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.
Damn Them All #1 (of 6)
By: Simon Spurrier, Charlie Adlard, Dani, In-Hyuk Lee, Christian Ward, Sean Phillips
Type: Cover A – Adlard; Cover B – Dani; Cover C – Foil Adlard; Cover D – Foil Dani; Cover E – 25 Copy Ward Variant; Cover F – 50 Copy Foil Stamp Variant; Cover G – 100 Copy Phillips Variant; Cover H – 250 Copy Foil Stamp Variant; Cover I – Unlockable Dani Variant; Cover J – Bg Variant; Cover J – FOC
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: In this new dark supernatural thriller for fans of We Have Demons and Something is Killing the Children, meet Ellie ‘Bloody El’ Hawthorne: occultist-for-hire. Following the death of Ellie’s uncle, an infamous magician and occult detective, the 72 devils of the Ars Goetia are mysteriously freed from their infernal realm. It’s now up to Ellie to track down each of these exiled demons and damn them right back to Hell by any means necessary holy water, conjuration, or just her trusty, rusty claw hammer. Legendary The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard teams up with Step By Bloody Step scribe Simon Spurrier to introduce your favorite new occult antihero since John Constantine!
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Return of Chilling Adv in Sorcery One Shot
By: Eliot Rahal, Vincenzo Federici, Julius Ohta
Type: Cover A – Ohta; Cover B – Francavilla
Publisher: Archie Comics
Publisher Link: http://archiecomics.com/
Summary: Madam Satan escaped Hell a fugitive and hated woman by Satan and his thralls. She’s now principal of Baxter high and Hell has come to Earth. With each classroom acting as a portal to the different circles in Hell, Madam Satan must recruit similar tortured souls if she has any chance of survival all leading up to a Madam Satan and her army vs. Satan and his in this highly anticipated follow-up to last year’s hit Chilling Adventures in Sorcery!
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Boogyman #2
By: Mathieu Salvia, Djet, Carlos Nieto
Type: Cover A – Djet; Cover C – Nieto
Publisher: N/A
Summary: Monsters don’t only exist in children’s imaginations… The monsters who took Elliott’s family from him are hot on his trail. But they must also contend with his new protector, Father Death. Thought to be long dead, this boogyman is more than he seems. An ancient power long thought lost, but now that he has shown himself to save the boy, he becomes a target himself!
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Lovesick #1 (of 7)
By: Luana Vecchio, Mirka Andolfo, Maria Llovet, Jim Mahfood
Type: Cover A – Vecchio, Cover B – Vecchio; Cover C – Vecchio; Cover D – Vecchio; Cover E – Vecchio, Cover F – Llovet; Cover G – Andolfo; Cover H – Mahfood
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: The LOVESICK CLUB is an exclusive, subscribers-only site on the dark web that offers the best in erotic and ultra-violent entertainment. There, matriarch Domino and her fellow dominatrixes punish and torture none other than their own loyal subscribers, many of whom pay good money to meet their end by her hand in front of a large, anonymous audience. But in the eyes of her rage-filled haters, Domino is the MOTHER DEMON, a deranged succubus who oppresses men by turning them into her slaves. For this crime against men, she must be hunted down and PUNISHED. After BOLERO and GOSPEL FOR A NEW CENTURY, LUANA VECCHIO invites you to explore the furthest limits of consent, idolatry, hate, and love in this modern, blood and neon-soaked horror saga that’s not for the faint of heart.
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Vampire Verses Sgn Ed #2 (of 12)
By: Frank Forte
Publisher: N/A
Summary: Signed by Creator Frank Forte. Comes bagged and boarded with COA. In a dark gothic future, New York City is the battleground for a bloody vampire war. Enter Angelika, an exotic dancer who works the seedy club scene to survive.
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Vampire Verses Sgn Ed #3 (of 12)
By: Frank Forte
Publisher: N/A
Summary: Signed by Creator Frank Forte. Comes bagged and boarded with COA. In a dark gothic future, New York City is the battleground for a bloody vampire war. Enter Angelika, an exotic dancer who works the seedy club scene to survive.
