This is a new column, for the horror comics fans, as often heard on the Baron’s Crypt podcast shows, which are changing formats for our eighth season, and we do more comic reviews on this site hence the best place to have them presented.
Silence #1 (of 3)
By: Evan K. Pozios, Alex Sanchez, Michael Golden
Type: Cover B – Michael Golden
Publisher: Second Sight Publishing
Publisher Link: https://www.secondsightpublishing.com/
Summary: After suffering a life-threatening medical event, former comic book superstar Stanley Kane seeks to regain his health in the remote town of Silence, Michigan. Will the accidental discovery of a mystical amulet galvanize his return to comic book glory, or will it lead him down a dark path from which he can never escape?
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Orision #1 (of 3)
Part of a Limited Series: #1 (of 3)
By: Bradley Golden, Gleidson Ribeiro
Type: Cover A – Ribeiro; Cover B – Carlos Villas
Publisher: Second Sight Publishing
Publisher Link: https://www.secondsightpublishing.com/
Summary: Head of a medical technology company, Steven Gedian is dying from brain cancer, he sends a research team up the Shishapangma Mountain looking for a cure only to be met by a mythical demon.
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Forsaken #1
Part of Limited Series: #1 (of 6)
By: Sebastian Suarez, Francisco Paronzini, Paulina Ganucheau
Type: Cover B – Paulina Ganucheau
Publisher: Second Sight Publishing
Publisher Link: https://www.secondsightpublishing.com/
Summary: London, 1883. For Vida Gedmintas and the Order of the Golden Lance, what begins as another magically fueled murder investigation soon turns into a race against time to prevent a dark wizard from summoning Abaddon, the Angel of Death, to our realm
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Last Book You’ll Ever Read #6
By: Cullen Bunn, Leila Leiz, Jennifer Hickman
Type: Cover A – Leiz; Cover B – Hickman; Cover C – Black Bag Variant
Publisher: Vault Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.vaultcomics.com/
Summary: As Connor uncovers more about the strange children of nature who have taken them in, he begins to wonder whether Olivia Kade wrote the book that ended the world, or the book we all need to survive it.
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Christmas Caroline Annual #1
By: Garrett Gunn, Kit Wallis, Christina Blanch
Publisher: Source Point Press
Publisher Link: https://sourcepointpress.com/
Summary: A disavowed elf seeks revenge for the murder of her brother at the hands of Saint Nick.
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Joe Hill Rain #2
Part of Limited Series: #2 (of 5)
By: Joe Hill, Zoe Thorogood, Renae Deliz, David M. Booher, Ray Dillon, Elizabeth Beals
Type: Cover A – Thorogood; Cover B – Beals; Cover C – 25 Copy Deliz & Dillon Variant
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: As tragedy strikes around her, Honeysuckle does the only thing she knows to do-she devises a plan to walk to Denver to make sure her loved ones are okay. Though the deadly rain could fall at any moment, she quickly learns there are things just as dangerous as the corrupted weather: other people. Adapted by rising stars DAVID M. BOOHER (Canto) and ZOE THOROGOOD (The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott).
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Home Sick Pilots #12
By: Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard, Michael Dialynas
Type: Cover A – Wijngaard; Cover B – Dialynas
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: The history of the ghosts is laid bare as Rip and Buzz’s hunt for the final missing ghost of the Old James House takes them deep into the past sins of America.
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Nyx #4
By: Christos Gage, Marc Borstel, Greebo Vigonte, Giuseppe Matteoni
Type: Cover C – Vigonte; Cover D – Matteoni
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/
Summary: After meeting Vampirella last issue, Nyx runs into Pendragon! But this isn’t the lovable old drunken stage magician Vampirella used to hang out with. No, it’s his great-granddaughter, Victoria Pendragon, hunter of monsters and demons…and Nyx happens to fit that description. Especially now that the daughter of Chaos has the supremely powerful occult book, the Crimson Chronicles, which she plans to use to burn away one half of her dual nature. But it’s not the human side she wants to keep. Nyx has decided to go full demon…and woe to the world if she succeeds.
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Vampiverse #6
By: Tom Sniegoski, Daniel Maine, Stephen Segovia, Jeannine Acheson, Meghan Hetrick
Type: Cover B – Segovia; Cover D – Hetrick
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/
Summary: In this issue, the evil Vampirella, Bloodwing, and her captive Book at last reach the fabled Library, the final stop before she can carry out her nefarious plan of destroying the Artist and rewriting all of the Vampirellas’ realities. But there are still major roadblocks: Book is missing the crucial pages that will lead them directly to the Artist, and an army of Vampirellas from realities far and wide hellbent on stopping her have just arrived at the library. Will the daughters of Drakulon be able to defeat their psychotic sister and save the threads of the Fabric, or will Bloodwing vanquish them all and reshape their stories in her own glorious, twisted image?
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Maniac of New York Bronx Burning #3
By: Elliott Kalan, Andrea Mutti
Type: Cover A – Andrea Mutti
Publisher: Aftershock Comics
Publisher Link: https://aftershockcomics.com/
Summary: Gina Greene and Zelda Pettibone are face-to-face with Maniac Harry once more, and they’re armed with enough Molotov cocktails to burn down the borough! But the Mayor of New York seems determined to get in their way. Can Gina and Zelda stop Harry before his body count rises?
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Silver Coin #9
By: Matthew Rosenberg, Michael Walsh, Nicole Rifkin
Type: Cover A – Walsh; Cover B – Rifkin
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: The South Bronx is on fire and a crooked cop can clear his debts if he helps it burn. But with each dirty deed, THE SILVER COIN gets hotter to handle.
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House of Slaughter #3
By: James Tynion Iv, Chris Shehan, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell’Edera, Nick Robles
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: As the House leaders discuss the fate of ‘the Last Butcher’, Aaron and Jace escape the watchful eye of Helen and the White Masks and sneak into the forbidden outreaches of Chicago. Then, in the present-day, Aaron finally comes face-to-face with the monster that he’s been tracking which is much more powerful than expected.
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Walking Dead Deluxe #33
By: Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, David Finch, Dave Mccaig
Type: Cover A – Finch & McCaig; Cover B – Adlard & McCaig; Cover C – Del Mundo
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: Michonne gets her revenge, but will it be enough?
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