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* AnAxeToGrind: [[spoiler:When John fights back against Sal, Doug tries to kill him with an axe]].
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* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Sal and Doug both seem to be clued in on what the hole and the temple it leads to are about]].
* EyeScream: When John's mother died, her eyes were somehow removed. He figures that they were eaten by nearby birds, but [[spoiler:Doug tells him that ''he'' took them somehow]].
* EyeScream: When John's mother died, her eyes were somehow removed. He figures that they were eaten by nearby birds, but [[spoiler:Doug tells him that ''he'' took them somehow]].
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* EldritchLocation: The hole itself - it appeared out of nowhere, it's seemingly deeper than the island itself, and there's no indication of where it came from or why it's there. [[spoiler: And that's not even getting into whatever's going on with that shrine at the bottom of the hole.]]
* EvilAllAlong:[[spoiler:Sal [[spoiler: In the book's third act, Sal and Doug both seem suddenly turn on John and attempt to be clued in on what sacrifice him to the hole. It's unclear if the hole and the temple it leads corrupted them into doing this somehow, or if they were always planning to are about]].
kill John.]]
* EyeScream:When A recurring theme surrounding the death of John's mother died, is that, when he found her, her eyes were somehow removed. He figures missing. [[NothingIsScarier It's never answered how this happened]] - John thinks the most likely theory is that they were eaten by nearby birds, seagulls, but [[spoiler:Doug tells him [[spoiler: Doug claims that ''he'' took them somehow]].John himself had something to do with it.]]
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* NothingIsScarier: We never learn what, exactly, the hole is, or where it came from, which only adds to the omnipresent atmosphere of creeping dread throughout the story. Similarly, [[spoiler: the cause of John's mother's death is left open-ended as well - John claims she died of epilepsy, while Doug implies that John himself killed her, but ultimately, neither of these claims are confirmed.]]
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* SurrealHorror: The entire book is chock-full of this. The basic premise revolves around John being hired to investigate a [[EldritchLocation mysterious and seemingly bottomless hole]] that appeared out of nowhere near a remote lighthouse, and things only get weirder and more disturbing from there.
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A geologist, John Reed, is sent out to a small island with a lighthouse when the keeper, Sally "Sal" Yandle, reports that a seemingly bottomless hole appeared in the middle of the island overnight. Haunted by memories of a traumatic childhood incident, John examines the hole and discovers something truly shocking.
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A geologist, John Reed, is sent out for an investigation to a small island with a lighthouse when the keeper, Sally "Sal" Yandle, reports that a seemingly bottomless hole sinkhole appeared in the middle of the island overnight. Haunted by memories of a traumatic childhood incident, John examines the hole and discovers something truly shocking.
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* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:It's implied that Sal and Doug meant to sacrifice John to the hole and whatever evil the resides in the temple]].
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* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:It's implied that Sal and Doug meant to sacrifice John to the hole and whatever evil the resides in the temple]].
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´''The Passageway'' is a horror graphic novel[[note]]Written and published as a single book[[/note]] written by Creator/JeffLemire, illustrated by Creator/AndreaSorrentino and inked by Dave Stewart, the creative team behind ''ComicBook/GideonFalls'' and ''ComicBook/{{Primordial}}''. It was published in 2022 by Creator/ImageComics and is the first full-length entry in Lemire and Sorrentino's ''Bone Orchard Mythos''.
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''The Passageway'' is a horror graphic novel[[note]]Written and published as a single book[[/note]] written by Creator/JeffLemire, illustrated by Creator/AndreaSorrentino and inked by Dave Stewart, the creative team behind ''ComicBook/GideonFalls'' and ''ComicBook/{{Primordial}}''. It was published in 2022 by Creator/ImageComics and is the first full-length entry in Lemire and Sorrentino's ''Bone Orchard Mythos''.
* TempleOfDoom: [[spoiler:John discovers one in a giant cavern at the bottom of the hole, lined with pillars with human- and animal-like figures on top and overseen by a colossal Grim Reaper-like one that starts weeping blood]].
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** [[spoiler:Having been thrown down the hole, John passes through a gateway and we see a massive underground temple with pillars with human and animal-like figures on top, overseen by a massive Grim Reaper-like statue]].
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** [[spoiler:Having been thrown down [[spoiler:The two-page spread of the hole, John passes through a gateway and we see a massive underground temple with pillars with human and animal-like figures on top, overseen by a massive Grim Reaper-like statue]].aforementioned temple]].
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''The Passageway'' is a horror graphic novel[[note]]Written and published as a single book[[/note]] written by Creator/JeffLemire, illustrated by Creator/AndreaSorrentino and inked by Dave Stewart, the creative team behind ''ComicBook/GideonFalls'' and ''ComicBook/{{Primordial}}''. It was published in 2022 by Creator/ImageComics and is the first full-length entry in Lemire and Sorrentino's ''Bone Orchard Mythos''.
A geologist, John Reed, is sent out to a small island with a lighthouse when the keeper, Sally "Sal" Yandle, reports that a seemingly bottomless hole appeared in the middle of the island overnight. Haunted by memories of a traumatic childhood incident, John examines the hole and unearths something truly shocking.
A geologist, John Reed, is sent out to a small island with a lighthouse when the keeper, Sally "Sal" Yandle, reports that a seemingly bottomless hole appeared in the middle of the island overnight. Haunted by memories of a traumatic childhood incident, John examines the hole and unearths something truly shocking.
