While attending a Superhero therapy centre Marshal is presented with the Lament Configuration as a way of accessing enlightenment. The plot is straight forward and is presented in line with previous Marshal Law stories. So the Pinhead we get in the two issue series is not the same as the character that Clive Barker envisioned. In this case, as the book was written and drawn by the creators of Marshal Law, Pinhead is entering Marshal’s world. The first thing to highlight about the series is that in any inter-company crossover one character has to enter the others world, and as such will have to bend to the rules of that world.

He has remained a cult comic figure that has been published by several companies that no longer exist. He has Super powers and the authority to take out any wayward Superheroes, with extreme force. The series is set in the future city of San Futuro and Marshal Law is a sanctioned Superhero enforcer. Marshal Law, created by Pat Mills and Kevin O’Neill, developed as a satire of Superhero comics and an extreme judicial system of policing them, 19 years before the publication of The Boys (2006). The name stuck and was used in the press material and simply became the go to name for fans and other creators. It was actually the films production crew that gave him the name Pinhead. It should be noted that Pinhead is not call Pinhead in either of these, he is referred to as the priest.

Pinhead is the leader of a group of demon creatures called Cenobites, that when summoned via the puzzle box, the lament configuration, inflict ultimate pain and pleasure on the summoner. The character reached the cinema screen the following year in Hellraiser. Pinhead was created by Clive Barker in 1986’s Novella ‘ The Hellbound Heart’. There is a strong chance that you haven’t heard of one or either of these characters, so let’s have a quick history lesson. Today I’m going to review and discuss Pinhead vs Marshal Law (1993, Epic Comics). However, even amongst these there are a couple of oddities. During the early stages of the comic boom in the 90s it’s wasn’t surprising to see mash-ups of all kinds of mainstream characters, as well some of the indie ones as well. They are usually fun but don’t amount to a great deal as they can be dropped from the continuity of either character, having no lasting impact. Two heroes meet, they fight and then they team up against a common enemy. We are so used to crossovers in comics, and more and more in movies, that the formula has become a cliché.

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