Mirka Andolfo returns to Mercy's world with Merciless in December

Image Comics has announced a four-issue gothic sequel with Lidia Bolognini drawing an older Rory in Woodsburgh.

Mercy is getting a new gothic chapter. Image Comics announced Merciless on September 23 as a four-issue miniseries scheduled to begin in December, with Mirka Andolfo returning to the world she created and Lidia Bolognini illustrating the new story. Rory's turn in Woodsburgh The follow-up moves attention to an older

Rory, now investigating dark secrets in Woodsburgh. That shift gives the sequel a new point of view while retaining the Victorian atmosphere that defined Mercy . Image has shown the first issue's cover and interior pages, so readers can see Bolognini's approach before deciding whether to follow the series. The

announcement names a December launch rather than a firm weekly on-sale date in the excerpted release details. Readers new to the setting can start with Mercy: The Fair Lady, The Frost, and the Fiend , the existing collection of the six original issues. The publisher's announcement has the current preview material and

is the place to check later ordering information. Headline image: Mirka Andolfo / Image Comics; official first-issue cover.

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