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.
Nook #1 (of 3)
By: Caleb Thusat, Marcelo Biott, Martha Webby
Publisher: Source Point Press
Publisher Link: https://sourcepointpress.com/
Summary: Fleeing the oppression of WWII Germany, Avery and her parents move to a remote town on the border of France only to discover their new is haunted by a dark past and a cat named Nook. Swept up into a deadly cycle of violence, Avery will come to both fear and love her fuzzy new friend as the dark and twisted history of her new home is revealed.
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Miskatonic High #2
By: Mike Shea, Ryan Mendoza
Summary: For Sarah Clarke, life at the affluent Miskatonic High had never been easy, being a poor, rural outcast. But when her friends come to help her on the family orchard, secrets better left unknown will be unearthed, and she and her classmates will experience a terror in the dark. Issue 2 of the new tongue-in-cheek Lovecraftian horror series described as ‘Cthulhu meets Archie.’
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Something Is Killing the Children #24
By: James Tynion Iv, Werther Dell’Edera, Jenny Frison
Type: Cover B – Die Cut Mask Variant
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: While Cutter’s machinations continue to unfold at the House of Slaughter, Erica has tracked a terrifying new enemy within a small town in New Mexico. With her past quickly catching up with her, Erica must don the mask once again and head into the heart of the danger if she wants any hope of stopping this monstrous entity.
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Reanimator Original Commision Delbeato Cover
By: Keith Davidsen, Randy Valiente, Joe DelBeato
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: A DIRECT MARKET EXCLUSIVE – FIRST TIME OFFERED! Original hand-drawn sketch cover art by legendary Bronze Age artist Joe Delbeato! First print run 32-page original comic; Dr. Herbert West, The Reanimator, returns! Setting up shop in New Orleans, the brilliant Dr. West continues his life’s work: the revival of the dead by purely chemical means. To accomplish this task, he recruits Susan Greene, a young and wide-eyed pharmacologist fascinated by his macabre experiments. Initially unfazed by West’s unorthodox practices (including how he funds his research – by selling zombie brain fluid as a narcotic), Susan may regret her scientific curiosity as sinister forces – those aligned with Elder Gods and Haitian Voodoo – begin to align against the Reanimator!
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Elvira in Horrorland #2
By: David Avallone, Silvia Califano, Dave Acosta, John Royle
Type: Cover A – Acosta; Cover B – Royle; Cover C – Califano; Cover D – Photo
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: ‘Your strange love is rewarded, as Elvira’s space odyssey gets a new shine! As the clockworks glow orange, the Mistress of the Dark dons her full metal jacket and follows the paths of glory with her eyes wide shut, awaiting a killer’s kiss! Something Barry Lyndon! Join writer David Avallone (Elvira Meets Vincent Price, Bettie Page: Unbound) and artist Silvia Califano (Star Trek, Judge Dredd) for a comic we call ‘She’s a Kubrick house.’ 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! ‘
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Something Is Killing the Children #24
By: James Tynion Iv, Werther Dell’Edera
Type: Cover A – Dell Edera; over C – Die Cut Bloody V
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: While Cutter’s machinations continue to unfold at the House of Slaughter, Erica has tracked a terrifying new enemy within a small town in New Mexico. With her past quickly catching up with her, Erica must don the mask once again and head into the heart of the danger if she wants any hope of stopping this monstrous entity.
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Hellcop #8
By: Brian Haberlin, Geirrod Vandyke, Drew
Type: Cover C – Drew & Haberlin
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: ‘THE SASQUATCH DANCE’ Newly appointed Captain Virgil Hilts is having a difficult time playing politics with a rogue band of Sasquatches who are wreaking havoc on the West Coast. He might be able to keep the peace if new recruit Gladys is betrothed to their King’s son! Can Virgil maintain diplomacy while keeping his recruit-and his new title? Or is he doomed to get squashed by Sasquatches?
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Home Sick Pilots #15
By: Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard, Michael Walsh
Type: Cover A – Wijngaard; Cover B – Walsh
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: Everything ends. In fire. In truth. In A LOT of house-punching in the FINAL ISSUE of HOME SICK PILOTS.
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Silver Coin #11
By: James Tynion Iv, Michael Walsh, Martin Simmonds
Type: Cover A – Walsh; Cover B – Simmonds)
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: Eisner Award-winning artist MICHAEL WALSH’s critically acclaimed horror hit THE SILVER COIN continues with a new set of all-star writers: JAMES TYNION IV (THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH, Batman), STEPHANIE PHILLIPS (Harley Quinn, Wonder Woman), JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS (TARTARUS, Angel Catbird), and PORNSAK PICHETSHOTE (INFIDEL, THE GOOD ASIAN). In 1978, a firefighter finds a strange silver coin in the charred ruins of a nightclub. He quickly learns exactly what he can use it to do. What happens when a dark mind harnesses the coin’s power and unleashes it on those who least expect it? Find out in this chapter of THE SILVER COIN. To celebrate the new arc, this issue includes a special ‘story so far’ variant, featuring some of the most memorable and most unfortunate characters who’ve chanced upon the accursed coin.
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Cover of Darkness #6
By: George Michail, MJ Hiblen, Chris Cam
Type: Cover A – Hiblen; Cover B – McDaniel
Publisher: Source Point Press
Publisher Link: https://sourcepointpress.com/
Summary: Fantasy meets Horror. Goblins, Orcs, Dragons, Vampires, Werewolves, Mermen, the Mummy and Frankenstein fill the conclusion of the dark fantasy epic.
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