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.
Dark Interlude #4
By: Ryan O’Sullivan, Andrea Mutti, Rebekah Isaacs, Ariela Kristantina
Type: Cover A – Kristantina; Cover B – Isaacs
Publisher: Vault Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.vaultcomics.com/
Summary: Mysteries abound.
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Last Book You’ll Ever Read #8
By: Cullen Bunn, Leila Leiz, Jen Hickman
Type: Cover A – Leiz; Cover B – Hickman; Cover C – Leiz Black Bag Variant
Publisher: Vault Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.vaultcomics.com/
Summary: With the landscape changing all around them, Olivia and Connor reach the final destination on their satyr book tour. And it’s not what either of them expected.
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PS Artbook Scream Magazine #1
By: Al Hewetson, Gray Morrow, Various
Publisher: PS Artbooks
Publisher Link: http://www.psartbooks.com/
Summary: Skywald’s Scream #1, according to Al Hewetson’s introduction, was in response to readers’ opinions as expressed in the ‘Bunch of Questions’ survey and was first published as a black-and-white comic magazine in August 1973. If you’re brave enough take a peek, we’ve got ‘The Strange Painting Of Jay Crumb,’ a spoof on underground cartoonists Jay Lynch & Robert Crumb by Felipe de la Rosa; ‘The Comics Macabre,’ by Al Hewetson and Maelo Cintron featured characters based on Seduction Of The Innocent author Fredric Wertham and Comics Code Authority president Len Darvin as well as Al Hewetson, Herschel Waldman, and other Skywald staffers.
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Dig Sink Tale #1
By: John Lees, Alex Cormack
Type: Cover B – Franck Uzan Foil Stamped
Publisher: Comixtribe
Publisher Link: https://www.comixtribe.com/
Summary: Spinning out of the critically acclaimed pulp crime saga Sink, comes a thrilling sixty-four page one-shot! Rojan Hardi is a migrant building a new life for his family in his adoptive home of Glasgow, Scotland. But he leads another life as the masked, shovel-wielding vigilante Mr. Dig. Once driven by fury and vengeance, he has unexpectedly become a protector and community leader. Now, Rojan must confront his traumatic past while facing a terrifying, seemingly unstoppable new enemy intent on burning all he has built to the ground. This new reader friendly, standalone tale will also set the stage for the next volume of SINK!
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Spectro One Shot #1
Type: Cover A – Doe
Publisher: Aftershock Comics
Publisher Link: https://aftershockcomics.com/
Summary: A Quartet of Quintessential Horror Tales from the Multi-Talented Juan Doe – Presented in a Single Prestige-Format One Shock! SPECTRO explores the unnerving spectrum of fear through four terrifying stories rooted in a cosmic game of twisted karma and phantasmagoric terror: 1. What is at stake when sentient technology manipulates a man with projections of his desired self? 2. What are the consequences of excommunicating a member of the ‘nine’ planets? 3. What is discovered when an explorer travels to Mars to ascend the tallest mountain in the solar system? 4. What happens when a scientist aboard the International Space Station is confronted with the most horrifying aspects of humankind? In what realm of fear do these stories exist? SPECTRO. Written and illustrated by Juan Doe (BAD RECEPTION, DARK ARK, ANIMOSITY: THE RISE) SPECTRO is a horror anthology from deep within the recesses of the mind of one of comics’ most prolific talents!
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Something Is Killing the Children #23
By: James Tynion Iv, Werther Dell’Edera, Jenny Frison
Type: Cover A – Dell Edera; Cover B – Die Cut Mask Variant; Cover C – Die Cut Bloody V
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: Trapped in the county jail, Erica must use her one phone call to contact someone from her past… but will they come to her aid? Escape may come from a most unexpected place, but with it the revelation of a terrifying new threat that will push Erica to her limits!
