Hellboy: The Wild Hunt 8-A

"The Wild Hunt" Part 8 of 8

Hellboy inspects the charred ruins of Morgan Le Fay's castle, finding Alice dead. Vasilisa questions him if it would not have been better simply to draw Excalibur from the stone than to fight his fate. Hellboy reconsiders, and draws the sword, as he is watched from every corner of the mystic world. Once the sword is drawn, the world is transformed, and he and Alice, alive and whole, are returned to the place of where they had earlier met Queen Mab. Elsewhere, Gruagach presses Nimue to transform him to his former glory, that he might kill Hellboy. She gives him no reply, and his faith in her falters. Nimue, enraged, banishes the distraught Gruagach from her sight. The Osirus Club has received word that Excalibur has been drawn, and start to move on their plan to secure Hellboy's Right Hand of Doom. In a far away land, a creature fulfills Nimue's request to forge for her an iron helm bearing three ravens, which will transform her from the Queen of Blood to the Queen of War. Little does Nimue know that the transformation will not stop there, nor will it be under her control. (24 pages)

- Story written by Mike Mignola, illustrated by Duncan Fegredo, colored by Dave Stewart, and lettered by Clem Robins.

- Cover illustrated by Mike Mignola.

Number 44 in the comprehensive numbering scheme for the series.

*Hellboy finally confronts the truth about his heritage -- a moment that the mysterious Osiris Club has been anticipating for over a century, and believes heralds the final days of man! *Source: darkhorse.com