"In some ways, [writer Alan Moore's] merits are those of the finest tradition of comics: his ear for dialogue, his talent for concise, clear storytelling, his unerring sense of pace and timing." Introduction by Ramsey Campbell

"Do we immerse ourselves in fictional horror as a way of numbing our emotions to its real-life counterpart? Is it some sort of inoculation . . . a tiny dose of something frightening with which we hope to ward off a more serious attack in later life?" Introduction by Alan Moore

"Anyone picking up a comic book for the first time is almost certain to find themselves in the middle of a continuum that may have commenced before the reader's birth, and will quite possibly continue long after his or her demise." Introduction by Alan Moore

"[Jason Woodrue's Narration:] I remember clearly the moment before I began to cut. Since the bio-chemical fluke that had...