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.
Happy Hill #4 (of 5)
By: Rich Douek, Joe Mulvey
Publisher: Comixtribe
Summary: While Happy Hill’s legendary kickoff party rolls onward, Wyatt discovers a key secret about the resort in the tunnels beneath the grounds; can he live long enough to let Thea know what he’s unearthed? Stakes are raised in this installment of Joe Mulvey and Rich Douek’s acclaimed horror comedy!
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Hellcop #6
By: Brian Haberlin, Geirrod Vandyke
Type: Cover A – Haberlin & Van Dyke; Cover B – Haberlin & Van Dyke; Cover C – Drew & Haberlin; Cover D – Drew
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: NEW STORY ARC ‘THE SASQUATCH WARS’ When Sasquatch royalty accidentally crosses into our world and gets shot by a drunken hunter, the repercussions could be enormous. Can Virgil stop an interdimensional war before it begins?
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Vampirella Dracula Unholy #5
By: Christopher Priest, Donny Hadiwidjaja, Lucio Parrillo, Rose Besch, Shannon Maer, Adam Hughes
Type: Cover A – Parrillo; Cover B – Besch; Cover C – Maer; Cover D – Hughes; Cover E – Nereid Cosplay;
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/
Summary: Vampirella’s efforts to save the man she loves have completely collapsed. After the shocking revelation concluding our last issue (see below, which Matt absolutely won’t spoil here), Vampirella finds herself completely outflanked by the Lord of Darkness! Dracula has fully assimilated his human host while his shadow army, Lumea Urm?toare, prepares Vampirella as a ritual sacrifice-with her mother’s blessing! Can this unholy love survive?
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Draculina #3
By: Christopher Priest, Michael Sta. Maria, Collette Turner, Rose Besch, Guillem March, Rafael Kayanan
Type: Cover A – Turner; Cover B – Besch; Cover C – March; Cover D – Kayanan; Cover E – Cosplay; Cover K – FOC Liefeld Homage Mychaels Variant; Cover L – FOC Gunduz Original Variant; Cover M – FOC Sta Maria Original Variant; Cover N – FOC Lin Original Variant
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/
Summary: ‘Immortal Beloved’ Having been tipped off to Draculina’s arrival in our plane of existence, the demon Belial-who stole Draculina from Vampirella’s and her mother Lilith when Draculina was small-sets out to reclaim his lost child, taking in the preteen Katie, Draculina’s snotty alter ego, for the strangest father’s day in history. Meanwhile Draculina continues assembling pieces of the Daemon Periapt, an ancient talisman capable of killing Belial, while she struggles to break the demonic bond linking her to the child Katie.
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Ice Canyon Monster #3
By: Keith Rommel, Jonnuel Ortega
Type: Cover A – Ortega
Publisher: Blood Moon Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.bloodmooncomicsllc.com/
Summary: The tupilaq octopus is leaving a trail of destruction around the entire island of Greenland. People have died, the shipping industry paralyzed, and the Greenlandic press tries to reduce everyone’s fears. But the destruc-tion has just started. What can destroy or slow down the giant octopus and at what cost?
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Rise of Dracula #5 (of 6)
By: Rich Davis, Puis Calzada, Keyla K. Valerio
Publisher: Source Point Press
Publisher Link: https://sourcepointpress.com/
Summary: All of this has happened before, but it doesn’t need to happen again
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Hotell Vol 2 #5 (of 5)
By: John Lee, Lee Loughridge, Dakbor Talajic, Keron Grant
Publisher: Awa Upshot
Publisher Link: https://awastudios.net/
Summary: The second volume comes to a terrifying close with this pulse-pounding final chapter! Pierrot Courts is under siege, with Jack Lynch and the surviving guests held captive. But when the hotel is under threat, when it is treated with disrespect by unwelcome guests, it has a way of fighting back. Alliances are formed, fates are sealed and familiar faces return in this explosive finale!
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