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.
Alice Ever After #3 (of 5)
By: Dan Panosian, Giorgio Spalletta
Type: Cover A – Panosian
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: Alice has found refuge in the ASYLUM, but she might not be as safe as she thinks. Will her time there mean being severed from the real world permanently? And what of the institution’s suspicious funding, and Dr. Madsen’s quest for control through any means necessary? Things grow even curiouser back in Wonderland though, as Alice meets two familiar figures who bear an uncanny resemblance to the orderlies of the asylum!
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Faithless III #5 (of 6)
By: Brian Azzarello, Maria Llovet
Type: Cover A – Llovet
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: In the penultimate issue of Faithless III, things grow even more dire following the celestial battle between Solomon and Louis. In fact, hell itself seems ready to spill into reality as Faith and Louis’s artistic masterpiece comes to life Don’t miss the lead-in to the stunning final chapter of Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet’s erotic masterpiece!
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A Town Called Terror #3
By: Steve Niles, Szymon Kudranski
Type: Cover A – Kudranski; Cover B – Kudranski
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: ‘TRANSFORMATION’ In the violence of dealing with old enemies, we find out just what makes Henry a monster. Reuniting with his two younger siblings softens him enough to agree to stay and search for his mother. Meanwhile, Julie finds help through a sympathetic detective.
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Ocean Will Take Us #3
By: Rich Douek, Carlos Olivares
Publisher: Aftershock Comics
Publisher Link: https://aftershockcomics.com/
Summary: The mystery surrounding Almanzar Bay deepens as Casey and the gang learn more about the town’s history and its connection to Triton Oceanic. But the deeper they dig, the more danger-ous things become, as they learn just how far the cult will go to keep its secrets.
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Devils Highway Vol 2 #2 (of 5)
By: Ben Percy, Brent Schoonover
Publisher: ARTISTS WRITERS & ARTISANS INC
Publisher Link: https://awastudios.net/
Summary: A truck stacked with bodies is discovered along the US/Canada border, and Sharon Harrow and Quentin Skinner are on the case. Their mission: figure out how all of these corpses are connected. And when they uncover the terrifying truth, they will unearth a murder syndicate that has infiltrated the walls of the very institutions meant to protect us. Now our heroes are on the run-hunted by law enforcement and the trucking community-framed for crimes they didn’t commit.
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Grim #2
By: Stephanie Phillips, Flaviano
Type: Cover F – Unlockable Frison Variant
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: Jessica Harrow finds herself trapped between the worlds of the living and the dead-something that no other reaper has ever experienced! Just what makes her so special? Can she make her way back to the afterlife, and what exactly is going to happen now that she can walk amongst the living? The mystery deepens in this new series from acclaimed writer Stephanie Phillips (Harley Quinn) and fan-favorite artist Flaviano (New Mutants)!
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