Caballistics, Inc.
| Caballistics, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Rebellion/2000AD |
| First appearance | "Going Underground" (January 2003) |
| Created by |
Gordon Rennie Dom Reardon |
| In-story information | |
| Type of business | Paranormal investigations |
| Base(s) | Exham Priory |
| Owner(s) | Ethan Kostabi |
| Employee(s) | Solomon Ravne Jenny Simmons Hannah Chapter Lawrence Verse Mikey Ness Howard Slater Jonathan Brand |
Caballistics, Inc is a horror/fantasy story, set in the present day, that has been running in the weekly British anthology comic 2000AD since December 2002. The strip was created by writer Gordon Rennie and artist Dom Reardon (the latter of whom has been the sole artist on the strip since its inception).
It spawned a spin-off, Absalom, based around Inspector Harry Absalom (given as "Absolam" in Caballistics, Inc), written by Rennie with art by Tiernen Trevallion.
In 2004 Department Q, a Ministry of Defence department originally created in the 1940s to combat nazi occult warfare, is privatised by the British government. The Department, by then consisting only of the crusty paranormal historian Dr Jonathan Brand and his assistant Jennifer Simmons, is bought up by Ethan Kostabi, a reclusive multi-millionaire pop star of the 1970s, clearly modelled to a certain extent on David Bowie. Kostabi announces that he has contracted their services as part of a new private ghost-busting outfit, to be known as Caballistics, Inc., and introduces them to their teammates, freelance occult investigators Hannah Chapter and Lawrence Verse. Even before the official press release for the new company can be sent out, the team is called to deal with a major paranormal infestation on the London Underground, where they meet the fifth member of the team, the powerful and seemingly evil Solomon Ravne. The team go on to investigate various paranormal phenomena, suffering from internal conflicts and divided loyalties, and all the while it is suggested that Kostabi has some ultimate plan in mind for the team beyond that which any of them expect...
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