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 #5
By: Ryan O’Sullivan, Andrea Mutti, Ariela Kristantina, Rebekah Isaacs
Type: Cover A – Kristantina; Cover B – Isaacs
Publisher: Vault Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.vaultcomics.com/
Summary: No summary released.
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Army of Darkness vs Reanimator Necronomicon Rising #2
By: Erik Burnham, Eman Casallos, Tony Fleecs, Stuart Sayger
Type: Cover A – Fleecs; Cover D – Sayger
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: When an archaeological dig unveils an important element from the world of the Army of Darkness, it ends up in the absolute worst hands of all Dr. Herbert West. As West tinkers in God’s domain, our reluctant hero is once more drawn within the sphere of destiny as he faces a triple threat of danger! This issue: Bad Ash and Herbert have teamed up, but it’s the Necronomicon that’s large and in charge. And wait, what’s that Ash spies with his little eyes? A portal! That can’t be good, can it? Writer Erik Burnham is joined by returning Dynamite artist Eman Casallos to bring you all of the excitement and deadite action! Joining Dynamite superstar cover artists Arthur ‘Zombie King’ Suydam and Stuart (KISS) Sayger is Tony (Stray Dogs) Fleecs and the Dynamite debut of Christopher (Hellboy) Mitten!
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Draculina #6
By: Christopher Priest, Michael Sta. Maria, Collette Turner, Guillem March, Rafael Kayanan, Shannon Maer
Type: Cover A – Turner; Cover B – Maer, Cover C – March; Cover D – Kayanan, Cover E – Cosplay, Cover F – Kayanan B&W Variant, Cover G – March B&W Variant, Cover H – Turner B&W Variant
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: In an effort to teach Draculina a lesson, Hesiod, an interdimensional ‘reality merchant,’ has scrambled multiple realities, resulting in a now-human (and powerless) Draculina being stalked by an evil, bloodthirsty Dark Vampirella (or ‘Vampirella Dark’?). Plus, having failed in her attempt to destroy the demon Belial, Lilith of Drakulon is given an impossible choice: to choose which version of the daughter she has searched for over several lifetimes will live and which will die?
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Silver Coin #13
By: Stephanie Phillips, Michael Walsh, Rossi Gifford
Type: Cover A – Walsh, Cover B – Gifford
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: In this twisted tale set on New Year’s Eve, 1999, Y2K anxieties boil out of control as an even darker nightmare befalls an expectant mother. THRESHOLD, a new chapter in the acclaimed horror anthology THE SILVER COIN, from JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS, JAMES TYNION IV, STEPHANIE PHILLIPS, PORNSAK PICHETSHOTE, and MICHAEL WALSH, is out this month.
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Skybound Presents Afterschool #3 (of 4)
By: Kate Herron, Leila Leiz, Veronica Fish, Briony Redman
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: Skybound’s new horror anthology returns to teach those teens a lesson with another chilling standalone story. In this issue, JILL BLOTEVOGEL (Scream: The TV Series) and MARLEY ZARCONE (Shade, The Changing Girl) present a horror story about a different kind of sibling bonding ‘Annoying younger sister’ doesn’t even begin to explain Leda’s situation. Living with Izzy means perpetual chaos-firecrackers, pranks, and zero privacy. But when a killer breaks into their home, Izzy might just be their best defense.
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Parasomnia: The Dreaming God #1
By: Andrea Mutti, Cullen Bunn, Benjamin Dewey
Type: Benjamin Dewey Variant Cover
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: Cullen Bunn (Harrow County) and Andrea Mutti (Bunny Mask) return with their hit adventure tale of two worlds split between dreams and reality.
As the hunt for his missing son continues, our hero shifts worlds from the nightmarish Lovecraftian dreamscape to a cyberpunk metropolis where a ruthless cult continues to plague him, and reality and fantasy continue to blur.
. . . a visually stunning dark fantasy, wearing its pulp fiction influences on its sleeve and setting up an intriguing mystery. -But Why Tho?
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Tales from Harrow County: Lost Ones #4
By: Cullen Bunn, Tyler Crook, Emily Schnall
Type: Tyler Crook Variant Cover
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: Emmy has to decide how to stop her supernatural city cousins . . . but she herself has no magic now . . . and she doesn’t want to use her powers again. So, she is going to need to use her wits and cleverness to stop them with the aid of the Lost Ones.
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