After three hellish issues, Archie Comics‘s The Cursed Library ends in December with The Cursed Library #3: Unbound. And Comic Book Club has an exclusive look inside the issue, written by Eliot Rahal and Magdalene Visaggio with art by Craig Cermak.
“Mags and I have known each other for a long time in comics, however, this our first time working together,” said co-writer Eliot Rahal in a statement provided to Comic Book Club. “I was working with Madam Satan. She was working with Jinx and Danni. Archie decided to combine our powers, and it’s been a real pleasure. Mags elevates the material. Her insights have helped take a jam-packed three issues and make sure it’s filled with impactful moments.”
Added Cermak, “This finale is a real rollercoaster and filled with moments both joyous and painful to draw on paper. Eliot and Magdalene put the characters through the wringer, and bring a lot of weight with the backstory of Jinx’s mom. Drawing moments both big and small lets me stretch my artistic muscles in a challenging, exciting way. There’s thrilling action, with some pretty gnarly gore that’ll shock you, and some deeply personal scenes that will make you want to give Jinx, Danni, and even Madam Satan a hug.”
“The Cursed Library itself is very significant, both as a plot device and also as an emotional beat,” Rahal continued. “I have always been reluctant to write a story about stories, but I don’t really see this as that. To me, the Cursed Library is about characters. The human heart. It’s about the stories we carry inside ourselves, not the ones we are told.”
You can check out the preview below! Check out? Get it? Because it’s a library? Anyway.
The Cursed Library #3: Unbound Preview
Check out six pages and four covers from the December 18, 2024 publishing issue here! Click the thumbnails for a larger version:
The Cursed Library #3: Unbound Official Synopsis:
This is it! The final chapter of the Cursed Library is here. Will Jinx assume her rightful role on Satan’s throne? Can the unlikely duo of Danni and Madam Satan save her? It’s going to take a hell of a lot to set things right!
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