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Tarot Witch of the Black Rose #136
By: Jim Balent
Publisher: Broadsword Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.jimbalentstudios.com/
Summary: ‘Tarot’s Terror.’ Dracula wants to drink the Blood of Tarot because he believes drinking the Witch’s Blood will give him Magical powers. Doctor Frankenstein wants Tarot for her body parts to create a Witch Mate for his Creature! It’s Witches verses Monsters once again! Winner gets the Swordmaiden’s body and blood! Regular edition ships equally with 2 covers.
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Creepshow #2 (of 5)
By: Chris Burnham, Vance Kelly, Sebastian Fiumara
Type: Cover A – Burnham; Cover B – Fiumara; Cover C – 10 Copy Kelly Variant
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: The Creep scares up two all-new standalone stories in this star-studded anthology based on the hit Shudder TV series. DAVID & MARIA LAPHAM (STRAY BULLETS) terrify with the tale of a tree whose roots grew so deep they reached Hell and the girl who sat beneath it. STEVE FOXE (RAZORBLADES) and KELLEY JONES (Batman, Sandman) share the shocking story of legendary comic creator Sal Medina-and the dedicated fan who went too far.
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Ice Canyon Monster #4
By: Keith Rommel, Jonnuel Ortega
Type: Cover A – Ortega
Publisher: N/A
Summary: Fans of monsters and Cthulhu, rejoice! The monsters have risen! A new tupilaq is introduced into the waters of Greenland. Sent to destroy the Octopus, it’s not only the life of the monsters that’s hanging in the balance; the life of the shaman is as well
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The Roadie #2
By: Fran Galán, Tim Seeley
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: Former heavy metal roadie and demon fighter Joe D sets forth to save his save his daughter from the darkness that ruined him long ago.
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Dead Mall #1
By: Adam Cesare, David Stoll
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: The Penn Mills Galleria is about to be demolished. Five teens sneak into the mall to take a last look around before its gone. However, while Penn Mills has been closed for years, the mall is far from abandoned. A night of exploration becomes a shopping spree from hell. The teens must contend with the sprawling, transformative cosmic horror of Penn Mills or be trapped forever within the Dead Mall.
- Adam Cesare is a critically acclaimed horror author and is a leading voice in the emerging genre of contemporary YA horror.
- Clown in a Cornfield earned a 2020 Bram Stoker Award nomination, multiple starred reviews, and has been optioned for film.
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Sacrament #3
By: Peter Milligan, Marcelo Frusin
Publisher: N/A
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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Silver Coin #15
By: Michael Walsh, Anwita Citriya
Type: Cover B – Citriya
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: We first met Louis in 1978 at the scene of a concert fire where he found the Silver Coin. Then we saw him shortly after, at that diner that went up in flames. And again, some years later, dead after a home invasion. So how did the ill-fated firefighter spend his time with the coin? Or rather: how did the coin spend him? The next chapter in the acclaimed horror anthology from MICHAEL WALSH, JAMES TYNION IV, STEPHANIE PHILLIPS, JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS, and PORNSAK PICHETSHOTE is out this month.
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Stuff of Nightmares #2 (of 4)
By: R. L. Stine, A. L. Kaplan, Tula Lotay, Michael Walsh, Francesco Francavilla
Type: Cover A – Francavilla; Cover B – Walsh; Cover D – 25 Copy Lotay Variant; Cover E – 50 Copy Lotay Variant
Publisher: N/A
Summary: R.L. Stine’s first creator-owned single-issue comic series continues with even more disturbing horrors! After losing everything in a fiery disaster, the Cameron Brothers, Stella, and Frankie flee to an abandoned manor to get their hands on fresh corpses and continue their macabre experiments. But they aren’t alone, and the terror is just beginning in this ghastly tale that only the Nightmare Keeper could tell
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House of Slaughter #10
By: James Tynion Iv, Letizia Cadonici, Werther Dell’Edera, Rafael Albuquerque, Andre Araujo
Type: Cover A – Albuquerque; Cover B – Dell Edera; Cover D – 25 Copy Dell Edera Variant; Cover E – 50 Copy Araujo Variant
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: After journeying through a watery hell, Edwin finally returns home to the House of Slaughter, but his problems might be just beginning. New horrors loom in the next chapter of the epic adventure from the world of Something is Killing the Children!
