Jim Henson's Labyrinth #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeJim Henson's Labyrinth #3 (2024) is the third chapter in the first-ever graphic adaptation of A.C.H. Smith's novelization of the beloved 1986 Henson film — a source text that itself contains scenes and moments never captured in the final theatrical cut, giving the comic adaptation genuine literary territory beyond the movie alone. Published under BOOM! Studios' Archaia imprint ahead of the film's 40th anniversary in 2026, the series represents the most ambitious sequential-art treatment of the Labyrinth story in the modern era, distinct from both the 1986 Marvel Comics film adaptation and the anthology specials BOOM! had previously released. Issue #3 is the oubliette chapter — the pivotal mid-story sequence in which Sarah and Hoggle navigate the tunnels beneath the Labyrinth — a set piece that tests the creative team's ability to translate Henson's claustrophobic, ever-shifting world into the static comic panel. Reviewers noted that by this issue the series had committed to faithful structural fidelity over invention, which itself documents a deliberate editorial philosophy about how the Henson estate and BOOM! chose to honor the source material for a new generation.
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The series grew out of a BOOM! Studios and Jim Henson Company partnership announced in the lead-up to San Diego Comic-Con 2023, with the stated goal of adapting A.C.H. Smith's novelization — personally overseen by Jim Henson and containing story material not present in the film — for the first time in graphic form. Writer Kyla Vanderklugt, a writer-illustrator based in rural Ontario best known for Demon in the Wood, and Italian artist Giorgio Spalletta — who co-created Alice Ever After and Alice Never After for BOOM! — were assembled as the creative team, with colors by Sara Cuomo and letters by Jim Campbell. The series launched September 18, 2024, with issue #3 following on November 27, 2024, as part of a planned eight-issue run published through BOOM!'s award-winning Archaia imprint.
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- Released November 27, 2024 by BOOM! Studios under the Archaia imprint; third installment of an eight-issue limited series.
- Written by Kyla Vanderklugt (Demon in the Wood), with interior art by Giorgio Spalletta, colors by Sara Cuomo, and lettering by Jim Campbell.
- The series is the first-ever graphic adaptation of A.C.H. Smith's novelization of the 1986 Jim Henson film — a novelization that includes scenes and moments never filmed or included in the theatrical release.
- Issue #3 covers the oubliette sequence: Sarah and Hoggle escape the deep tunnels beneath the Labyrinth while racing against the 13-hour clock to rescue Toby from Jareth the Goblin King.
- The series was developed ahead of the 40th anniversary of the 1986 film (anniversary falls in 2026), positioning it as an officially sanctioned commemorative adaptation.
- Distinct from — and concurrent with — BOOM!'s separate Archive Edition facsimile reprints of the original 1986 Marvel Comics adaptation (written by Sid Jacobson, illustrated by John Buscema with inker Romeo Tanghal), which had been out of print for over 35 years.
- Artist Giorgio Spalletta is an Italian comics creator who trained and later taught at the International School of Comics in Rome, with prior work for Sergio Bonelli Editore and Dynamite Entertainment.
- The 1986 film on which both adaptations are based was written by Terry Jones (Monty Python) from a story by Jim Henson and Canadian poet Dennis Lee, and starred David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly.
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Reprinted in Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Graphic Novel #[nn] (2025)
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