B.P.R.D., Vol. 6: The Universal Machine

After the catastrophic encounter with the monster-god Katha-Hem, Dr. Kate Corrigan travels to rural France in search of an ancient text that might undo the death of Roger. Back at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, Captain Daimio tells the story of his own death, Johann Kraus confesses a bizarre love triangle arising from one of his seances, Abe recalls a mission with Hellboy during his early days at the B.P.R.D., and Liz reveals a weird tale of the family members she killed while discovering her firestarter powers.

In the wake of Roger the homunculus' apparent demise, his B.P.R.D. colleagues brainstorm resurrecting him and trade the backstories that space episodes of the main attraction, consultant Kate Corrigan's search for an occult volume that may contain a spell to rouse the stone man. The quest leads up an Alp into a hidden, timeless alt-world in which Kate is trapped while her assistant holes up in a phone booth surrounded by werewolves. Mignola had this dandy yarn sitting around for years, awaiting a context. Guy Davis draws it to an angular T. Delightful. Ray Olson
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