RELEASE DATE: 03/05/2025
PAGES: 32
DIMENSIONS: 7 x 10
FORMAT: Softcover
PUBLISHER: DARK HORSE
AUTHOR(S): (W) Tobias Forge, Corinna Bechko (A) Puste (CA) Rafael Sarmento
Sister Imperator has been integral to the band Ghost and its lore since its founding. A representative of the Clergy, she and her past have been shrouded in mystery-until now. Discover Sister Imperator's hidden history and the gruesome events that led her to become the woman both loved and feared by so many, from her innocent origins in small-town New England to the force behind Ghost.
Together with Tobias Forge, founder and mastermind of global theatrical rock phenomenon GHOST, Dark Horse Comics presents Sister Imperator, a comic miniseries that pulls back the curtain of mystery on an influential figure from official GHOST lore. Writer Corinna Bechko (Avatar: Adapt or Die) joins Forge in writing, along with artist Puste (The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries), colorist Thiago Rocha (Kill All Immortals) and Comicraft’s Jimmy Betancourt (Ghostbusters: Back in Town), to tell the hidden history of the woman who became the force behind Ghost. Featuring cover art by Mikael Eriksson, this four-part miniseries will begin in March 2025.
A figure shrouded in mystery, Sister Imperator didn’t begin her life as the revered representative of the Clergy and behind the scenes overseer of GHOST’s dark machinations. The gruesome events that led her to become loved and feared by so many began in small-town New England, leading her down a winding path of violence and vindication, are finally revealed.
GHOST’s award-winning discography and the enthralling spectacle of the band’s live rituals have amassed legions of devout followers numbering in the millions. The most recent GHOST full length studio album IMPERA won the American Music Award for Favorite Rock Album in 2022 and the iHeartRadio Best Rock Album in 2023. GHOST’s first-ever feature-length film “Rite Here, Rite Now” broke box office records upon its June 2024 theatrical release, and was followed by the announcement of a massive 2025 global arena tour. And now, the world will discover the truth behind the mysterious Sister and her integral role she’s played in GHOST mythology since year zero.