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Elvira in Horrorland #1
By: David Avallone, Silvia Califano, Dave Acosta, John Royle
Type: Cover A – Acosta; Cover B – Royle; Cover C – Califano – Psycho 1960 cover); Cover D – Photo Cover E – Blank Authentix
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: ‘Elvira is back, and she’s going PSYCHO! The Mistress of the Dark has discovered that films create their own pocket dimensions, and now she’s lost in the Multiverse of Movies! Will she find her way home, or is it just a big Hitchcock-tease? Join writer David Avallone (Elvira Meets Vincent Price, Bettie Page: Unbound) and artist Silvia Califano (the upcoming ‘Death of Elvira’) for a comic you shouldn’t show mother: she just goes a little mad sometimes. All the fun, thrills, and spills under a series of amazing covers by returning artists Dave Acosta, John Royle, series artist Califano, and an amazing Elvira photo cover! ‘Once again David Avallone proves to be a master of pulp storytelling as well as the double entendre. He captures Elvira’s personality brilliantly and pretty much every interaction that she has is brilliantly written. Overall. Brilliant fun.’- SciFiPulse.net David Avallone is a freelancer from a long line of freelancers, born to a pulp fiction writer (Michael Avallone) and women’s rights activist (Frances Avallone). Since graduating from Bard College in 1987, David has been involved mostly in independent film production (as a writer, editor, director, producer, actor, etc.). In 2014 he branched out into comic book writing, mostly with Dynamite Comics. With them, he’s written LEGENDERRY: VAMPIRELLA, TWILIGHT ZONE: THE SHADOW, DOC SAVAGE: RING OF FIRE, BETTIE PAGE, and ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK. For American Mythology, he’s written ZORRO: SWORDS OF BLOOD, and for Kevin Eastman Studios he’s writing DRAWING BLOOD and THE RADICALLY REARRANGED RONIN RAGDOLLS. ‘
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Department of Truth #18
By: James Tynion Iv, Martin Simmonds
Type: Cover A – Simmonds; Cover B – Blank Cover
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: NEW STORY ARC Co-creator MARTIN SIMMONDS returns for the explosive new arc of the Eisner-nominated hit! For decades, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH battled a secret war against its Soviet counterpart, THE MINISTRY OF LIES. Now Cole Turner will have to face the consequences of his predecessors as the dark actions of the past unfurl before him
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Stillwater by Zdarsky & Perez #13
By: Chip Zdarsky, Ramon K. Perez, Mike Spicer
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: NEW STORY ARC The rules have changed. Daniel now holds a special place in Stillwater. Can Galen’s hold on the town stand up to a new challenger?
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Hellcop #7
By: Brian Haberlin, Geirrod Vandyke
Type: Cover A – Haberlin & Van Dyke; Cover B – Haberlin & Van Dyke; Cover C – Drew & Haberlin; Cover D – Drew & Haberlin
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: ‘THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS’ Smuggling goes both ways. When a con man steals some of Hell’s best songs and presents them as his own back on Earth, the Hellcops must enforce Hell copyright or risk permanent expulsion from Plane 1301-A.
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Follow Me Into the Darkness #4 (of 4)
By: Damian Connelly
Type: Cover A – Connelly
Publisher: Behemoth Comics
Publisher Link: https://behemothcomics.us/
Summary: Disintegration, a death, a final battle, an explosion, anger and The darkness. Welcome to a world full of darkness. The end of the saga has arrived, where the children of the comet will fight to survive against the worst of opponents.
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Rise of Dracula #6 (of 6)
By: Rich Davis, Puis Calzada, Keyla K. Valerio, Jordan Direnzo
Type: Cover A – Valerio; Cover B – Direnzo
Publisher: Source Point Press
Publisher Link: https://sourcepointpress.com/
Summary: All hell breaks loose…
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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Night of the Cyclops one-shot
By: Clem Robins, Olivier Vatine, Mike Mignola
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: Just as he finishes up one job in Greece, Hellboy is detoured into another adventure by . . . a goat? Join Hellboy in a strange hidden land of treachery and togas as he takes on the wrath of a jealous god.
Featuring the storytelling genius of Mike Mignola and Olivier Vatine, with art by Vatine and letters by Clem Robins, the Mignolaverse meets classical mythology in this new one-shot!
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