If the story stopped there, simply watching these characters interact for several issues would be engaging enough.īut, the story does not stop there. Edgar finds a kindred spirit, of sorts, in Elk, a gas station patron who has found his own fervent spiritual path in what can only be politely described as an unsettling fringe online faith making liberal use of the f-word. He sees it as a way to save souls for his god and he is particularly invested in that of Scuzz, the presumably homeless and mentally ill man who heckles and panhandles outside the gas station. For Edgar, working at the gas station is part of his calling. Soul Plumber follows Edgar Wiggins, a deeply religious young man (one could accurately describe him as fanatical) working at a gas station in Indianapolis after having been kicked out of seminary for reasons not yet revealed. While it is evident from the start that not only is this a story not for the sensitive or the squeamish nor is it going to be for everyone, this debut promises a horror tale that works both in the terror of the demonic unknown as well as the wickedness of mankind itself. It makes sense, then, that DC Horror Presents Soul Plumber #1 centers itself around a deeply religious man and what he believes is his calling in service to his lord. No matter what your beliefs, the idea of the unknown and the unexplained offers a rich playground for stories that speak to the limitations of the human experience and play with our hopes and fears for what might be and our place within it all. Religion is often at the center of stories in the horror genre and for good reason.
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