser franchise. Clive Barker and Mark Miller continue to construct a stirring tale, with a perfect balance of action, suspense, drama, and gore. Stephen Thompson and Janusz Ordon are working perfectly with Barker and Miller in bringing the story to life. Hopefully they will stick around for a while, so we don’t have to continue dealing with artist changes.
This issue, in particular, used a striking rainbow of colors; for instance, the beginning scenes seemed to integrate more abstract art with psychedelic color patterns, perfectly achieving a chaotic, otherworldly effect. Throughout the rest of the issue, the colors are mixed with heavy blacks, to show the impending evil about to be set free. Thompson is doing a bang up job, and it captures Barker’s universe perfectly.
Once again, Barker, Miller, Ordon, and Thompson are a dream team. BOOM! Studios has definitely released a masterpiece. This series never fails to disappoint, and it’s definitely destined to be a classic horror comic. Lucky #13 of Hellraiser drops on April 25th.
IDW Dark and Paramount recently joined forces to launch limited comic book tales set in the worlds of Smile and A Quiet Place, and we’ve learned today that they’ll continue hanging around in those franchise universes with two brand new limited series tales.
Entertainment Weekly has exclusively revealed this afternoon that IDW Dark’s Any Given Smile debuts in September, while A Quiet Place: Rising Tides arrives in November.
First up, from writer Stephanie Williams and artist Pablo Collar, Any Given Smile puts a football-themed twist on Parker Finn’s successful Smile movie franchise.
The five-part limited series is “set in January 1995, during the American Arena League football championship game in St. Augustine, Florida. The rising superstar of the Sharks, backup quarterback Dupree, is feeling the pressure from his teammates, the fans, and also the city’s gambling underworld, to whom he owes a considerable debt. Meanwhile, a sports journalist investigates a string of suicides that may be connected to the big game. At the very least, they are connected to a sinister entity that preys on the minds of its victims.”
From writer Declan Shalvey and artist Luke Sparrow, A Quiet Place: Rising Tides will also be a five-issue limited story. The comic book tale “brings the creatures to the Florida Keys, where a father-daughter duo attempt to survive on water in a houseboat.”
EW further details, “This tense family reunion coincides with the arrival of the vicious creatures that hunt through sound. Grace and her dad find safety on the open ocean, but she’ll have to make landfall sooner or later; the father’s oxygen tank and their supplies are running low, while a hurricane swiftly approaches.”
Learn more about both comic books over on Entertainment Weekly.
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