Dead Boy Detectives Vol 2 8

"Ghost Snow, Part 2 of 5: Twirls": Rosa told Hana and Lobsang about how she got to the Neitherlands and about Nye, while Charles investigated whether his father killed his mother. After Clementine told him that his mother Mary killed herself after their father Paul left her for her mother Isolde

"Ghost Snow, Part 2 of 5: Twirls"
Dead Boy Detectives Vol 2 #8
October, 2014
Rated T for Teen (12+)
Publisher	Vertigo
Executive Editor	Shelly Bond
Cover Artists	Mark Buckingham
Ghost Snow, Part 2 of 5: Twirls
Writers	Toby Litt
Pencilers	Mark Buckingham
Inkers	Ryan Kelly
Previous Issue	Dead Boy Detectives Vol 2 # 7
Next Issue	Dead Boy Detectives Vol 2 # 9

We need each other, Charles.

— Crystal Palace

Dead Boy Detectives (Volume 2) #8 is an issue of the series Dead Boy Detectives (Volume 2) with a cover date of October, 2014. It was published on August 27, 2014.

Synopsis for "Ghost Snow, Part 2 of 5: Twirls"

Rosa told Hana and Lobsang about how she got to the Neitherlands and about Nye, while Charles investigated whether his father killed his mother. After Clementine told him that his mother Mary killed herself after their father Paul left her for her mother Isolde, the Dead Boy Detectives, Crystal, Clementine, Miranda, Tim, and Bing visited Isolde at the Morningstar Mansion in an attempt to get more answers. While driving there, Charles, Edwin, and Crystall all revealed that they had visions of snow and that they saw a monk named Lobsang and Hana and believed that the former could help them find Rosa.

Appearing in "Ghost Snow, Part 2 of 5: Twirls"

Featured Characters:

• Crystal Palace
• Dead Boy Detectives
  • Charles Rowland (Flashback and main story)
  • Edwin Paine
• Rosa (Also as a spirit)

Supporting Characters:

• Clementine
• Miranda
• Spirits
  • Cats
    • Bing
    • Tim
  • Hana Watanabe
  • Lobsang (Real name revealed) (First full appearance) (Flashback and main story)

Antagonists:

• Nye (First appearance) (Flashback only)
  • Gnaw/"Nor" (Flashback and main story)

Other Characters:

• Mr. Drooly (Single appearance) (Cameo)
• Farook (First appearance) (Cameo)
• Gail (Rosa's mother) (First appearance) (Cameo)
• Gyles (Rosa's father) (First appearance) (Cameo)
• Isolde Croxted (Full name revealed) (First full appearance)
• Mary Rowland (Real name revealed) (Dies in flashback)
• Morningstar Mansion spirits (First appearance)
  • Missy (First appearance) (As a spirit)
  • Zombies (Flashback only)
• Poppets (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
  • Clippety-Clòop (First appearance)
  • Princess Grace (First appearance)
• Tragic Mick (Cameo)
• Maddy Surname (Mentioned only)
• Paul Rowland (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Seth Von Hoverkraft (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• The Neitherlands
  • Hitherton (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
• Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
  • England
    • London (Flashback and main story)
      • Farook's Spook Book Nook (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
      • Old Gaiety Theatre (First appearance) (Flashback only)
      • St. Hilarion's School for Boys (Flashback only)
      • Tragic Mick's Magic Tricks (Cameo)
      • The Treehouse (Cameo)
      • Trellick Tower (First appearance)
        • Rowland House (Flashback only)
    • Suffolk
      • Clementine & Miranda's Windmill
      • Morningstar Mansion (First appearance)
        • Secret Ward (First appearance)
  • Norway (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Mirror Africana (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)

Concepts:

• Magic
• World War II (Mentioned only)
  

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in:
  • Dead Boy Detectives: Ghost Snow
  • Dead Boy Detectives by Toby Litt & Mark Buckingham

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Dead Boy Detectives series
• Images from Dead Boy Detectives Vol 2 8