Clean Room
CLEAN ROOM
THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED SERIES
GAIL SIMONE · JON DAVIS-HUNT
DC COMICS / VERTIGO · 2015–2017
🔴 18 ISSUES · 3 VOLUMES · 432 PAGES
Writer: Gail Simone
Artists: Jon Davis-Hunt, Walter Geovani, Sanya Anwar
Cover Artist: Jenny Frison
Letterer: Todd Klein
Genres: Psychological Horror · Cosmic Horror · Science Fiction Horror · Occult Mystery · Conspiracy Thriller
Status: Published Season One Complete
🩸 ABOUT THE SERIES
Clean Room is a psychological and supernatural horror series written by Gail Simone, exploring the terrifying relationship between consciousness, religious devotion, hidden realities, and humanity's struggle against incomprehensible forces.
Journalist Chloe Pierce is devastated when her fiancé Philip takes his own life shortly after becoming a follower of Astrid Mueller, the enigmatic founder of the Honest World Foundation.
Determined to uncover the truth behind his death, Chloe begins investigating Mueller's organization, a secretive movement operating somewhere between a self-help empire, a religious institution, and a powerful cult.
At its center lies the mysterious Clean Room, a technologically sophisticated chamber where the deepest fears, suppressed memories, and darkest secrets of the human mind can be exposed.
But the organization conceals something far more disturbing than psychological manipulation.
Astrid Mueller possesses the ability to perceive terrifying entities that exist beyond ordinary human perception. These beings move among humanity, feeding upon suffering and influencing human behavior in ways most people cannot comprehend.
As Chloe's investigation deepens, she discovers that the Honest World Foundation may be simultaneously exploiting its followers and preparing humanity for a supernatural catastrophe.
The distinction between savior and manipulator becomes increasingly uncertain.
Blending body horror, occult conspiracy, existential dread, religious symbolism, and elements of cosmic science fiction, Clean Room explores the fragility of perception and the terrifying possibility that humanity shares its world with unseen predators.
📚 THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED COLLECTION
01 — IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
2016 · 144 pages · Issues #1–6
Journalist Chloe Pierce infiltrates the mysterious Honest World Foundation while investigating the suicide of her fiancé.
Her confrontation with the organization's founder, Astrid Mueller, exposes the existence of the Clean Room and reveals that frightening supernatural entities secretly influence humanity.
As the investigation continues, Chloe begins to question whether Astrid is responsible for the horrors surrounding her—or humanity's only defense against them.
02 — EXILE
2016 · 144 pages · Issues #7–12
Shocking revelations about Astrid Mueller threaten the stability of her organization.
Chloe and Detective Avil Demakos investigate the Foundation's hidden operations while discovering the horrifying events that shaped Astrid's childhood.
The supernatural entities become increasingly aggressive, and the conflict develops into a struggle over the future of humanity itself.
Astrid must confront both her own past and the forces attempting to invade the human world.
03 — WAITING FOR THE STARS TO FALL
2017 · 144 pages · Issues #13–18
The final published storyline reveals further details about Astrid's traumatic childhood and her first encounters with the supernatural.
Her estranged brother Peter becomes central to the unfolding mystery.
As the entities launch an increasingly destructive assault upon reality, the Honest World Foundation descends into violence and chaos.
Astrid and Chloe must confront the consequences of the organization's activities and make a desperate attempt to prevent the collapse of humanity's defenses.
The eighteenth issue concludes the first season with a dramatic supernatural confrontation.
📦 COLLECTED EDITIONS
VOLUME 01 — IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
2016 · 144 pages
Collects Clean Room #1–6
ISBN: 9781401262754
VOLUME 02 — EXILE
2016 · 144 pages
Collects Clean Room #7–12
ISBN: 9781401267407
VOLUME 03 — WAITING FOR THE STARS TO FALL
2017 · 144 pages
Collects Clean Room #13–18
ISBN: 9781401271091
Complete published material: 18 issues across 3 trade paperback volumes.
⚠️ PUBLICATION STATUS
The original series was published between October 2015 and April 2017.
Issue #18 was officially designated the final issue of Season One.
Gail Simone indicated that a second season was being developed, but no additional issues have been published as of October 2026.
The first season reaches a substantial narrative resolution, although the larger fictional universe was originally intended to continue.
Status: FIRST SEASON COMPLETE — NO PUBLISHED SECOND SEASON
✅ COLLECTION SUMMARY
Original Issues: 18
Trade Paperback Volumes: 3
Total Collected Pages: 432
Published Material: Complete
Required Spin-offs: None
Reading Order: Volumes 01 → 03
Recommended Collection: All three original TPBs