Victorian London in the 19th century, lit by gas lamps blurred by the fog. Our hero visits the Black Museum, a crime archive in Scotland Yard and the "curator" of historical horrors. She requests to see the curator's red boots... the remains of a mysterious incident that took place at a ball hosted by the Queen. The woman then recounts the story of a very strange swordsman. The long-awaited latest installment in Kazuhiro Fujita's popular "Ushio-Tora" and "Karakuri Circus" series!
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(Source: Comic Days, translated)

Deep in London’s Scotland Yard sits an evidence room dedicated to the greatest mysteries of British history. In this “Black Museum” sits a misshapen hunk of lead—two bullets fused together—the key to the untold story of a wartime encounter between Florence Nightingale, the mother of modern nursing, and a supernatural Man in Grey. The record books show Florence fought for compassion as empires’ petty rivalries threatened to destroy the hopes and lives of common people. But a guest in the Black Museum knows the truth is not so simple, and the famed Lady with the Lamp had a ghastly secret…


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