Nameless

Nameless follows a shabby, low-rent practitioner of the occult who goes only by that name. A group of wealthy futurists hires him for a last-ditch effort to protect the planet from disaster. The threat is Xibalba, a huge asteroid heading toward Earth, bearing a vast magical sigil on its surface. It turns out to be a piece of Marduk, the solar system's lost fifth planet, which was shattered sixty-five million years ago during a cosmic conflict between its people and enormous, extra-dimensional beings who despised life. One of those entities survives, locked inside Xibalba and scheming for vengeance against all of existence.

Nameless and his team accidentally free this destructive, soul-consuming intelligence, and the story turns into a bleak, nihilistic trip into the furthest reaches of dread. The book blends cosmic horror, occult ideas and the name of a Mayan underworld with a science-fiction setup, and it moves toward an escalating sense of despair rather than relief.

Nameless is a standalone graphic novel from Grant Morrison, illustrated by Chris Burnham. It suits adult readers who want uncompromising, mind-bending horror in comics form.