Authors: Luana Vergari and Doug Headline, from a story by Jean Ray; illustrated by Onofrio Catacchio
Age: 12 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 64 colour pages
Publication: February 2025
£11.99 incl VAT
ISBN: 9781800441569
Frederic Hamilton, an aging millionaire and philanthropist, calls upon Harry Dickson to investigate most curious facts. For some time, he has been having strange dreams in which he appears before a mysterious court – eleven masked judges who accuse him of despoiling Humanity.
Now, his latest dreams have included physical torture … and the pain is still present when he wakes up! Dickson and Superintendent Goodfield travel to Hamilton’s residence, but their mission quickly turns into a nightmare …
Harry Dickson is quite an old character and I came across some of his adventures in German in the 1990s when I was looking at old German pulps and other magazines from the early 1900s. In this volume there is an illustrated text section -Disgorged From Hell -Harry Dickson's Foes which is an interesting read.
The art by Onofrio Catacchio is very enjoyable to look at while Hiroyuki Ooshima's colour work enhances the mood of the various scenes. Headline and Vergari have written a nice and moody story based on an original Jean Ray (the character's creator). This series looks like it could be another winner for Cinebook.
Mysterion. The fate of this character left me with mixed feelings about what Dickson did rather like Ben Dilworth with the 1930s The Clock stories questioned whether using a gun to bring justice is wrong -the conclusion was that it was ...a paradox.
Square jawed and pipe smoking Dickson is certainly a character that entertains.
Worth the price of admission!
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