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.
Count Crowley: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter #2
By: Lukas Ketner, Lauren Affe, David Dastmalchian, Frank Cvetkovic
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: “The only way to cure a werewolf is to kill a werewolf.” So says Jerri Bartmans monster-hunting mentor. But there’s a problem . . . the werewolf in question is not only a member of Jerri’s AA group, he’s a pretty decent guy. His volatile ex-girlfriend isn’t as friendly, though. When the ex shows up, the claws and the fangs come out.
***** ***** *****
Faithless III #4 (of 6)
By: Brian Azzarello, Maria Llovet, Kris Anka
Type: Cover B – Erotic Variant
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: As the final chapter of Azzarrello and Llovet’s erotic masterpiece continues to heat up, Solomon and Louis embark on a celestial battle. But which angel (or former angel) will come out ahead?
***** ***** *****
Alice Ever After #2 (of 5)
By: Dan Panosian, Giorgio Spalletta, Enrico Marini
Type: Cover A – Panosian; Cover B – Marini
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: Alice might have opened the door to Wonderland, but the asylum is its own realm of darkness and danger. Mistress Hulda resembles an all-too-familiar queen, and Dr. Madsen is eager to try an experimental treatment, probing into a past that Alice wants to escape and one her father will do anything to keep hidden. Will an inmate with an intriguing smile prove to be a much needed friend, or will Alice’s fate be the same as the inmates in the common room, the ones with the vacant eyes?
***** ***** *****
House of Slaughter #6
By: James Tynion Iv, Sam Johns, Werther Dell’Edera, Letizia Cadonici, Rafael Albuquerque, Kyle Hotz
Type: Cover A – Albuquerque; Cover B – Dell Edera; Cover C – Bodybag Variant; Cover D – 25 Copy Dell Edera Variant
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: Edwin Slaughter is one of the Scarlet Masks, the secret bookkeepers of the Order of St. George. He’s enamored with stories of ancient hunters, as well as those in his midst. He only gets to write the stories and never live them himself though. That is, until what starts out as standard reconnaissance for the Order turns Edwin’s world upside down. There’s a legendary monster in America, one long thought extinct It’s taken the lives of countless children, bringing Edwin into the field for the first time and into real danger. Along with a new story arc comes a new creative team! Acclaimed writer Sam Johns of Punchline and The Joker fame joins James Tynion IV as co-writer, and up-and-coming artist Letizia Cadonici makes her highly anticipated American comics debut, joined by series veteran Werther Dell’Edera as co-artist!
***** ***** *****
Joe Hill Rain #5 (of 5)
By: Joe Hill, David M. Booher, Zoe Thorogood, Nick Robles
Type: Cover A – Thorogood; Cover B – Robles
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: MINISERIES FINALE With Templeton and Marc at her side, Honeysuckle says a painful goodbye to Yolanda as they lay her to rest. Jackdaw Street is silent. The crystal rain has spread over the planet. The U.S. has nuked the Eastern European country believed to be the origin of the rain. Waiting for the end of the world, Honeysuckle realizes the source of the rain-and perhaps humanity’s salvation-may be far closer to home
***** ***** *****
Nyx #6
By: Christos Gage, Marc Borstel, Giuseppe Matteoni, Fernando Dagnino, Geebo Vigonte, Alvaro Lopez
Type: Cover A – Matteoni; Cover B – Dagnino; Cover C – Vigonte; Cover D – Alvaro Lopez
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: Nyx has finally managed to reconcile her human and demon sides…but she had to make a deal with her father, the mad god Chaos. Has she finally found her soul only to sell it? Not if she has any say in the matter. There’s an escape clause in the deal: Nyx has to kill her father. How does one go about destroying a primordial force of the universe, while keeping her reality from falling apart? You have to have a replacement standing by. And Nyx doesn’t want it to be her. So, the first thing she has to do is find a being capable of being the new mad god Chaos. Does Craigslist have a category for that…?
***** ***** *****
Faithless III #4 (of 6)
By: Brian Azzarello, Maria Llovet
Type: Cover A – Llovet
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: As the final chapter of Azzarrello and Llovet’s erotic masterpiece continues to heat up, Solomon and Louis embark on a celestial battle. But which angel (or former angel) will come out ahead?
***** ***** *****
A Town Called Terror #2
By: Steve Niles, Szymon Kudranski
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: ‘THE RETURN’ Henry finds out that his father forced him to return to Terror because his mother has mysteriously disappeared. But becoming reacquainted with his childhood home brings back painful memories-and reawakens old rivalries.
***** ***** *****
Cover of Darkness #5
By: George Michail, Chris Cam, MJ Hiblen
Type: Cover A – Hiblen; Cover B – McDaniel
Publisher: Source Point Press
Publisher Link: https://sourcepointpress.com/
Summary: Viking Werewolves make their triumphant return home to find a less than friendly welcome. Zelina continues her training with her vampire master, Vladimir.
***** ***** *****
Alice Ever After #2 (of 5)
By: Dan Panosian, Giorgio Spalletta
Type: Cover D – FOC Reveal Hughes Variant; Cover E – FOC Reveal 10 Copy Variant
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: Alice might have opened the door to Wonderland, but the asylum is its own realm of darkness and danger. Mistress Hulda resembles an all-too-familiar queen, and Dr. Madsen is eager to try an experimental treatment, probing into a past that Alice wants to escape and one her father will do anything to keep hidden. Will an inmate with an intriguing smile prove to be a much needed friend, or will Alice’s fate be the same as the inmates in the common room, the ones with the vacant eyes?
***** ***** *****
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