The Black Pearl (comics)

The Black Pearl
1997 omnibus edition
Publication information
PublisherDark Horse Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatLimited series
Genre
Publication dateSeptember 1996 – January 1997
No. of issues5
Main character(s)Luther Drake
Creative team
Created byMark Hamill
Eric Johnson
Written byMark Hamill
Eric Johnson
Penciller(s)H. M. Baker
Inker(s)Bruce Patterson
Dan Schaeffer
Letterer(s)Sean Konot
Colorist(s)Bernie Mireault
Editor(s)Bob Schreck
Collected editions
The Black PearlISBN 978-1-56971-274-0

The Black Pearl is a five-issue comic book limited series published by Dark Horse Comics in 1996, written by Eric Johnson and Mark Hamill, illustrated by H. M. Baker, and inked by Bruce Patterson and Dan Schaeffer. The story focuses on Luther Drake, a troubled man who becomes a costumed vigilante "hero" by accident and media pressure.

Hamill described the "crime thriller" series as a "five-part graphic novel", less about superheroes and more about sensationalism, tabloid journalism, and "all the things that thrillers come from."[1] Hamill has been promoting the idea, originally written as a screenplay, of a film adaptation of The Black Pearl, with himself as the director, since before the first issue of the comic was published in September 1996.[1][2][3]

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