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.
Young Hellboy: Assault on Castle Death #2
By: Craig Rousseau, Michael Avon Oeming, Chris O’Halloran, Thomas Sniegoski, Mike Mignola
Type: Michael Avon Oeming Variant Cover
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: As Hellboy struggles in the grip of a mysterious illness, a Brotherhood operative inside the B.P.R.D. brings an assassin within striking distance! But even with a fever, young Hellboy has an ace up his (pajama) sleeve . . . or is that a familiar calling card?
Read the exciting continuation of the second Young Hellboy series, from Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and cowriter Tom Sniegoski, with art by Craig Rousseau and colors by Chris O’Halloran.
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Castle Full of Blackbirds #1
By: Michelle Madsen, Angela Slatter, Vanesa Del Rey, Mike Mignola, Valeria Burzo
Type: Vanesa Del Rey Variant Cover
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: When Sara May Blackburn headed for New York after the events of Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb, she had one goal in mind: find the mysterious Miss Brooks at the Linton School for Girls and ask her what she knows about the mysterious powers that have plagued Sara May her whole life. But as is often the case with these things, the answers are not as simple as all that. Sara is in for an education in more than just reading, writing, and arithmetic at the Linton School.
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola partners with celebrated author Angela Slatter and artist extraordinaire Valeria Burzo for a new adventure from the world of Hellboy!
Continues the story of a fan-favorite character from The Return of Effie Kolb.
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Silver Coin #14
By: Pornsak Pichetshote, Michael Walsh, Caspar Wijngaard
Type: Cover A – Walsh, Cover B – Wijngaard
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: Lauren and Darren were working through their issues when the bad year hit. 2020 was when the world caught fire, when their relationship went to hell, and when a strange coin pushed things one step further. The latest chapter in the hit 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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Army of Darkness vs Reanimator Necronomicon Rising #3
By: Erik Burnham, Eman Casallos, Arthur Suydam
Type: Cover C – Suydam
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: The future! (Or, you know, ‘a’ future – things get tricky when the Necronomicon throws our hero back and forth in the time stream!) Ancient Herbert West makes ‘normal’ Herbert an offer he can’t refuse but, as always, the Necronomicon has plans and offers of its own! 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 Fleecs (Stray Dogs) and the Dynamite debut of Christopher Mitten (Hellboy)!
***** ***** *****
Sacrament #2
By: Peter Milligan, Marcelo Frusin
Summary: The Exorcist meets Alien in this sci-fi/horror story. In the year 3000, Mankind abandoned Earth and fled into outer space. Now, a disgraced priest, called into action to perform an exorcism on a remote space colony, is about to discover that no matter how far you run, you can’t escape your demons, and the Devil is, in fact, real.
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Bone Orchard Black Feathers #1
By: Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Martin Simmonds, Christian Ward
Type: Cover A – Sorrentino; Cover B – Ward, Cover C – Simmonds, Cover E – 25 Copy Sorrentino Variant, Cover F – 50 Copy Sorrentino Variant
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: From the acclaimed creative team behind GIDEON FALLS, PRIMORDIAL, and THE PASSAGEWAY comes a new series in the bold and ambitious shared horror universe of THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS. Trish and Jackie are best friends and avid gamers. But when the line between reality and their fantasy world is blurred by an evil darkness, can they be the heroes of their own story? TEN THOUSAND BLACK FEATHERS is the newest entry into THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS from LEMIRE & SORRENTINO! This universe will feature self-contained graphic novels and limited series about the horrors waiting to be discovered within the Bone Orchard.
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