Nameless - Grant Morrison

NAMELESS tells the story of a down-at-heel occult hustler known only as"Nameless" who is recruited by a consortium of billionaire futurists as part ofa desperate mission to save the world. A massive asteroid named Xibalba - the"Place of Fear" in Mayan mythology - is on collision course with the planetEarth and if that wasn't trouble enough, the asteroid has an enormous magicalsymbol carved into its side and is revealed to be a fragment of our solarsystem's lost fifth planet, Marduk, destroyed 65 million years ago at the end ofan epic cosmic war between the inhabitants of Marduk and immensely-powerful,life-hating, extra-dimensional "gods". One of those beings is still alive,imprisoned on Xibalba, dreaming of its ultimate revenge on all that exists. WhenNameless and his team-mates inadvertently unleash this malignant soul-destroyingintelligence, the stage is set for a nightmarish, nihilistic journey to theouter reaches of human terror.
Collects THE NAMELESS #1-6.