Clive Barker's Night Breed #6

Nov 1990 · Marvel · 2.25 USD: 2.75 CAD

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“[The Blasphemers Part One:] The Body & Blood”

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Night Breed #6 — titled 'The Blasphemers: Part Two' — marks the halfway point of the first original story arc produced for the series after the four-issue film adaptation concluded, making it a pivotal chapter in the comic medium's expansion of Clive Barker's Midian mythology beyond what had been dramatized on screen. The issue deepens the central moral schism of the Nightbreed world — one faction striving to coexist peacefully with humanity, the other embracing predation — and forces Aaron Boone, now established in his role as the Cabal/leader of the Nightbreed, to navigate both external human threats and internal civil war. Spiderbaby makes what appears to be a sole-issue debut and is killed within the same installment, a darkly unusual narrative move that underscores the series' willingness to treat its monster-ensemble as expendable and morally complex. The issue is also part of the body of work that, collected years later in the Boom! Studios hardcover Nightbreed Archive Vol. 1, helped preserve Barker's Epic Comics era for a new generation of readers.

In "The Body & Blood," Boone presses on in his search for answers, tracking down the enigmatic Night Breed witch Nickneven—though her cryptic presence yields little clarity. Meanwhile, Mulciber and his rogue faction of blasphemers escalate their violent campaign, pushing the fragile balance of the Breed’s hidden world toward chaos. Written by D. G. Chichester and brought to life by Brett Blevins’ striking interior art and Joe Chiodo’s vivid colors, this pivotal issue deepens the mystery with a haunting, atmospheric tone. The cover, also by Brett Blevins, captures the dark intensity of the story’s escalating dread.

writer D. G. Chichester · artist, inker Brett Blevins · colorist Joe Chiodo · letterer Michael Heisler · letterer Bill Oakley · cover Bret Blevins

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History

The series was published by Marvel Comics under its creator-owned Epic imprint, running from April 1990 to March 1993 for 25 issues total; the first four issues adapted Barker's screenplay directly, while issue #5 launched the original 'Blasphemers' story arc with D.G. Chichester — who had first served the series as consulting editor before transitioning to sole writer — at the helm. Chichester, a Marvel editorial veteran who had worked on Clive Barker's Hellraiser for Epic, was the primary creative force behind the Blasphemers arc, with Bret Blevins (known for his earlier New Mutants work) handling pencils and covers through this portion of the run, though the series was already experiencing frequent artist turnover by this point. Reader correspondence from the period indicated that Barker himself supervised the storylines, maintaining a degree of authorial continuity over the expanded mythology.

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Published by Marvel's Epic Comics imprint; cover-dated November 1990, released September 18, 1990.
Story title: 'The Blasphemers — Part Two,' the second chapter of a six-part arc that constitutes the series' first wholly original (non-adaptation) storyline.
Written by D.G. Chichester, with art and cover by Bret Blevins; Mike Manley contributed additional interior art on issue #7 which shared the same creative team structure.
The issue pits two warring Nightbreed factions against each other: one, led by Boone/Cabal, seeking a peaceful new home after the destruction of Midian; the other, the Blasphemers, willing to prey on humans and make deals with human antagonists to survive.
Spiderbaby makes his first and only appearance in this issue — introduced alongside Fachan as part of the predatory Blasphemer faction — and is killed in the same issue when Mulciber throws him from a moving truck and runs him over, making this a notable instance of a one-and-done character debut and death.
Nana Nickneven, a witch-character introduced in issue #6, is central to Boone and Lori's search for guidance toward the 'Promised Lands,' the new sanctuary for the Nightbreed.
The storyline also features the notable continuity wrinkle of Narcisse's unexplained reappearance: his death (decapitation) during the film-adaptation issues conflicted with his survival in the actual film, and the series simply reintegrated him without explanation.
The entire first year of the Epic run, including this issue, was later collected in Clive Barker's Nightbreed Archive Vol. 1 (Boom! Studios, 2016), a 432-page hardcover with a foreword by D.G. Chichester and a cover by Mike Mignola.