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Army of Darkness vs Reanimator Necronomicon Rising #4
By: Erik Burnham, Eman Casallos, Arthur Suydam, Stuart Sayger, Tony Fleecs
Type: Cover A – Fleecs; Cover C – Suydam; Cover D – Sayger)
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://www.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: West PLUS West PLUS Ash PLAUS Ash!?!? Where is it all going? Nowhere good if the Necronomicon has its way. And you can just bet there’s a vortex waiting to open up and send our hero and his nemesis somewhere strange and weird when it’s all over! 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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Lovecraft Unknown Kadath #2
By: Florentino Florez, Guillermo Sanna, Jacques Salomon
Type: Cover A – Salomon
Publisher: N/A
Summary: ‘The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.’ –H.P. Lovecraft An adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath unlike anything you’ve read before. Rescued from his would-be captors and returned to solid ground, compelled by his haunting dreams, Randolph Carter continues his journey to the Island of Oriab to set his eyes upon the giant face of Mount Ngranek. Joined by a new companion, the dreamer hopes to find more about the connection between the carving and the gods themselves! As a bonus, also includes the original prose story!
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American Jesus Revelation #1 (of 3)
By: Mark Millar, Peter Gross, Blank Cover, Jodie Muir
Type: Cover A – Muir; Cover C – Blank Cover
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: The third and final volume of the MILLAR & GROSS Antichrist trilogy is finally here-and coming soon as a live-action horror series from Netflix! The apocalypse is upon us: Satan is in the White House, and the returned Christ is all that stands between humanity and their enslavement in the New World Order.
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Doctor Rigby Where Dwells Ghostly Baron
By: John Kissee
Publisher: Source Point Press
Publisher Link: https://sourcepointpress.com/
Summary: A thrilling hybrid of weird horror and stylish 60’s spy adventure! Shrouded in mystery, Doctor Rigby is an impeccably dressed soldier in a secret, ancient war of magic, monsters, and cosmic madness. In this one-shot tale, Rigby discovers horrors beyond imagining in a theme park haunted house ride turned hellishly real!
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Chopping Block #1
By: Lee Adam Herold
Type: Cover B – Herold Swingin Mother
Publisher: Keenspot Entertainment
Publisher Link: http://www.keenspot.com/
Summary: The dilapidated mansion on the hill overlooking the happy little town of Harmony sparks the curiosity of the local goth kids, the suspicion of the town sheriff, and the hunger of entities dark and demonic. But the hockey mask-wearing loner who lives there just wants to be left alone to collect spleens, chainsaw sorority girls, and make Mother proud. Is that too much to ask? Chopping Block is an all-new scarily funny horror series about a neurotic serial killer that’s a cross between Johnny The Homicidal Maniac and The Addams Family!
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Creepshow #1 (of 5)
By: Chris Burnham
Type: (2nd Ptg)
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: The worldwide phenomenon based on the hit Shudder TV series comes to comics in a star-studded five-issue anthology series that will SCARE YOU TO DEATH. In the debut issue, CHRIS BURNHAM (DIE!DIE!DIE!, NAMELESS) terrifies with a tale of trick or treaters who are taught what happens when you mess with the wrong house. Then, legendary Batman: The Animated Series creator PAUL DINI, STEVE LANGFORD, and JOHN McCREA (DEAD EYES, Hitman) petrify with the party antics of Shingo, the birthday clown with an appetite for more than cake! Each issue of CREEPSHOW will feature different creative teams with uniquely horrifying standalone stories.
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