Everyone's favorite guitar-smashing, dungeon-ruling older brother Eddie Munson is getting his own comic book title from Dark Horse, going back to before Stranger Things season 4 to tell the story of how Eddie started playing D&D and how He went on to form Hellfire. Club.
Appropriately titled Stranger Things meets Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Hellfire, the four-issue limited series will premiere in the winter of 2025, in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons.
Jody Houser, who co-wrote the previous Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons limited series, returns for The Rise of Hellfire, alongside new co-writer Eric Campbell, who has his own D&D pedigree in the Dungeons & Dragons Worlds & Realms story collection. They will be joined by artist Diego Galindo, who also returns from the previous limited series Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons. Colorist Diana Sousa and letterer Nate Piekos complete the creative team.
Here's a gallery of covers for Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Hellfire #1 by Magali Villanueve, Rebecca Pueblar, Jeremy Wilson, Nimit Malavia, and Kyle Lambert, designer and illustrator of the key art for the Stranger Things series:
“Spellcasting, swordplay, and rolling dice shaped the lives of the Stranger Things kids long before they had to face real-life monsters,” reads Dark's official description. Horse for Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Hellfire. . “This crossover comic features Eddie Munson's rise to de facto leader of the Hellfire Club, flashbacks to the legendary campaign that got him hooked on D&D, his recruitment of Lucas, Dustin, and Mike, and glimpses of the fantasy worlds they conquered together.”
“As soon as I saw season 4 of Stranger Things, I knew that the story of Eddie Munson and the Hellfire Club would be a perfect sequel to our Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons miniseries,” Jody Houser adds in a statement. “Both Eric and I are very familiar with how D&D forges friendships and storytellers, and it's been wonderful to explore Hawkins through that lens.”
Dark Horse frames the story as a “heartfelt farewell” to Eddie, who quickly became one of Stranger Things' most popular characters thanks to his iconic scene playing Metallica's Master of Puppets solo on guitar, as well as his performance general. The coolest big brother energy and continued friendship with the show's main characters.
We'll have to wait until winter 2025 for more time with Eddie, although Dark Horse has yet to announce a specific release date.
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