H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu: The Whisperer in Darkness
H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu: The Whisperer in Darkness is a three-part comic mini-series from Millennium Publications in the United States, published between December 1991 and April 1992.
The story follows the Miskatonic Project, a team of three investigators who use Miskatonic University as their base: Lord Justin Sabbath, Professor Augustus Grant, and psychic Fleur Avignon. They work with folklorist Professor Albert Wilmarth, who brings them news about the alien Mi-go (the Fungi from Yuggoth). The events are set in 1929.
Issue 1 introduces the team in a framing sequence drawn by Darryl Banks, with Mark Ellis writing. The rest of the issue adapts H. P. Lovecraft’s story “The Whisperer in Darkness,” with art by Daryl Hutchison and Melissa Martin.
The next two issues continue the tale as a sequel to “The Whisperer in Darkness.” Don Heck handles the pencil work, with scripts by Mark Ellis and Terry Collins.
In the series, the Mi-Go and their human collaborators are shown paving the way for the return of the Old Ones, including Cthulhu. Inspector John Raymond Legrasse, a character from Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu,” appears in the second chapter.
The three issues were collected into a graphic novel in 1993. An updated edition with new artwork, retitled The Miskatonic Project: H.P. Lovecraft’s The Whisperer in Darkness, was released in 2008. The three issues also came with trading cards featuring the Old Ones, created by Darryl Banks, Daryl Hutchison, Deirdre DeLay, and Joe Phillips.
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