The original Grendel, Hunter Rose, returns in GRENDEL: BEHOLD THE DEVIL, written and drawn by Matt Wagner!

This is an untold chapter in the life of the greatest criminal mastermind in history--a thrilling and horrifying glimpse into a time when Rose's novels were at the top of all the bestseller lists and rumors of the assassin Grendel were on the lips of every terrified mobster unfortunate enough to present an obstacle to Rose's utter domination of the city's underworld.

For the first time in over a decade, Wagner returns to the character that made him famous to reveal the biggest secret of Rose's illustrious and bloody career as Grendel!

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T ALREADY KNOW GRENDEL: PREPARE TO GET REAL. Nothing you have read will prepare you for this. Ask any die hard comic book reader about the first time they picked up Matt Wagner's multi-volume generation-spanning magnum opus, you will see their gaze get distant, as they go back to the time Wagner blew their mind.

The Grendel Cycle, "a study of the nature of aggression," is one of those works that inspire legendary devotion, an epic centered around the many people throughout history who have taken on the mantle of Grendel. The earliest known, Hunter Rose, has been absent from the many volumes of Grendel, as has Wagner (who has been working on little known characters such as Batman). But now, they are BACK.

Below, we are proud to present an exclusive premiere of GRENDEL: BEHOLD THE DEVIL -- the first reveal of this stunning reunion of Hunter and Wagner, including two pages you won't see anywhere outside of MySpace Comic Books! Even the first issue, which hits the stands on November 21st, won't include all that you are about to experience.

Thank you to everyone at Dark Horse Comics, especially Jeremy Atkins and Diana Schutz, for making this possible. And of course, to Matt Wagner himself for giving us these beautiful pages.