Matt Wagner’s Grendel is among the longest enduring indie comics characters of all time, and the famend creator shall be returning to his anti-hero subsequent 12 months with an all-new trilogy of miniseries from Darkish Horse Comics.
First launched in 1982, the primary Grendel sequence begins with Hunter Rose, a best-selling crime writer by day and the masked legal mastermind Grendel by evening. After Rose’s loss of life within the first story, Wagner expanded the world, revealing that Grendel is definitely a spirit that possesses totally different hosts. Subsequent tales comply with the generations of Grendel hosts into the far-flung future. The newest installment within the Grendel saga, Satan’s Odyssey, sees the cyborg Grendel Prime take to the celebs to discover a new house for humanity, away from the ravaged planet Earth. Now, Matt Wagner has posted to Twitter his plans for an instantaneous follow-up, coming subsequent 12 months: “The subsequent sequence that includes Grendel Prime…the direct sequel to DEVIL’S ODYSSEY…will truly be three 4-issue sequence written and drawn by me and collectively titled DEVIL’S CRUCIBLE.”
Followers wanting ahead to extra Grendel from Matt Wagner ought to be glad by the information, as they’ve twelve points to look ahead to throughout the three miniseries making up the entire of Satan’s Crucible. Additionally on Twitter, Wagner offers extra particulars of what followers can count on:
The title of Satan’s Crucible guarantees a brand new problem for Grendel Prime on his return to Earth, and the truth that the story shall be unfold throughout three totally different miniseries denotes this may probably be an epic story. Satan’s Odyssey sees Prime go to a unique world in almost each situation, telling largely standalone tales because the Grendel of the far future searches for a brand new house for humanity. What he finds upon his return to Earth after the lengthy journey away stays to be seen, however given the grim nature of each Grendel sequence that has come earlier than, it’s onerous to think about it is going to be something good.
Nevertheless the story performs out, followers received’t wish to miss the primary a part of Grendel: Satan’s Crucible when it launches subsequent 12 months from Matt Wagner and Darkish Horse Comics.
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