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.
We Have Demons #1
By: Greg Capullo, Scott Snyder, Dave Mccaig, Jonathan Glapion, Tom Napolitano, Dan Panosian
Type: Dan Panosian TFAW Exclusive Variant
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: This variant for We Have Demons #1 was created by Dan Panosian and is available only at Things From Another World. It is an edition of 1000 and ships bagged and boarded in a flash mailer. Graded release date based on current CBCS turnaround times and subject to change.
Scott Snyder! Greg Capullo!
Since the very dawn of man, legends have been told of the conflict between angel and demon-kind. Lam Lyle, a woman of science, dismissed these stories as just that–fiction. But when the loss of a loved one leads to the discovery of a hulking, benevolent demon named Hellvis, Lam realizes that her life is about to undergo a dire new direction. With a newfound partner and awesome powers now at her disposal, our hero suddenly finds herself thrust into a climactic war of good and evil with no less than the fate of the world hanging in the balance . . .
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Draculina #4
By: Christopher Priest, Michael Sta. Maria, Collette Turner, Guillem March
Type: Cover A – Turner; Cover C – March; Cover E – Cosplay
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: When the demon Belial tips off the jilted lover of their arranged marriage, Draculina finds herself hunted by the interdimensional ‘Reality Merchant’ Hesiod, who punishes Draculina by altering reality to reverse the fortunes of Draculina and her young alt-self Katie, granting the power (and wings!) of the Vampiri to the preteen while leaving Draculina confronted by an unwanted and fragile humanity, and at the mercy of her enemies!
***** ***** *****
Oblivion Trials #1 (of 4)
By: Brandon Chen, Anderson Carman, Fred Packard
Publisher: Source Point Press
Publisher Link: https://sourcepointpress.com/
Summary: What mystery lies on the other side of the afterlife? After his own abrupt death, a young boy, Kiko, finds himself whisked to an ethereal world into the boat of Charon, a deity that presents him with a choice that will decide his eternal fate.
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Ballad of Gordon Barleycorn #1
By: Colin McHugh, Duncan Sligh, Colin McHugh, Duncan Sligh
Type: Cover A – Colin McHugh
Summary: Gordon and his manager Giuseppe are hunted down by a religious debt collector who has come to make him pay for his past. Now Gordon needs to make some quick cash in this groovy adventure that’s all about Sex, Drugs, and Musical Puppet Theater, baby!
***** ***** *****
Vampiverse Presents Vamp #1
By: Tom Sniegoski, Daniel Maine, Blank Cover, Jeannine Acheson, German Garcia, Jimmy Broxton
Type: Cover D – Blank Authentix; Cover C – Cosplay; Cover B – Garcia; Cover A – Broxton
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: Torn from the pages of the hit series, Vampiverse! Meet this reality’s version of Vampirella, the Vamp, a mysterious crime fighter in the 1930s classic pulp style who could give the Shadow a run for his money! But who is the Vamp? Where did she come from, and how did she become the scourge of all things evil? And what is her terrifying connection to the Cult of Chaos? Join us this summer for a titanic tale of terror, action, and adventure from the creative team behind the hit VAMPIVERSE miniseries!
***** ***** *****
Department of Truth #19
By: James Tynion Iv, Martin Simmonds
Type: Cover A – Simmonds
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: One of the Department of Truth’s greatest rivals lay dead in America’s capital, and all signs point to Black Hat as the culprit. To uncover the truth, Cole Turner must decipher the hidden history of the Ministry of Lies.
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The Grunch Welcome to the Brudderhood #2
By: S.A. Check, Claudio Avella, Ev Cantada, James Kuhoric
Type: Cover B – Cantada
Publisher: American Mythology Productions
Publisher Link: https://www.americanmythology.net/
Summary: It’s Grunch Time! Johnny Detour and his internet vlogging friends went looking for real life terror in the murky bayous of New Orleans, and the Grunch were waiting with open arms, and claws, and fangs! Half animal – half man – all monster! There’s a reason no one travels down Grunch Road, and Johnny and his friends are getting a crash course in cryptid 101 as they fight for their lives to escape! But the Grunch haven’t survived all these years without keeping a few dark family secrets tucked away. And you thought your family tree had some odd branches! Wait until you meet Jah’pa! The exciting, bloody conclusion to the Grunch Saga is here. It’s time to get your Grunch on, Brudder! The Grunch ‘Brudders-in-Arms’ coming soon to a comic store near you! The Grunch #2 comes with two covers – Main by horror maestro Puis Calzada and variant by EV Cantada!
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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Old Man Whittier
By: Clem Robins, Dave Stewart, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Mike Mignola
Type: Mike Mignola Variant Cover
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: Trouble runs in the Whittier family! When Catherine Whittier learns she’s inherited the family home, she knows better than to go back alone, and Hellboy’s experience with the family (in Hellboy: The Whittier Legacy) makes him the perfect one to make sure any unkind spirits are rest. Because in a house with a history like this, “plot” can mean more than just a family graveyard.
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is joined by artist Gabriel Hernández Walta to bring readers a terrifying new one-shot in the home of the infamous Whittier family!
* Self-contained story in the successful Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. line.
“What I love about these little adventures is how Mignola is able to give us a full story that lives beyond the pages of the book itself.”-Fanbase Press
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