Gert's Inferno is a five-issue

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story arc written by

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and drawn by Brett Bean as the fifth volume of '' I Hate Fairyland''. Published by

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, the story revolves around an adult Gert as she is hired by a billionaire to rescue his son from Fairyland.

Summary

The comic follows an adult Gertrude as she is hired by billionaire William Wiggins to return to Fairyland, rescue his son, and conquer the realm for mankind. Teaming up with Fairyland denizen Rotwald Rat and guided by the

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poet

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, Gert traverses the

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Dante's Inferno ''Inferno'' (; Italian for ' Hell') is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century narrative poem '' The Divine Comedy'', followed by and . The ''Inferno'' describes the journey of a fictionalised version of Dante himsel ...

in search of the road back to the realm of magic.

Reception

''Gert's Inferno'' received good reviews.

References

{{Comics-stub Comics stubs Isekai comics Works based on Inferno (Dante) Comics based on the Divine Comedy