Sega has produced this free comic, written by author Al Ewing and artist Marc Olivent, to accompany and promote their horror Rise of Nightmares.

2. Damn it!
That keeps
happening! Ha! You’re
Frigging getting through
useless a lot of those
Viktor
machinE... tapes, my
Fleischer.
friend!
Ah, I
My quarry. can spare a
A scholar hailing couple. I’ve
from Ingolstadt. An got about
authority in medicine, thirty here.
science, philosophy, Thank you,
history -- OCD...
squaarkk!
What is
it, anyway?
Your auto-
biography?
No, just
some notes I’m
keeping for my
psychiatrist --
Isuse!
Dorin?

3. The Lost Tapes
Of Roland Childs
Written by Al Ewing •. Art by Marc Olivent
DORIN?

4. I don’t
know... I just
can’t stand people
...And who quit when the
then what going gets --
happened? They were
He ran.
just... I don’t
He was yelling Weren’t you
know, grave
something in about to quit
markers or
Romanian... Isuse, the Private
something.
Isuse Hristoase... Eye business,
Roland?
“Jesus.
Jesus Christ.”
Yeah. Fuss
about nothing,
if you ask me.

5. I represent
Not the same the Thomas Foundation, One thousand
thing. I was burned Mister Childs. We want of these,
out -- too many liars. you to track down one of Mister Childs.
Lying husbands, lying our ex-employees -
wives, lying business a Viktor Fleischer.
To start
partners...
with.
Look, I don’t
Seemed like know how you
everyone I dealt got in, love, but
with was lying to this office is
someone... or lying closed for --
to themselves. I
got sick of it.
And yet
you took one
last case. What Let’s just
changed your say I’m a
mind? sucker for a
pretty face.

6. Let’s get
back to the... Anyway, let
“grave markers”. me rephrase...
You weren’t you felt there
afraid? was no reason
to be afraid.
I thought I was
Dorin was just wrong.
being paranoid.
I thought I
was too.
I’ve been afraid
my whole life,
haven‘t I? That’s why Now now,
I spend two hundred Roland. Sessions
quid an hour on you, like these are vital
not that it does for your mental
any good -- well-being.

7. Ah yes,
the corpses in
the forest. You
described them Fascinating.
Well,
vividly in your notes let’s check
-- you also wrote your tapes,
about being shall we?
followed, I seem
to remember.
“Fascinating”? I arrived at an ancient and decrepit
What’s that graveyard, and found an entrance
supposed to mean? to an underground chambeR...
Are you implying
I just made
it up?
How about
what happened
This... person
next? You think
following you...
I imagined that
did they ever show
as well?
their face?
Well...
no...

8. “There were several corpses laid
on pedestals. Though they were
decomposed, they do not appear to
have been there long.
“They also exhibited signs of
extensive surgery that was purely
the stuff of madness. They were all
fitted with bizarre mechanical parts.
“It was as if the corpses were
treated as toys, or as if they were
being turned into macabre
clockwork dolls.”
Oh God.

9. “They were
all fitted with
This is bizarre mechanical
definitely parts. It was as
going on if the corpses
tapE... were treated
as toys...”
Nah, I
can do better
than that.
How about...
“Just now,
there were loud
noises coming from
the next room
over. I will go
investigate.”
“I pray
this will
“...Or as if not be my
they were lasT...”
being turned
into macabre
clockwork
dolls.”

10. AAAAAAAA HHHHH!!
“...EntrY...”

11. You have Fine, I got a
to admit, it’s... bit melodramatic --
implausible.
I know what I saw.
What did you
Jesus, I hit one of
say later?
them! Cut my hand
on its jaw!
Could it be I am delirious from
fatigue? Or am I dreaming this?
Look
at this and
tell me I
imagined it!
Look
at what,
Roland?
I can’t see
anything.

12. Jesus
Christ --
I know
what I saw,
damn it!
SorrY... Anyway, I
for a minute recorded that
I thought later on -- in
I saW... the mansion.
GoD... the
mansion...
What?
I feel like I’m losing my mind...
the fear and insanity of this
place are getting to me...
Your words.
I think you’re
experiencing
a delusion,
Roland.

14. ...I only I suggest
remember a nice, long That does
flashes... rest somewhere. actually make
A sanatorium, a lot of...
perhaps.
But I’m ...hang on.
not crazy --
No, but
That’s not you’re under
good, is it? extreme stress.
Unless you lock
yourself away from
the world for a
while and heal, you
really will
go insane.
I’ve got to get out.
Spending any more time here
will surely drive me mad --
You keep
Actually, playing those
I think your damned tapes
mind is helping you back at mE...
by blocking out
whatever it is that
Again --
really happened.
your words.
You’re obviously
And now you’re
not equipped to
experiencing
face it.
memory loss?

15. --- but
I’m getting
out --
I told you,
Roland. You’re
experiencing a --- of herE...
delusion --
Bollocks
I am!
-- but the
machine was
knackered -- I don’t
it kept spitting know what kind
them out! I left of game you’re
those bloody playing,
tapes all over Doc --
the place!
How come
you’ve got
them now?

16. Wh...
what...?
I’m sorry, ...a delusion You remember
Roland. I only that’s keeping what happened in
tried to help you. you sane... a the mansion now,
And everything I delusion that you don’t you?
said was true. escaped from
the mansion...
These sessions
are vital for
your mental well-
being. And you
are experiencing
a delusion...
No! It’s
not true! I’m sorry,
Roland. You’ll
have to find a
new delusion
to cling to...
It’s not
true! Nothing
happened to me!
I’m fine! I - I
feel fantastic!
I feel --

17. “I...”
“...feeeel...”
“...Fan...taaas...tic...”