Publisher: BOOM! Studios (Archaia imprint) Writer: Si Spurrier Artwork: Daniel Bayliss, Dan Jackson (colours), Jim Campbell (lettering) Release Date: 28th February 2018 For me, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth always seemed like a movie that did absolutely everything it needed to the first time around, launching itself into well-deserved cult classic status and thankfully remaining largely immune to the world of spin-offs, prequels and reboots. That said, BOOM! Studios’ 2017 Labyrinth special – a collection of short stories to celebrate the various characters and creatures from the movie’s world – was actually pretty damn good, which is why I’m greeting this upcoming “origin” series from Si Spurrier and Daniel Bayliss with cautious optimism instead of immediately rushing out to grab my trusty pitchfork. This first issue sees Jareth, everyone’s favourite Goblin King, regaling baby Toby with a story of his own during a brief interlude from the events of the movie.  He whisks us away to 18th century Venice where a young noble couple, seemingly happy and in love, face troubles of their own when the truth about the Lord’s scandalous past finally catch up with them… and their infant child. The insinuation of just how this story plays into Jareth’s own [...]