The Dresden Files/Welcome to The Jungle

Welcome to the Jungle is a four-issue prequel miniseries written by Jim Butcher and illustrated by Ardian Syaf.

Chicago could hardly be described as a jungle. But Harry Dresden knows that within and under these familiar streets lie a multitude of dangerous creatures--some of them human. When he is called to investigate the brutal death of a security guard at the Lincoln Park Zoo, he finds himself teaming up with one of the local animal experts to find out who--or what--is willing to use black magic to stay on top of the food chain.

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Tropes associated with Welcome to the Jungle:

• Ascended to A Higher Plane of Existence: What the perpetrator is trying to do.
• Black Magic
• Danger Takes a Backseat: HELL'S BELLS GIANT BLACK SUPERNATURAL DOG...
• The Dog Bites Back: In this case, an angry gorilla. An extremely angry gorilla.
• Duct Tape for Everything
• Escort Mission: Harry, being chivalrous to a fault, takes it upon himself to protect Will when it's clear she's become a target.
• Exactly What I Aimed At: Harry's desperate bolt of energy whips past the hag he was apparently aiming at--but hits a support pillar with enough force to bring the tunnel ceiling down on her ugly head.
• Gender Blender Name: Harry's assistant in this case is a zookeeper named Will. Short for Wilhelmina.
• Gory Discretion Shot: The dismemberment of a couple of hags is shown only in shadow.
• Hell Hound: A supernatural black dog attacks Harry as he's almost pieced things together.
• Killer Gorilla: Averted. The initial suspect is a male gorilla named Moe, and it is stated that he is territorial regarding his family unit, but he is gentle with the zoo employees. That said, he is Not Happy when he sees a hag threatening Will, and rips it to pieces.
• Made of Plasticine: To be fair, if a gorilla wants to rip you apart, you will come apart.
• No Body Left Behind: Supernatural creatures, once killed, dissolve into a sort of ectoplasm and fade away.
• Power Trio: The three hags make an evil variant.
• Perma-Stubble: Harry's chin is in fine form here.
• Shout-Out:
  • The title is an obvious one to the Guns N' Roses song of the same name.
  • "Smile, you son of a bitch."
  • "I love it when a plan comes together."
• Symbol Swearing: In the narration:

"Three of them. I'm *@&$ed."

• This Is for Emphasis, Bitch:

Harry: Welcome to the jungle, bitch.

• Weaponized Animal