Grendel

An adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon monster from the epic poem Beowulf, this Grendel is the fearsome, murderous creature who terrorizes the mead-hall Heorot — a literary horror reimagined for comics readers in the late 1980s under Dark Horse.

A creature of myth given fresh ink in the late 1980s, this Grendel made their debut in Comics Scene in 1988, brought to life by creator Eric Niderost during the Copper Age's fertile boom of ambitious, literary-minded comics. Published under the Dark Horse banner — a house that always had a taste for the unconventional — this character kept remarkable company over the years, sharing pages with icons like Concrete, Martha Washington, and RoboCop. With a catalog presence stretching across 26 years and at least one key collector issue to their name, this is a figure well worth seeking out for fans who love the darker, more cerebral corners of Dark Horse's storied history.