Just like the rest of the Order of the Gash, the blubbery Butterball is being pieced together after destruction at the hands of Doctor Channard in Hellraiser II. Surprisingly, a major, human antagonist, Julia Cotton, is the one rebuilding Butterball, but she has an ulterior motive. She seeks a place above her station, and the newly motivated Butterball will help her get there.

Despite perking up when Julia Cotton is first identified, overall this felt like a very thin, very flimsy story indeed. It’s not only devoid of much substance at all, but ends on a very abrupt and unclear note too.

The art starts out feeling far too cartoony, but it’s not entirely weak all the way through. It does suffer from a lack of clarity in places though.

And though it seems we’re going to get some more incisive, relevant commentary on weight loss drugs, that thread (and its implications in relation to the oversized Butterball) is pretty much tossed aside, very quickly.

A big disappointment, and by far the weakest issue so far. No doubt it can be redeemed by the incoming, ongoing Hellraiser series (plot points for which it seems to be setting up), but for now this feels like a truly missed opportunity.

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