Literature Pinhead (Hellraiser)

cover of pinhead #1 (dec. 1991). art jim sanders iii.

pinhead first appears in clive barker s novella hellbound heart (1986), in appears in story s beginning, , portrayed sexually ambiguous follower of engineer :

its voice, unlike of companion, light , breathy-the voice of excited girl. every inch of head had been tattooed intricate grid, , @ every intersection of horizontal , vertical axes jeweled pin driven through bone. tongue decorated.

the character appears in various hellraiser comics , received own comic miniseries, entitled pinhead, published marvel comics epic comics imprint. in comic book series, pinhead depicted latest incarnation of cenobite spirit xipe totec, entity derived aztec mythology. in harrowing storyline, pinhead revealed have been romantically involved cenobite named merkova, killed disciples of morte mamme, sister , rival of leviathan. in pinhead/marshal law crossover series, revealed pinhead s human incarnation, captain spencer, took part in battle of somme.

captain spencer has cameo appearance in novel bloody red baron kim newman, in working agent of diogenes club. suffering shell shock, spencer invalided out of army after hammering nails own skull (in introduction newman s collection original doctor shade , other stories, neil gaiman claims kim newman original inspiration pinhead ).

in 2011, barker began writing series of hellraiser comics boom!, taking place sometime after events of hell on earth. pinhead reunited in hell cenobite entourage first 2 films (including chatterer, female, , butterball), comes mourn futility of own existence. deciding wants permanently return human form , seek spiritual salvation, begins sending anonymous clues kirsty cotton locations of artifacts summon cenobites can destroy them. after kirsty locates , opens box, pinhead , fellow cenobites appear her; but, rather kill her, pinhead instead betrays fellow cenobites , , kirsty kill them together. of september 2011 issue, unclear whether pinhead attempting coerce kirsty taking place leader of cenobites, or whether plans return human form involve romantic interests towards her.

he appears in scarlet gospels, in confronts harry d amour. in 1998, clive barker stated novel marks death of pinhead, , hopes definitive.

1 of things m trying in story d amour , pinhead is, want kind of make pinhead feel fucked. want people make fools of him breathes last , no hope of resurrection. no sequels. swear way s going - have plotted - way s going total, complete optimistic film producer in hollywood never dream of resurrecting him! m going off him, , want audience say, . .

barker, did not name pinhead , vowed rename character in scarlet gospels . novel referred character hell priest , title held in hell.

scarlet gospels revealed pinhead hell priest ; religious authority figure in hell. plot in novel established hell being mixture of medieval europe/ancient greece , hell priest being powerful figure in community, ruling on hell in absence of lucifer, abandoned hell shortly after fall grace. having secured known sources of magic on earth on lengthy period of time, hell priest reveals harry d amour has been secretly killing off rivals in hell assume complete control on realm. kidnaps harry s friend norma , uses hostage visit forbidden section of hell lucifer said reside. hell priest s goal meet satan , gain enlightenment encounter. however, finds lucifer, dead in crypt armor. hell priest removes , dons lucifer s armor, inadvertently raising him dead. lucifer mortally wounds hell priest, manages kill norma , blind harry before dying. remains destroyed when unseen force annihilates hell following satan leaving realm earth following battle.

the upcoming novel hellraiser: toll mark alan miller bridges gap between hellbound heart , scarlet gospels, hell priest identified cold man. in novel, calls upon first witness plan scarlet gospels, before chose harry d amour.