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A geologist, John Reed, is sent out to a small island with a lighthouse when the keeper, Sally "Sal" Yandle, reports that a seemingly bottomless hole appeared in the middle of the island overnight. Haunted by memories of a traumatic childhood incident, John examines the hole and
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:With Sal and Doug both dead, John crawls off a cliff and falls into the sea, seeing his mother before he dies. The last panels of the story are of the hole, reminding us that what lies beneath it is still real]].
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: [[spoiler:When Doug accidentally mortally wounds Sal with an axe, her response is to just call him out for it]]:
-->[[spoiler:'''Sal:''' Dougie, you moron... You missed... Hit me, you stupid asshole]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Sal:''' Dougie, you moron... You missed... Hit me, you stupid asshole]].
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* RecoveredAddict: Sal mentions not having had a drink in 25 years, suggesting that she is a recovering alcoholic.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Possibly; before dying of drowning, his injuries or both, John sees his mother just like she had been in life in the water; it's left ambiguous whether or not she was just a hallucination or an actual spirit]].
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Possibly; before dying of drowning, his injuries or both, John sees his mother just like she had been in life in the water; it's left ambiguous whether or not she was just a hallucination or an actual spirit]].
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: John really doesn't like bodies of water, which gives him quite a bit of trouble when he travels to the island. It's implied to be because of his mother's death on a beach.
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''The Passageway'' is a horror graphic novel[[note]]Written and published as a single book[[/note]] written by Creator/JeffLemire, illustrated by Creator/AndreaSorrentino and inked by Dave Stewart, the creative team behind ''ComicBook/GideonFalls'' and ''ComicBook/{{Primordial}}''. It was published in 2022 by Creator/ImageComics and is the first full-length entry in Lemire and Sorrentino's ''Bone Orchard Mythos''.
A geologist, John Reed, is sent out to a small island with a lighthouse when the keeper, Sally "Sal" Yandle, reports that a seemingly bottomless hole appeared in the middle of the island overnight. Haunted by memories of a traumatic childhood incident, John examines the hole and unearths something truly shocking.
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* AnAxeToGrind: [[spoiler:When John fights back against Sal, Doug tries to kill him with an axe]].
* DisturbedDoves: When John [[spoiler:is pushed into the hole]], he is beset upon by a flock of birds that fly past him.
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Sal and Doug both seem to be clued in on what the hole and the temple it leads to are about]].
* EyeScream: When John's mother died, her eyes were somehow removed. He figures that they were eaten by nearby birds, but [[spoiler:Doug tells him that ''he'' took them somehow]].
* FanDisservice: [[spoiler:In the temple, John comes across his a seemingly undead version of his mother, who's completely nude]].
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:It's implied that Sal and Doug meant to sacrifice John to the hole and whatever evil the resides in the temple]].
* LighthousePoint: The story takes place entirely on a lighthouse island; the lighthouse in question is apparently broken.
* MinimalistCast: The only characters in the graphic novel are John, Sally, Doug, and John's mother, who is only seen in a few flashbacks [[spoiler:(and as a possible ghost and a zombie-like monster)]].
* RealAfterAll: [[spoiler:We see that John is actually holding a boat just like the one he had when his mother died, indicating that his experience in the temple was at least in part real]].
* WhamShot:
** When John flies a drone down the hole, the drone's cameras spots a terrifying red face.
** [[spoiler:Having been thrown down the hole, John passes through a gateway and we see a massive underground temple with pillars with human and animal-like figures on top, overseen by a massive Grim Reaper-like statue]].
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A geologist, John Reed, is sent out to a small island with a lighthouse when the keeper, Sally "Sal" Yandle, reports that a seemingly bottomless hole appeared in the middle of the island overnight. Haunted by memories of a traumatic childhood incident, John examines the hole and unearths something truly shocking.
!!Tropes
* AnAxeToGrind: [[spoiler:When John fights back against Sal, Doug tries to kill him with an axe]].
* DisturbedDoves: When John [[spoiler:is pushed into the hole]], he is beset upon by a flock of birds that fly past him.
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Sal and Doug both seem to be clued in on what the hole and the temple it leads to are about]].
* EyeScream: When John's mother died, her eyes were somehow removed. He figures that they were eaten by nearby birds, but [[spoiler:Doug tells him that ''he'' took them somehow]].
* FanDisservice: [[spoiler:In the temple, John comes across his a seemingly undead version of his mother, who's completely nude]].
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:It's implied that Sal and Doug meant to sacrifice John to the hole and whatever evil the resides in the temple]].
* LighthousePoint: The story takes place entirely on a lighthouse island; the lighthouse in question is apparently broken.
* MinimalistCast: The only characters in the graphic novel are John, Sally, Doug, and John's mother, who is only seen in a few flashbacks [[spoiler:(and as a possible ghost and a zombie-like monster)]].
* RealAfterAll: [[spoiler:We see that John is actually holding a boat just like the one he had when his mother died, indicating that his experience in the temple was at least in part real]].
* WhamShot:
** When John flies a drone down the hole, the drone's cameras spots a terrifying red face.
** [[spoiler:Having been thrown down the hole, John passes through a gateway and we see a massive underground temple with pillars with human and animal-like figures on top, overseen by a massive Grim Reaper-like statue]].
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