Dark Horse Comics announced Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck are back to tell another tale from the Hellboy Universe in the pages of The Serpent in the Garden: Ed Gray and the Last Battle for England.
The Serpent in the Garden: Ed Gray and the Last Battle for England is a three-issue mini-series launching in November.
Nineteenth-century paranormal investigator Ed Grey’s illustrious and otherworldly career has been a pivotal part of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy Universe. From his first appearance of Hellboy: Wake the Devil to his unforgettable roles in Hellboy in Hell and Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder, Grey has always been one of the most important and enigmatic figures in the Hellboy Universe.
“Ed Grey feels to me like he took off like a rocket,” said Mignola. “He was my ‘regular guy’ occult detective but then just kept going. Being dismembered and stitched back together didn’t even slow him down. He became a magician and flew around doing stuff. He decided to take on some of Hellboy’s curse, and everything just kept beating him, and he just kept getting up, and before too long, I just felt bad for him and wanted to give him a quiet place to sit down – retire in peace. BUT he had just one more (I hope) thing to do and then not only could he retire but he could retire another of my favorite characters. Let’s hope both of them can finally relax after this one last battle for England.”
Taking place after the events of B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know and Mignola and Stenbeck’s Koshchei in Hell, The Serpent in the Garden follows Grey after he’s summoned away from Hell by Alice, queen of the last standing realm on Earth, to help defend England from King Arthur’s half-sister Morgan Le Fay and her fearsome champion.
In a press release from Dark Horse Comics, artist Ben Stenbeck said this would be the last Hellboy Universe story he would be working on for a while.
The Serpent in the Garden: Ed Grey and the Last Battle of England #1 arrives on November 27, 2024.
