The Selkie (comic story)

The Selkie
Main character(s):	Jack Harkness
Main enemy:	Selkie
Main setting:	Seal Island, Scotland, 2009
Key crew
Publisher:	Titan Comics
Editor:	Simon Hugo
Writer:	Carole E. Barrowman & John Barrowman
Artist:	Tommy Lee Edwards & Trevor Goring
Colourist:	Tommy Lee Edwards & Trevor Goring
Letterer:	John E. Workman
Release details
Number of parts:	1
Printed in:	TM 14
Release date:	19 February 2009
Format:	Comic
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The Selkie was a comic story written by John and Carole Barrowman and published in Torchwood The Official Magazine.

Summary

Human and alien bodies are washed up from a river in Scotland. Jack must face the return of an old foe to stop more murders.

Plot

Characters

• Man
• Jack Harkness
• Co-pilot
• Ross Duncan's wife
• Sergeant Allison Cormac
• Ross Duncan
• Alisa
• Alisa's daughter
• Mrs Garrow
• The Selkie

Worldbuilding

• Eaden Shaw, Tom Nesbit and Ross Duncan were murdered by the Selkie prior to the start of the story.

Notes

• Torchwood 2 is mentioned. They contacted Jack Harkness to come to Scotland.
• John Barrowman becomes the first Torchwood actor to write an original comic strip story based on the series.

Continuity

• Jack Harkness' Chula warship, which was last seen in TV: The Empty Child, appears.

Publication and reprints

This story was originally printed in TM 14 and reprinted in TTOC 1.