BOOM! Studios Brings You Hellraiser: Prelude and a Special Preview of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Issue 1 Right Here Right NOW!

Steve Barton |

Mar 23, 2011

While Pinhead and the Hellraiser films haven’t exactly been hitting the horror home run that they should over the last few years, it seems that the only place you can find a good Cenobite-laden tale is in print.

And that’s just fine with us because when you see what Clive Barker and BOOM! Studios have in store for fans, you’re going to find yourself coming way before anyone even opens your box.

In case you haven’t been in the know, BOOM! Studios is launching a new ongoing Hellraiser comic book series written by Clive Barker that will be released in comic stores everywhere on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011. This is only the third time that Clive has “touched” the characters — the first with his novella The Hellbound Heart and the second being the first Hellraiser film. With the Hellraiser ongoing comic series, Clive Barker returns to his signature creation.

Some quick details for you …

Hellraiser: Prelude is a complete, self-contained original eight-page Hellraiser story.

The story takes place before Issue #1 of the new Hellraiser ongoing comic, written by Clive Barker and drawn by Leonardo Manco.

This IS NOT a preview of anything from the first issue. This is all new, all original content.

There is no way to get this content outside of the PDF provided here. It will not be put into print until the TPB collection.

Excited? Yeah, you should be. This is the first time any publisher has ever done this, much less with one of the biggest names in literature and one of the biggest franchise characters in fiction.

To get started and download the PDF file, simply click on the Hellraiser: Prelude cover image below.

BOOM! Studios Brings You Hellraiser: Prelude and a Special Preview of Clive Barker's Hellraiser Issue 1 Right Here Right NOW!

Wait, what’s that? That’s not enough for you? Then how about a look at all the variant covers for Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Issue #1 along with the back cover and several preview pages? Get your ghost? You want it, you got it! Dig on the goods on the following page!

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