Petrograd tells the untold tale of the international conspiracy
behind the 1916 murder of Grigori Rasputin.
The year is 1916. The fate of millions of people hangs in the balance,
and in Russia's capital city of Petrograd, corruption rules the day and
conspiracy rules the night. But to British intelligence officer Cleary,
the Petrograd post is all about relationships and carousing. He drinks
and parties with the rich and powerful; he flirts and cavorts with
workers and countrymen. His life is all late, drunken nights,
bleary-eyed mornings, and the occasional report back to London.
However, the city is like a tinder box ready to be set ablaze, and there
are dark clouds on the horizon for Cleary. Rumors circulate that the
Tsarina's most trusted advisor is counseling the Tsar to make peace with
Germany. Cleary, to his horror, is tasked with ending the influence of
that advisor. A man famous for his acts of debauchery; for his heresy
and his power: Gregori Rasputin. And so, the stage is set for one of the
most infamous and strangest assassinations of all time, and a world that
would never be the same.
Acclaimed writer and director Philip Gelatt (Europa Report, They
Remain) and renowned artist Tyler Crook (B.P.R.D., Harrow County)'s
debut comic is back in print, featuring a new cover and introduction
from established historian David R. Stone.