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…


A one-volume manga by the creator of Ushio &amp; Tora and Karakuri Circus. 
In the Scotland Yard, there is kept a famous miscellany of criminal memorabilia known as the Black Museum. It is rumored that some time in the mid-19th-century, evidence from a certain investigation undertaken by the London Police in 1837 was removed from the collection by persons unknown ... 
Within these pages, an account of monsters, villains, and men unfolds, chronicling a hidden history of the terror of Victorian England -- the mysterious figure known in popular folklore as "Spring-Heeled Jack." 
(Source: MangaHelpers)

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!
 
(Source: Comic Days, translated)

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