Bernie Mireault

Lewis Polk is a good cop. But in a bad town, a good cop is the worst thing you can be. When Polk sticks his too-clean nose into the wrong kind of business once too often, he finds Hunter Rose, the original Grendel, all too happy to cut it off. And Rose won't stop cutting there; his wounds tend to run deeper than that. Reprinting issues 16 and 17 of the color Grendel series initially published in 1988, Grendel Classics #1 brings back into print this highly demanded story of the original Grendel, Hunter Rose, with a new format and new cover by Grendel creator Matt Wagner. Wagner utilizes a bold and experimental style for this Chandler-esque character study, exploring one man's struggle to uncover the truth in a corrupt world -- the world of Grendel!

Tommy Nuncio dug up dirt on Grendel and dished it all over town. Now lurking in every shadow he passes, brandished on every face he meets, he sees the twin white streaks of the mask of Hunter Rose. Paranoid and delusional, Tommy's holed up in his home, waiting for vengeance to drop on his head like an executioner's blade. You can't dish dirt on the devil, Tommy, and not expect to dance. Reprinting Matt Wagner's acclaimed story from issues 18 and 19 of Comico's 1988 color Grendel series!

Collecting Devil Tracks and Devil Eyes, two acclaimed Hunter Rose stories by Grendel creator Matt Wagner that originally ran in the Comico Grendel series in 1988. These tales of corruption, paranoia, vengeance, and the Devil feature the bold, experimental storytelling that cemented Wagner's reputation as one of the comics medium's leading innovators. Story, art, and new cover painting by Matt Wagner, colors by Eisner award-nominee Bernie Mireault.

Grendel seethes in the mind of everyone it touches. A touch of death, of fear, of anger infects all, gripping at the soul. Dark Horse continues the practice of reprinting the original run of the Grendel continuum with this first installment of The Devil Inside, a three-issue miniseries written by Matt Wagner, illustrated by Bernie Mireault, and colored by Joe Matt. The Devil Inside will also feature fresh covers painted by Wagner himself, along with special digital color effects added by Mireault. Following Devil's Legacy, we return to Brian Li Sung, now down and out, living in the slums of Brooklyn, struggling as an off-off-off-Broadway stage manager, stewing in the hatred and violence that is Grendel. With the ghost of Christine Spar floating in his head, the spirit of Grendel lives on in Li Sung ...

The spirit of Grendel grips the brain with violent, insane fingers and never lets go. Its latest victim, Brian Li Sung, was once a lover of Hunter Rose's granddaughter, Christine Spar. Like a viral infection, she passed the fierceness to Li Sung in the form of vengeful drive, one and the same that led Spar down the path of death. That path, paved with flagstones of vigilante murder, leads Li Sung further into his pit of Brooklyn despair. But can a visit from Regina turn him around? What about a visit from Inspector Wiggins? Yep, the tenacious, red-eyed officer just won't give up. And so, the conflict continues, as do Dark Horse's reprints of these classic Grendel stories. Featuring another great, new cover painting from creator Matt Wagner and more of the thrilling suspense that is Grendel.

His spirit corrupted, eyes red with anger, Brian Li Sung is in the clutches of Grendel. It tears at his brain, taking the place of his sense of reason, turning him into a cold-hearted killer. And now the stage manager who once loved the "granddaughter" of Hunter Rose will meet his end. But it won't come easy. Inspector Wiggins, with his electronic eye and swaggering patience, must pass through a gauntlet of murderous mayhem to face Li Sung in a final shoot-out with only one survivor. Bernie Mireault's engaging lines and Joe Matt's inventive colors cement the darkness of Matt Wagner's winter tragedy. Features an all-new cover painting by Wagner.

The spirit of Grendel seethes in the mind of everyone it encounters. A touch of death, of fear, of anger infects all, gripping at the soul, and wreaking havoc on the lives of those in its path. In this now-classic chapter of the Grendel saga, we return to Brian Li Sung, a once-successful Broadway stage manager who became Grendel after losing the love of his life--the granddaughter of the original Grendel, Hunter Rose. Now down and out, living in the slums of Brooklyn, Li Sung struggles as an off-off-off-Broadway stage manager by day; by night, he stews in the hatred and violence that is Grendel, and becomes a cold-blooded killer. When old friends can't help him, and the city can no longer cope with this scourge of destruction, it's up to one desperate cop to stop the murderous rampage, or die trying. Collecting the three-issue miniseries.

In the 26th century, all hell is breaking loose as an unholy trinity of corrupt religious officials, a stalwart corporate investigator, and a maniacal vigilante clash over the construction of a new church tower. It's not the tower itself that's the focus of this fight, but the powerful and deadly secret that festers behind its holy façade. In the days of Pope Innocent XLII, the toll of a church bell is a death-knell to its followers--and the entire world!--unless Orion Assante can put a stop to the Church's horrifying plan. But Confederacy of Police officer Pellon Cross is on a mission to put a stop to Assante, and the Pope has declared an Inquistion into his efforts.

Matt Wagner's nightmarish forecast for the future plumbs new depths in this issue, as we witness the first direct confrontation between God and the Devil--the initial showdown between our drug-crazed Grendel and the malevolent Pope Innocent XLII. Left raw and exposed from this violent ordeal, the Pope heads straight for another throat--this one belonging to his newest minion, C.O.P. officer Pellon Cross! Meanwhile, corporate investigator Orion Assante continues his dangerous search for the truth, despite the government's forced dismantling of the Tower Commission. Now he's an outlaw on the hunt, with nothing less than God Himself as quarry.

The madness intensifies, and God seethes with rage as the Devil--and Orion Assante-- inch closer to their separate but shared goal of disemboweling the Catholic Church. With Easter Sunday's big broadcast just one week away, an uninvited (and unhinged!) guest of the congregation begins sabotaging the Holy Week ceremonies, while the infuriated Pope desperately struggles to maintain control of his empire. Meanwhile, outlawed exile Assante goes to the heart of the matter--the new church tower itself--to try to decipher the secret purpose behind its construction. The stakes--and the bodies--are piling up, as Matt Wagner's most mind-bending Grendel saga nears its shocking conclusion.