Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Book 6

Clive Barker's Hellraiser (1989) #6

by Erik Saltzgaber, Joe Barruso (Illustrator), Bill Mumy

Time to deal another dead man's hand, courtesy of croupier Clive Barker and his cruel conceits. Here's how the cards fall tonight...

A pair of lovers must test their relationship -- beyond the grave. Vietnam makes a soldier and a Cenobite into two-of-a-kind. Flush with terror, a mother battles monstrosities for her son's soul. And when a gambler bets on the wrong horse, it's a straight-to-hell.

Stir in a round...you may find the stakes irresistable.

In fact, we'd bet your life on it.


Contents:
Original Sin by Ron Wolfe, SMS
Lingerings by James R. Smith, Jamie Tolagson
Tunnel of Love by Erik Saltzgaber, Joe Barruso
The Trainer by Bill Mummy, Miguel Ferrer, Bill Wray

Genres: Horror, Comics, Graphic Novels

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Ill D]

With two duds down, in contradistinction to the otherwise stellar compendiums of the first 4 offerings, my hopes weren’t exactly the best when I opened the first page. And for the most part that lameness continues. Nothing inspires not amazes in the least, save the first story which actually retains a pleasant degree of horror. But anything well thought out is smooshed underneath and trodden by cloved hooves by the upcoming sequences of moribund mediocrity.

Whether waxing toward the experimental or sticking within the confines of established comic derived know-how, even some above average artwork set within a true real-world Hell (Vietnam), such pluses can’t still pull the HellRaiser comics from the pit of shit its descended from Vol. 4 onward.

[Leila Anani]

Another mixed bag of hellraiser short stories. the highlight is the Trainer written by the actors Miguel Ferrer and Bill Mummy - Bill Wray serves up some great art for this and the hell sequences are really vibrant and freaky. Probably my least favourite is the Vietnam War set, Tunnel of Love - hated the art and disliked the story.

Not the best hellraiser graphic, but has its moments.

[Mel]

The first two stories in this one were really good an abused wife and mother who risks everything for her son, then a gay love story about a man willing to do anything for his partner. It seemed like to balance that out the last two were extra testosterone filled, a commando in Vietnam and a reprehensible horse trainer. The second two were both pretty bad.

[Γιώργος Μπελαούρης]

another nice addition to this editions