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.
Door to Door Night by Night #2
By: Cullen Bunn, Sally Cantirino, Brian Hurtt
Type: Cover A – Cantirino, Cover A – Hurtt
Publisher: Vault Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.vaultcomics.com/
Summary: Fred and the rest of ‘the best damned door-to-door sales team’ have always had a knack for getting into trouble, but now that they’ve witnessed supernatural forces first-hand, they can’t help but spot monsters, ghosts, and foul ne’er-do-wells wherever they go. Case in point, they’ve stumbled upon an infestation of otherworldly goblins in Hopkinsville, who are driving the townsfolk to murder! And when the team can’t trust their own eyes, how will they face the minions of evil?
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West of Sundown #7
By: Aaron Campbell, Jim Terry, Tim Seeley
Type: Cover A – Campbell, Cover B – Terry, Cover C – Seeley
Publisher: Vault Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.vaultcomics.com/
Summary: The new residents of Sangre De Moro have barely moved in when the arrival of the mysterious Dr. Moreau begins to split them apart. What horrors lie at the end of the railroad? And what terrible secrets hide beneath Sheriff Abilene’s floppy eared mask?
***** ***** *****
Jennifer Blood Presents Giulietta Romeo Hitwoman – One Shot
By: Fred Van Lente, Robert Carey, Drew Moss
Type: Cover B – Moss
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: Slamming her way out of the pages of the recent Jennifer Blood series, Italian assassin Giulietta Romeo stars in ‘La Tempesta,’ a noirish reimagining of the William Shakespeare play the Tempest. Giulietta is being extradited to Italy after the events of the ‘Bountiful’ storyline when her plane is shot down over a remote island in the Atlantic, a former Nazi stronghold that is now the tiny kingdom of a man named Prospero, a former duke of the Naples mobs. His brother, the man who usurped his position, was being extradited on that same plane, and Giulietta finds herself in the middle of a gory blood feud and fighting for her life against Prospero’s monstrous servants, Caliban and Ariel.
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Stuff of Nightmares #4 (of 4)
By: R. L. Stine, A. L. Kaplan, Ariel Olivetti, Francesco Francavilla, Jonathan Marks Barravecchia
Type: Cover A – Francavilla, Cover B – Barravecchia, Cover C – Olivetti, Cover F – Foc Reveal Variant
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: It’s the horrifying finale of the Cameron Brothers’ quest to defy death! But for a team of scientists aiming to improve human life, their mortality rate is shockingly high. Perhaps it’s true what they say, three can keep a secret, but only if two of them are dead. Don’t miss the conclusion to R.L. Stine’s first original comic book series for older audiences!
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Vampirella Strikes #8
By: Tom Sniegoski, Jonathan Lau, Lucio Parrillo, Jung-Geun Yoon, Cosplay, Stephen Segovia
Type: Cover A – Parrillo, Cover B – Segovia, Cover C – Yoon, Cover D – Lau, Cover E – Cosplay
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: Having fulfilled her role of Vengeance, Vampirella is now poised to strike in an all-new series arising from the post-apocalyptic ashes of Dynamite’s Vengeance of Vampirella series! It has been fifteen years since the death of Mistress Nyx and the world in slowly recovering, but this isn’t a world that we’ve ever seen before. This is a world where the natural and the supernatural have merged to create a dangerous new place – very much in need of Vampirella. Vampirella’s true identity has been discovered, and the Blood Red Queen of Hearts has been rebord in a new, completely deadly form. Why has she been resurrected, and what fate will befall the world if the excile, Mad God of Chaos returns? Enter the world of Vampirella Strikes under a series of amazing covers by returning superstars Lucio Parillo, Stephen Segovia, Jonathan Law, Junngeun Yoon, and another stunning cosplay cover – featuring Ani-Mia as Vampirella!!
***** ***** *****
Year Zero Vol 0 #3 (of 5)
By: Ben Percy, Goransudzuka, Kaare Andrews
Type: Cover A – Andrews
Publisher: N/A
Summary: In this action-packed prelude to the hit series, acclaimed horror writer Daniel Kraus (George Romero’s The Living Dead, The Autumnal) unveils four globe-spanning tales from the earliest days of the zombie apocalypse when even the wildest rumors couldn’t measure up to the horror to come. A streetwise Russian cop patrols the back alleys of the opportunistic black market that emerges in response to the crisis a North Korean soldier observes strange happenings on the DMZ. An E.R. nurse in the rural South fights to protect her hospital from threats without and within. A transgender flight attendant who has observed disturbing clues as she crisscrosses the globe keeps a wary eye on the passenger in seat 23C.
***** ***** *****
Road Trip to Hell #2
By: Nicole D’Andria, Monika Maccagni, Joaquin Pereyra
Type: Cover A – Pereyra
Publisher: Scout Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.scoutcomics.com/
Summary: After finding out that his father, Satan, has died, Francis has been named the new king of Hell. The catch? Everyone from Hell has escaped and is trying to kill him in order to seize his title! As a ploy to get to him, a force of Nazis has overrun Angel of Mercy hospital intending to hold his sister hostage. Assisted by his new heavenly protector, Joan of Arc, Francis must go toe-to-toe with the likes of Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Josef Mengele to save his sister!
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A Legacy of Violence #3 (of 12)
By: Cullen Bunn, Andrea Mutti
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Publisher Link: https://madcavestudios.com/
Summary: The doctors try to make sense of the serial killer’s motive with help from the town sheriff. As Nick wanders the streets of Disante, in search of something that might connect him to Unit 731 and the serial killer, he makes a wrong turn and finds more than he bargained for.
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The Boogyman #4
By: Mathieu Salvia, Djet, Mirka Andolfo, Carlos Nieto
Type: Cover A – Djet, Cover B – Andolfo, Cover C – Nieto
Publisher: N/A
Summary: Monsters don’t only exist in children’s imaginations… After being pursued through the city streets, Elliott has some questions about who Father Death really is and how they came to be together. And while the answers may quench the boy’s curiosity, it doesn’t make him or his protector any safer from the increasing number of boogymen hot on their tails!
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Department of Truth: Wild Fictions Special
By: James Tynion Iv, Martin Simmonds
Type: Cover A Simmonds, Cover B Spawn
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: An extra-length issue reprint that pairs together the popular THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #10 & THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #11 issues. Because the hunt for Big Foot never really ends…
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Something Is Killing the Children #27
By: James Tynion Iv, Werther Dell’Edera, Dan Mora
Type: Cover A – Dell Edera, Cover B – Foil Mora, Cover C – 25 Copy Variant
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: Leaving death and tragedy in her wake, a grief-burdened Erica hunts for the terrifying Duplicitype. With nothing left to lose and seemingly no one in her corner, Erica is faced with a choice to reach out to an unexpected source of help or find herself dealing with both a monster and her human enemies alone.
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