Today sees the release of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser #1, the beginning of a new on-going series from BOOM! Studios which has Barker back writing for the franchise he created! You can check out our review of this exciting first issue, and if you’re interested in checking it out, then we have a treat for you.

BOOM! has provided us with the 8-page digital Prelude to Hellraiser #1, “At the Tolling of a Bell,” which we invite you to download for FREE right now! This is an all new, original story — NOT part of any other issues — which was written by Clive Barker with Christopher Monfette, with art by Leonardo Manco. This prelude issue is ONLY available now digitally and will not be sold as a single-issue in print form. It will be in print for the first time only as part of the first trade volume of the series, so don’t wait, grab it right here right now for FREE!

Click the link to download the PDF: Prelude to Hellraiser #1 PDF [Note, clicking on the link does NOT begin the download; you’ll be brought to a new page where you can select the PDF to download.]

If you want a peek at Prelude to Hellraiser #1, click the thumbnail at right here below to see a 1-page preview from the issue.

Barker wrote the novella The Hellbound Heart, which he then adapted to film with Hellraiser. Although there have been comics set in the Hellraiser world before, this is the first time Barker himself is writing a Hellraiser comic book series and it’s only his third time venturing back into the universe!

HELLRAISER PRELUDE TO THE FIRST ISSUE PDF – “At the Tolling of a Bell”

Written by Clive Barker with Christopher Monfette
Art by Leonardo Manco
Colors by Juan Manuel Tumbrú
Lettering by Johnny Lowe
Cover by Tim Bradstreet
Edited by Ian Brill
Published by BOOM! Studios
Suggested for Mature Readers
Download link: Prelude to Hellraiser #1 PDF