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.
Deadbox #4
By: Mark Russell, Ben Tiesma, Corin Howell
Type: Cover A – Tiesma, Cover B – Howell
Publisher: Vault Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.vaultcomics.com/
Summary: In the aftermath of the Loose Meat Massacre, Sheriff Brown suddenly becomes a celebrity. But are the fame and power that come with the luck of fate worth the lie they’re built on?
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Deadbox #5
By: Mark Russell, Ben Tiesma, Corin Howell
Type: Cover A – Tiesma, Cover B – Howell
Publisher: Vault Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.vaultcomics.com/
Summary: All the recent tragedies converge at the Stop n’ Shop. The curse of the Deadbox deals its final blow to the people of Lost Turkey.
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Department of Truth #20
By: James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds
Type: Cover A – Simmonds
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: Cole Turner has come face to face with many horrors since enlisting with the Department of Truth. But as he learns more and more about the long-simmering war between the DoT and the Ministry of Lies, he must grapple with the greatest horror of all: that he may have pledged allegiance to the wrong side.
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Kold #1
By: Michael Patrick Rogers, Federica Mancin, Marta Gasperoni, Marco Fontanili
Type: Cover A – Fontanili, Cover B – Mancin & Gasperoni
Publisher: Source Point Press
Publisher Link: https://sourcepointpress.com/
Summary: In a modern-day Ebenezer Scrooge-esque tale, a cruel old man named Homer goes ice fishing with his dog. The man is desperate to resolve the guilt that burns deep down in his conscience. Homer went fishing for forgiveness, but all he caught was hell
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Vampirella Strikes #4
By: Tom Sniegoski, Jonathan Lau, Jung-Geun Yoon, Lucio Parrillo, Stephen Segovia, Ben Caldwell
Type: Cover A – Parrillo, Cover B – Segovia, Cover C – Yoon, Cover D – Caldwell, Cover E – Cosplay
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: Having fulfilled her destiny in Vengeance, Vampirella is now poised to Strike in this series arising from the post-apocalyptic ashes of the acclaimed series Vengeance of Vampirella! In this issue, the threat of the Drujh weapons intensifies. After the assault on Danse Macabre headquarters by those possessed by the weapons from Hell, Vampirella and the team are left in disarray. Something is about to happen that could threaten all life in Sepulcher City…and eventually the world. Something drastic is going to need to be done-but what? This is the penultimate chapter of the Drujh saga! Enter the world of Vampirella Strikes under a series of amazing artist by returning superstars Lucio Parillo, Stephen Segovia, Jung-Geun Yoon, and a stunning cosplay cover featuring Rachel Hollon as Vampirella!!
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Nyx #9
By: Christos Gage, Marc Borstel, Alvaro Lopez, Giuseppe Matteoni, Fernando Dagnino, Geebo Vigonte
Type: Cover A – Matteoni, Cover B – Dagnino, Cover C – Vigonte, Cover D – Lopez
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: Nyx has raised her younger sister only to see their father, the Mad God Chaos, lead her down his depraved path of death and conquest…a path Nyx knows will drive her sister to madness and even suicide. Can Nyx save her sibling from their twisted father, or will she lose another loved one to this mad god? One thing’s for sure: whatever happens, Nyx and Chaos are on a collision course that will end with one of them wiped out of existence!
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Grim #4
By: Stephanie Phillips, Flaviano, Simone Di Meo, Jenny Frison
Type: Cover A – Flaviano, Cover B – Foil Flaviano, Cover C – Frison, Cover D – Di Meo Variant, Cover F – FOC Reveal Beem
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: With her very afterlife at stake, Jess must confront a dangerous figure, raising questions about her own death. Now a fugitive, Jess needs answers and is running out of options. Luckily, a new, powerful scythe might be the key to deciphering this entire mystery!
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Bunny Mask Hollow Inside #4
By: Paul Tobin, Andrea Mutti
Publisher: Aftershock Comics
Publisher Link: https://aftershockcomics.com/
Summary: With the Hollow on the hunt and the strange creature known as Bunny Mask – in her whimsical way – not all that interested in helping, Tyler is forced into some desperate choices in order to survive. But what can a man do when all the choices are wrong, and any of them could cost your soul? What can he do when Bee Foster learns the secret of Bunny Mask, and when Bunny Mask forces him into the hardest decision of all? Each issue of BUNNY MASK: THE HOLLOW INSIDE features 24 pages of story and art with a cardstock cover!
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