The Possessed (comics)
| The Possessed | |
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Cover to issue #1
Art by Liam Sharp |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Cliffhanger (Wildstorm) |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date(s) | September 2003 - March 2004 |
| No. of issues | 6 |
| Creative team | |
| Written by |
Geoff Johns Kris Grimminger |
| Artist(s) | Liam Sharp |
| Collected editions | |
| The Possessed | ISBN |
The Possessed is a six-issue American comic book limited series published in late 2003 and early 2004 by Wildstorm Productions, an imprint of DC Comics. The series was published under Wildstorm's internal imprint Cliffhanger.
The series followed a fictional team of exorcists sponsored by the Vatican. Each member has a history with demonic possession.
It was co-written by Geoff Johns and Kris Grimminger, with artwork provided by Liam Sharp.
The team is introduced as they fight to save a young girl named Mandy from possession. After the battle Christian examines a mysterious symbol on two pieces of paper. One has the symbol surrounded by three rings and the other by two.
A young boy is possessed at a wedding reception and the team is called in. Before the battle Christian intentionally fails to take his prescribed injection of holy water—the team's means of protection against possession. During the battle, the demon they are fighting possesses Christian who then disappears.
In the wake of Christian's disappearance, the team tries to figure out his motives. Many more pieces of paper with the symbol from issue #1 are found, each with one less ring. Holly reveals that the same symbol is carved, in numerous places into Christian's chest. Burroughs deduces that it may be a countdown of some sort.
Christian's whereabouts are revealed as he arrives in the small town of Iron Wood, Michigan. Once there he journeys to the house of a girl named Sierra Waggoner, who is possessed. There the demon possessing him leaves his body after saying "I have delivered him to you."
The rest of the team receives a call from the priest in Iron Wood and journeys there themselves. They arrive to find the entire town under demonic possession.
This issue opens as the team battles the possessed parishioners of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church. After they drive their enemies away, the team ties up and has a conversation with the demon possessing the corpse of the church's priest. This conversation reveals the demonic plans underway in Iron Wood.
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