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[Comic Book Review] “Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Bestiary” #3 Will Send Chills Down Your Spine

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An impressive installment, “Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Bestiary” #3 delivers disturbing sights that will bring chills down your spine. Each story in the horror anthology is a knockout when it comes to scares. The “Hellraiser” series have taken the comic book medium by storm, making me wish the movie sequels were more like this.

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WRITTEN BY: Ben Meares, Ed Brisson, Mark Miller,

ART BY: Akiel Guzman, Alexis Ziritt, Carlos Magno

PUBLISHER: Boom! Studios

PRICE: $3.99

RELEASE: October 14, 2014

Reviewed By Jorge Solis

“Puzzled” follows a little boy who becomes obsessed with solving the ultimate puzzle. In order to make his son happy, a desperate father gives him the Lemarchand’s Box to play with. In “Conduit,” a cenobite is twisting a young man’s mind as he dreams about murder and demons. In “The Hunted: Part Three,” Pinhead realizes he has lost the battle against the gangsters who savagely destroyed his face. The ruler of Hell actually feels like a laughingstock after being defeated by mere mortals.

“Puzzled” is a frightening piece of what measures fathers will take to make their children happy. Writer Ben Meares takes readers inside the mind of a lonely father who has lost faith in himself and being a good parent. Artist Akiel Guzman has done a great job capturing the anguish and turmoil of a young man who can’t solve how to fix his own broken mind and put the pieces back together.

Writer Ed Brisson plays around with storytelling in “Conduit,” by starting with the ending first. We know what’s going to happen but we have to see how this murder actually takes place. Artist Aexis Ziritt delivers the insanity of a mentally disturbed mind in an impressive splash page. We get all the information we need through panel breaks and random images.

Saving the best for last, I love what Mark Miller and Meares have done with Pinhead in “TheHunted.” We see Pinhead at his worst, after having just lost everything. Pinhead is on a self-destructive path, leading to suicidal intentions. Carlos Magno illustrates the ruler of Hell surrounded by religious symbols.

Horror fans should not miss out on “Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Bestiary” #3. I cannot wait to read the next compilation of shorts in the next issue.

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‘Witchblade’ is Getting Resurrected This Summer in New Comic Series from Top Cow and Image Comics

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Witchblade, the popular comic series that initially ran from 1995 to 2015 and launched a TV series, is getting resurrected in a new comic series from Top Cow and Image Comics. It’s set to unleash heavy metal, black magic and blood this summer.

Look for the new Witchblade series to launch on July 17, 2024.

In Witchblade #1, “New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini’s life was forever fractured by her father’s murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings. How will Sara use this ancient power, or will she be consumed by it?”

The series is penned by NYT Best-Selling writer Marguerite Bennett (Animosity, Batwoman, DC Bombshells) and visualized by artist Giuseppe Cafaro (Suicide Squad, Power Rangers, Red Sonja). The creative duo is working with original co-creator Marc Silvestri, who is the CEO of Top Cow Productions Inc. and one of the founders of Image Comics. They are set to reintroduce the series to Witchblade’s enduring fans with “a reimagined origin with contemporary takes on familiar characters and new story arcs that will hook new readers and rekindle the energy and excitement that fueled the 90’s Image Revolution that shaped generations of top creators.”

Bennett said in a statement, “The ability to tell a ferocious story full of monsters, sexuality, vision, and history was irresistible.” She adds, “Our saga is sleek, vicious, ferocious, and has a lot to say about power in the 21st century and will be the first time that we are stopping the roller coaster to let more people on. I’ve loved Witchblade since I was a child, and there is truly no other heroine like Sara with such an iconic legacy and such a rich, brutal relationship to her own body.”

“The Witchblade universe is being modernized to reflect how Marguerite beautifully explores the extreme sides of Sara through memories, her personal thoughts, like desire and hunger, in her solitude and when she is possessed by the Witchblade. So, I had to visually intersect a noir True Detective-like world with a supernatural, horror world that is a fantastic mix between Berserk and Zodiac,” Cafaro stated.

Marc Silvestri notes, “This is brand new mythology around Sara, and I can’t wait for you to fall in love with her and all the twists and turns. Discover Witchblade reimagined this summer, and join us as we bring all the fun of the 90s to the modern age and see how exciting comics can be. I can’t wait for you to read this new series.”

Witchblade#1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 17th, for $4.99 for 48 pages. And it’ll come with multiple cover variants.

  • Cover A: Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto (Full Color)

  • Cover B: Giuseppe Cafaro and Arif Prianto (Full Color)

  • Cover C: Blank Sketch Cover

  • Cover D (1/10): Dani and Brad Simpson (Full Color)

  • Cover E (1/25): Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto, Virgin Cover (Full Color)

  • Cover F (1/50): J.Scott Campbell (Full Color)

  • Cover G (1/100): Bill Sienkiewicz. (Full Color)

  • Cover H (1/250): Line art by Marc. Virgin Cover, Inks (B/W)

Witchblade #1 will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

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