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 #2 (of 3)
By: Evan K. Pozios, Alex Sanchez, Bryan Silverbax
Type: Cover A – Alex Sanchez; Cover B – Bryan Silverbax
Publisher: Second Sight Publishing
Publisher Link: https://www.secondsightpublishing.com/
Summary: Comic book artist Stanley Kane seems to have regained his creative touch . . . but at the deadly expense of the residents of the small town of Silence. Meanwhile, the town Sheriff knows something sinister is afoot, and has Stanley in his crosshairs
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Forsaken #2 (of 6)
By: Sebastian Suarez, Francisco Paronzini, Richard Ortiz
Publisher: Second Sight Publishing
Publisher Link: https://www.secondsightpublishing.com/
Summary: For Vida Gedmintas, what began as yet another murder mystery in Victorian London might be her last case, as dark forces coalesce around her.
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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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Df Stray Dogs Dog Days #1
Type: Cover A – Cgc Graded; Cover B – Horror Homage Cgc Graded; Forstner Fleecs Variant) Cgc Graded
Publisher: Dynamic Forces
Publisher Link: https://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: A series of vicious short stories howling straight out of the pages of STRAY DOGS, 2021’s surprise cartoon/horror smash hit! In DOG DAYS, each stray will get their moment to shine-questions will be answered, mysteries will be solved, and old wounds will be torn open. Starting this December every dog has its day.
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Stillwater Escape
By: Chip Zdarsky, Various, Ramon K. Perez
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: THE ANSWERS YOU DEMANDED! They say that no one ever dies in Stillwater, and no one gets to leave… …but even for those who have freed themselves of the town, is there truly any escaping Stillwater? In this groundbreaking extra-length special, CHIP ZDARSKY & RAMÓN K PÉREZ have assembled a dream team of acclaimed creators to answer all your BIGGEST questions before the final chapter of STILLWATER begins!
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Faithless III #2
By: Brian Azzarello, Maria Llovet, Kris Anka
Type: Cover A – Llovet; Cover B – Erotic Variant
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: *Famed art provocateur Louis Thorn prepares for his big Times Square exhibit, even as his critic Malcolm continues to tear him down to the press…but when the two come face to face, an unexpected connection emerges.* Meanwhile at Five Points, Faith works on her next masterpiece from the privacy of her own wing, until an intermission with Poppy triggers a revelation about what occurred during the nine months she disappeared…
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Draculina #2
By: Christopher Priest, Michael Sta. Maria, Rose Besch
Type: Cover K – Besch Ltd Virgin
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/
Summary: Get Rose Besch’s cover for Draculina #2 free of trade dress with this Limited, Virgin Edition!
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Sleeping Beauties #10 (of 10)
By: Rio Youers, Alison Sampson, Triona Farrell, Kira Okamoto
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Publisher Link: https://www.idwpublishing.com/
Summary: This is the end. Sleeping Beauties #10 is the finale we’ve all been waiting for. How will your favorite characters fare?
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Nyx #5
By: Christos Gage, Marc Borstel, Rose Besch, Fernando Dagnino, Greebo Vigonte, Giuseppe Matteoni
Type: Cover A – Besch; Cover B – Dagnino; Cover C – Vigonte; Cover D – Matteoni
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/
Summary: It’s all led up to this! Nyx has been weathering the struggle between her human and demon sides for the past four issues… (not to mention her entire life), and by the time this one’s over, she’ll have found an answer…or she’ll be dead! Probably at the hands of her father, the Mad God Chaos, who has whipped himself into shape after being a bit of a mess in issue #2 and is once again an unstoppable force of the universe. Has our story so far given Nyx anything that can save her, or has it all been a pointless journey of excessive drinking and violence? Like the meme says…why not both?
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Home Sick Pilots #13
By: Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard, Nikola Cizmesija
Type: Cover A – Wijngaard; Cover B – Cizmesija
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: Hell on Earth will rise if the final ghost cannot be quieted… …which is rather a lot for the Pilots to be managing, as a band that struggles with three-chord songs.
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Joe Hill Rain #3 (of 5)
By: Joe Hill, David M. Booher, Zoe Thorogood, Elizabeth Beals
Type: Cover A – Thorogood; Cover B – Beals
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: Having survived a violent run-in with the Comet Cult, Honeysuckle, and her new companion – MMA fighter Marc Despot – find themselves in an even tighter spot: young Templeton Blake has followed them into the spreading apocalypse. They hitch a ride to Denver with a friendly highway patrol officer, but the prisoners he’s transporting have different plans…
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Silver Coin #10
By: Michael Walsh, Trevor Henderson
Type: Cover A – Walsh; Cover B – Henderson
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: Next in THE SILVER COIN, the hit horror anthology from VITA AYALA, JOSHUA WILLIAMSON, RAM V, MATTHEW ROSENBERG, and MICHAEL WALSH, comes a sequel 300 years in the making. Audrey is a high schooler with an unusual ability who’s drawn to the occult. When she encounters the coin, she conducts a ritual meant to break its curse but instead summons something darker still. The coin’s mystery deepens in part two of ‘Covenant.’
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Basilisk #8
By: Cullen Bunn, Jonas Scharf, Max Fiumara
Type: Cover A – Scharf; Cover B – Fiumara
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: *Vanessa descends upon another ghost town with the Faithful and Barret in tow, this time the one where Hannah’s family died, and Hannah isn’t far behind, on the hunt for Vanessa.* In the aftermath of the confrontation, Vanessa retreats to the community where it all began, finding an eerie sight both familiar and unexpected.
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Crimson Cage #4 (of 5)
By: John Lees, Alex Cormack, Ashley Cormack
Summary: The blood-drenched pro wrestling retelling of Macbeth continues. Having aided her husband in achieving his goal, Sharlene Frenzy focuses on pursuing her own wrestling ambitions, with unexpected, violent consequences. Elsewhere, Chuck Frenzy receives bad news that shakes him to his core. Can he avert from his wicked path, or is it already too late for him? And, on the horizon, the Crimson Cage awaits
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White River Monster #3
By: Keith Rommel, Wolfgang Schwandt, Stephen Cooney
Type: Cover A – Wolfgang Schwandt; Cover B – Stephen Cooney
Summary: The small Arkansas town of Newport is hiding a secret, one those in positions of power are beginning to realize, but when a missing persons case draws out the monster within people trying to protect their secret, the green skinned ones begin emerging from the water!
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