They tell him that Igor Bromhead trapped Hecate. Hellboy shoots the witch carrying him and falls to the ground through the roof of an old church. Hellboy tells them to let him go, but they respond that they have assembled for him. The risen witch repeats her curse on Hood, and the witches fly off carrying Hellboy along with them.Īll manner of witches join them in the sky, all heading to the Sabbath at Leeds. Hellboy tells Hood that they are on the same side, but Hood refuses to side with a Demon and attacks him. The ghost of Henry Hood appears and attacks the witches. The hanged witches rise from their grave. The Witches in England continue their ritual to bind Hellboy and resurrect the three hanged witches. They tell Hellboy that there will be a gathering of witches unlike any other, all for Hellboy. The three travelers go to the grave of the women and pour a potion on them, animating the witches. One woman curses Hood with her last breath, that he should find no peace in this life or the next. The story flashes back to hanging of the women. Hood met a bad end, his eyes burnt out with copper coins and buried alive in an unmarked grave. They tell Hellboy that in this place Henry Hood, a Witchfinder in the 1640's, hanged three women. Three people, two men and a woman, approach Hellboy. They carved one into an image of Hellboy and use it to summon him.Īlso in England, Hellboy has been staying with his old friend Harry Middleton for the past month. One of the witches just returned from Castle Giurescu where she retrieved two of Hellboy's broken horns (as seen in Wake the Devil). In England three witches stand in a circle of standing stones. Bromhead reveals that she was betrayed by her lover Vladimir Giurescu, who's skeleton lies in the crypt. Hecate is shocked that he knows this name. Hecate appears and Bromhead proceeds to curse and bind her using her secret name, Ilsa Haupstein.

In a crypt in Italy, Igor Bromhead chants around a vat of blood, summoning the goddess Hecate. A number of images were released, including a colored page in the Hellmail of The Island #1. Although the first issue was drawn, in the end it was decided to not use Bermejo for the story. Originally Darkness Calls was going to be drawn by Lee Bermejo.

The first is drawn by Duncan Fegredo, the second by Mike Mignola. The story was collected with two new epilogues in Hellboy: vol. The series was supposed to be released monthly, but issue #6 was released late, on November 7th. Issues #1 and #2 were both published in May, though #1 was cover dated April. Darkness Calls was published as a six issue mini-series between May and November 2007.

Hellboy, Vol. 8 by Mike Mignola