Griot

Stepping out of the early '90s horror comics boom, Griot made their debut in Clive Barker's Hellraiser #14 (1992), brought to life by the creative team of C. J. Henderson, Vincent Cecolini, and the remarkable Colleen Doran. A creature of the Copper/Modern Age, this character inhabits one of Marvel's most deliciously dark corners — the Hellraiser universe — rubbing shoulders with the likes of Pinhead, Elliott Spencer, and the demonic Balberith across titles including Pinhead and Clive Barker's Book of the Damned: A Hellraiser Companion. With only six catalog appearances spread across a brief but intense 1992–1994 window, Griot is the kind of rare, atmospheric find that rewards dedicated horror comics hunters — a figure woven into the fabric of Barker's nightmare mythology and well worth tracking down.