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.

Closet #1 

By: James Tynion Iv, Gavin Fullerton, Chris O’Halloran, Eryk Donovan

Type: (Donovan TFAW Exclusive Variant) – CBCS 9.8 Graded Blue Label; Donovan TFAW Exclusive Variant; Cover B – 25 Copy Oeming Variant; Cover A – Fullerton

Publisher: Image Comics

Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/

Summary: This cover for The Closet #1 was created for Things From Another World by artist Eryk Donovan. It is an edition size of 500, and raw copies ship bagged and boarded in flash mailer or better. Graded release date based on current CBCS turnaround estimates and subject to change.

A tale of existential familial horror by JAMES TYNION IV (THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH, RAZORBLADES) and GAVIN FULLERTON (BOG BODIES, Bags). Thom is moving cross-country with his family and dragging the past along with them. His son, Jamie, is seeing monsters in the bedroom closet and will not let them go.

*****                                                   *****                                                   *****

Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Night of the Cyclops

By: Clem Robins, Olivier Vatine, Mike Mignola

Type: One Shot

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!

*****                                                   *****                                                   *****

Vampirella Dracula Unholy #6

By: Christopher Priest, Donny Hadiwidjaja, Cosplay

Type: Cover E – Cosplay

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Publisher Link: https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/

Summary: Series Finale! Vampirella’s husband, Matt Ecsed, is finally free of Dracula’s curse… or is he? There are spoilers on literally every page of this hair-trigger climax, including a final page stunner that is also bound to be spoiled by internet trolls! Vampirella’s epic love/hate affair with the Lord of Evil concludes here, and the most we can say about this final issue is you’ll hate yourself if you miss it (and we’ll hate you, too).

*****                                                   *****                                                   *****

Shudder Magazine #5

Publisher: Warrant Publishing Company

Publisher Link: https://modernagereader.com/publisher/warrant-publishing-company/

Summary: Shudder revives the iconic Warren illustrated horror magazines of the 60’s and 70’s by replicating Warren’s early page layouts and publishing new, classic styled work by original Warren artists, writers, and editors. Each issue is a highly collectible instant classic!

*****                                                   *****                                                   *****

 

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