''Five Ghosts'' is an ongoing
comic book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
series chronicling the travels of treasure hunter Fabian Gray and his rare ability to harness the ghosts of five literary characters.
First issued in 2013 by publisher
Image Comics
Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-ow ...
, the comic was created by writer Frank J. Barbiere and artist Chris Mooneyham.
Plot
The story focuses on Fabian Gray who suffers from a rare affliction, inflicted after an encounter with an artifact known as “The Dreamstone”. This encounter has given Gray the power to harness the abilities of five unnamed literary characters or “Ghosts” referred to as "The Wizard", "The Archer", "The Detective", "The Samurai" and "The Vampire". It has been suggested these correspond to
Merlin
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,
Robin Hood,
Sherlock Holmes
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,
Miyamoto Musashi, and
Count Dracula.
List of characters
*Fabian Gray
*
Iago
*Sebastian
*Jezebel
Adaptations
In October 2014, American television channel
SyFy
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announced that a series based on the comic book was under development. The pilot will be produced by
Universal Cable Productions,
Black Mask Studios
Black Mask Studios is a comic book and graphic novel publishing company formed by Matt Pizzolo, Steve Niles and Brett Gurewitz, designed as a new infrastructure to support comic book creators and a new pipeline for transgressive art.
Black Mask ...
and BenderSpink.
References
2013 comics debuts
Image Comics titles
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