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Sir Edward Grey , Queen Victoria ’s personal Witchfinder ( i.e. paranormal police detective ) is the best at what he does , but when a string of occult - related thefts leave him gravel , he must ferment alongside some newly discovered allies to figure out what threat these thievery pose and how terminate it !
Witchfinder : The Gates of Heaven # 1is the first instalment in a new Dark Horse Comics miniskirt - serial publication of theHellboyspinoff from Lord Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson . TheWitchfinderseries sees Edward Grey do fight with witches , occultist , and secret societies ( most notably , the Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra ) while in the military service of her Her Majesty Queen Victoria . Eventually , one such adventure will ensue in Grey being dragged to Hell , swear with unceasing life , dismembered and then stitched back together . It ’s in this form , withered and corpse - like , that Grey appears in stories set in the modern day Mignolaverse , such as the secondHellboymini - series , fire up the Devil .
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TheWitchfinderseries , however , concentre primarily on Grey ’s previous life as a paranormal investigator in Victorian - era England . InThe Gates of Heaven , Grey is shocked to discover there are others conducting their own extrasensory enquiry in London , needing to exercise with these new friend to end the latest mystical menace to the city . to boot , Gates of Heavenis billed as a series which will " deliver some unexpected payoffs for Mignolaverse lover " , suggestingThe Gates of Heavenconnects more closely to the with child macrocosm of Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. than previous entranceway in theWitchfinderseries .
you’re able to check out an exclusive preview ofWitchfinder : The Gates of Heaven # 1 , below :
WITCHFINDER : THE GATES OF HEAVEN # 1 , Writers - Mike Mignola & Chris Roberson , Artist - D’Israeli , Colorist - Michelle Madsen
A serial of occult event mystifies the humans known as the Witchfinder , but even more surprising is the disclosure that he is not alone in exploring the paranormal in London . When a personal invitation arrives from the castle , Sir Edward Grey is pulled even deeply into underground supernatural geographic expedition alongside new allies in the race to contain a mad scientist from destroying London in his pursuit of mystic superpower .
As break in these preview pages , the first theft involves an artifact Grey himself had antecedently recoup and stored in the Tower of London , while another is stolen from the British Museum . It seems safe to assume there ’ll be something sinister which links these steal items together , and it seems more than likely the Heliopic Brotherhood is also somehow necessitate . The Heliopic Brotherhood is a secret society Grey has tangled with on multiple occasions , and their splinter groups - the Osiris Club and Oannes Society - have a similarly bad report in the Mignolaverse .
Still , though theWitchfinderseries is heavy entrenched in theHellboy - inspired world of the Mignolaverse , The Gates of Heavenis its own hold story , as author Chris Roberson explains :
" Like all of the previous volumes ofWitchfinder , The Gates of Heavenis a stand - alone level with a beginning , middle , and destruction , but there are connections throughout to both Sir Edward ’s earlier adventures and also to other stories that have featured Hellboy , the B.P.R.D. , and other players in that world . We get word that the world that Sir Edward inhabits is bigger and stranger than we ever knew , and that there are far more things go on in the shadows than Sir Edward himself has ever suspected , both abroad and close to home base . "
Just how the thieving of occult artifacts in Queen Victoria ’s England ties in with the the wide-eyed Mignolaverse stay on to be seen , but you ’ll only find out if you pick up a copy ofWitchfinder : The Gates of Heaven # 1 .
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Witchfinder : The Gates of Heaven # 1will be available Wednesday , May 24th and will be available to buy from yourlocal comic book store , or digitally viaComixologyandDark Horse Comics .
