Following the wrap-up of Jesse's origin in Preacher #12, a number of key characters will be introduced in "Hunters" beginning in #13, reveals writer Garth Ennis. "We're moving everything up a gear."
That cast includes Jesus DeSade, who runs a gang of perverts in San Francisco. When introduced, he's sodomizing his way through a petting zoo. The issue features Ennis' long-promised scene of armadillo buggering ("Jesus is into that.") and introduces us to two investigators of sexual oddities.
The foremost new character will be Star, the leader of a branch of the Grail, which is protectinga secret at the heart of Preacher. "He'll be Jesse's main enemy from nigh on," Ennis says. "He'll be with us right to the end of the book." Taking over as editor with that issue is Axel Alonso, after co-editing #11 and #12 with Stuart Moore.
Cassidy returns in #13 as well. He left for San Francisco at the end of #7 to take it easy, while Jesse and Tulip heade south to deal with some personal matters.
Other plans include a trade paperback of the first seven issues in February. A Saint of Killers mini-series with art by Steve Pugh (Animal Man) may appear by early summer starring the patron saint of murderers, and a one-shot is being considered for Arseface, a popular early character (who comes by his name due to a failed suicide that left a hole in his face. "Don't know what we'll be calling that one," Ennis muses. "But I'd really like to put his name on the cover somewhere."
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