174 : Marvel Hellraiser Part 3
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Show Notes
Book 8 – 1991
- Homecoming (w – John Rozum, a – Mark Texiera)
- Devil’s Brigade Part 2: Heaven on Hell Street (w – Ron Wolfe, a – John Van Fleete)
- Losing Herself in the Part (w — Doug Murray, Dwayne McDuffie, a — Gray Morrow)
- Devil’s Brigade Part 3: Inside the Laager (w — Larry Wachowski, a — Joe Barruso)
Book 9 – 1991
- Closets (w – Larry Wachowski, a — Miran Kim)
- The Tontine (w/a – Scott Hampton, a – John Van Fleet)
- The Devil’s Brigade Part Four: Shoot High Break Low
- The Devil’s Brigade Part Five: Passion
Book 10 – 1991
- Devil’s Brigade Part 6: One True Faith (W – Nicholas Vince, A – Joe Barruso)
- The Sweet Science (W – Erik Saltzgaber, A – Mike Zeck)
- Devil’s Brigade Part 7: Commitment (W – DG Chichester, Dwayne McDuffie, A – Mike McMahon)
“Homecoming” was changed editorially into something far too gentle for the Hellraiser universe, and into something disappointingly unrecognizable from the script I turned in, so I don’t really consider it something I wrote, but I’m still pretty pleased with the other too stories. I really dug getting to play with Clive Barker’s creations and had even written a tie in comic detailing the origins of the lament configurations (the deadly puzzle boxes) and further three stories which never saw print because the series was cancelled before they could be run. I’d love to be able to return to Hellraiser some day.
The first of the stories I wrote for this series, “Homecoming,” was also the first narrative comic book story I wrote for publication. I worked really hard to make it tight, seamless, and brutal, only to see something published which represented the story I turned in only in the most superficial level, completely removing the brutal ending and replacing it with one of redemption and responsibility.
The Cenobite in my story, was really a cenobite pet, who escapes hell, and his masters, and heads home to the family he left on earth decades ago. This pet was taken to hell as a child, because his older brother sacrificed him to the Cenobites rather than go himself, as was supposed to happen. When the cenobites come to retrieve their pet, they demand to take the older brother back as well for their trouble. In my version the older brother surrenders his young son instead, remaining a coward and never taking responsibility for his actions. In the altered version, he owns up for what he has done and goes along himself.
I was pissed, and disowned the story after this, despite some lovely art by Mark Texiera. I later wondered if maybe my script, being my first was bad and required the changes, but having found it in my files years later, so that it still held up, and remains stronger than what saw print.
My next story fared a lot better, though I had to fight for it.
From <https://johnrozum.blogspot.com/search/label/Hellraiser>
Gray Morrow died of a self inflicted gunshot. He suffered from Parkinson’s disease.
Morrow was nominated for the Hugo Award for best professional artist in 1966,[30] 1967,[31] and 1968.
Discussion: Voice Mails
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