JULY 19
Locke & Key Welcome to Lovecraft: 15th Anniversary Edition
By: Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez, Zach Howard
Type: Cover A – Rodriguez, Cover C – Howard
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Publisher Link: https://www.idwpublishing.com/
Summary: Celebrate the 15th anniversary since Keyhouse first opened its doors with this unique re-presentation of the story that unlocked it all. With one extra special variation: an all-new ending. Courtesy of series creators Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez! Plus, never-before-seen process art and other special, celebratory features!
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All Eight Eyes #4
By: Brad Simpson, Steve Foxe, Piotr Kowalswki
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: Now that Vin knows the truth about “Reynolds,” he’s determined to help track down the spider who took everything from him. But they’re not alone in their descent into the beast’s lair, as a self-interested politician jeopardizes their hunt. Fangs fly in the gory conclusion to this creepy-crawly creature-feature!
Jaws meets Arachnophobia in a new vision of creature-feature terror from Eisner-nominated writer STEVE FOXE (Razorblades: The Horror Magazine) and dread-inspiring artist PIOTR KOWALSKI (Bloodborne)!
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Gretel Dark Impulses
By: Dave Franchini, Jordi Tarragona, Allan Otero
Publisher: Zenescope Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://zenescope.com/
Summary: Investigating a cunning and powerful witch known as Desire, Gretel and Calibar are violently separated from each other while trying to reach her lair. Now Gretel must risk her life to rescue Calibar from the witch’s clutches, but does she even want to be freed?
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Elvira in Monsterland #3
By: David Avallone, Kewber Baal, Dave Acosta, John Royle
Type: Cover A – Acosta, Cover B – Royle, Cover C – Baal, Cover D – Photo, Cover E – 10 Copy Baal B&W, Cover F – 10 Copy Royle B&W, Cover I – 25 Copy Acosta
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: After collecting an army of vampires, then Frankenstein and his monsters, who could Vlad the Impaler be after next? You know the answer: it’s Wolfmen, Jack. The Vampire King continues his plunder of the Multiverse of Movies, and only Elvira can stop him. Will the Mistress of the Dark get bit? Watch the fur fly, in this hairy scary horror tale from writer David Avallone (Elvira in Horrorland, Bettie Page: Unbound) and artist Kewber Baal (Vampirella).
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The Last Witch Hammer
By: Garrett Gunn, Sajad Shah
Type: Premium Ashcan
Publisher: N/A
Summary: In the last moon of the year 2275, a Great War was fought between vampires and witches over the divine right to rule the known world. With all hope seemingly lost, Queen Arcadia enacts a prophetic ritual to hide away a weapon that holds the power to save her kind and finally dethrone the villainous Crimson Empress once and for all. A weapon referred to as The Last Witch Hammer.
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Cover of Darkness: Revelations
By: George Michail, Joshua Werner, Rags Morales, Chris Cam
Publisher: N/A
Summary: Legendary artist Rags Morales (Identity Crisis, Action Comics) joins the Cover of Darkness universe. Uncover the secret origins of the first Viking Werewolf illustrated by, Source Point Press E-I-C, Joshua Werner. Classic Horror meets Greek Mythology in this anthology collecting 3 gruesome tales, featuring the twisted, reimagined, beginnings of the Minotaur, Medusa, and Werewolves.
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Victory #2
By: David Walker, Brett Weldele, Geebo Vigonte, Ariel Diaz, Carla Cohen, Cosplay, Bryan Hitch
Type: Cover C – Diaz, Cover D – Cohen, Cover E – Cosplay, Cover F – 10 Copy Vigonte Original Variant, Cover G – 10 Copy Hitch B&W Variant
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: As if being cursed with the ring of the demon Belial wasn’t bad enough for Victory, now she’s being chased by demons who want the very same ring that she can’t get rid of – making for unpleasant irony and lots of that brimstone smell. Speaking of smell, Victory is escorted to the P.U. (Purgatory Department – no, not that Purgatori) by her new colleagues, Lucy Fuhr and Gaye Briel. There, she gets some face-to-face time with the big boss himself – the Devil!
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Scrapper #1 (of 6)
By: Cliff Bleszinksi, Sandy Jarrell, Juan Ferreyra, Alex De Campi
Type: Cover A – Ferreyra, Cover B – Jarrell, Cover C – Ferreyra
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: MINISERIES PREMIERE Game design genius CLIFF BLESZINSKI (Gears of War, Fortnite) makes his comics debut with critically acclaimed writer ALEX DE CAMPI (DRACULA, MOTHERF**KER!, PARASOCIAL) and fan-favorite artist SANDY JARRELL (Bombshells, Lynx)! Blade Runner-style action mixes with big emotions as stray dog Scrapper and his buddy Tank fight for justice against the totalitarian forces of a post-apocalyptic domed city. But when the fight comes to his home, Scrapper will face losing what’s most important to him-and gain a terrifying truth in the process. (Don’t worry, Mom. The dog doesn’t die.)
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Impact Winter: Rook
By: Travis Beacham, Andrea Milana
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: ‘An excellent addition to your vampire library.’ -AIPT Hundreds of years before a comet hit Earth and created a cold, dark world ruled by vampires. A wandering Roman centurion saved a woman from being sacrificed by druids. Honor bound to return Fionnuir to her homeland, Rook embarked on a journey across ancient Britain, where all manner of human and inhuman creatures dwelled, but none more dangerous than the demon he’d sworn himself to. From creator TRAVIS BEACHAM (Pacific Rim) and artist ANDREA MILANA (Dahlia in the Dark) comes a new official prequel to the hit Audible Original.
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Something Is Killing the Children #31
By: James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, James Harren
Type: Cover E – 25 Copy Variant
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: After narrowly surviving the Duplicitype, Erica Slaughter must still reckon with the murderous Cutter in order to save the people of Tribulation. Separated from Dolly and driven by desperate rage, Cutter won’t stop until she exacts her revenge on Erica.
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The Curse of Cleaver County #5
By: Garrett Gunn, Kit Wallis
Type: Cover A – Wallis, Cover B – Browne
Publisher: N/A
Summary: Despite the warnings of Jason Keller, Jenny heads to the Port Harlow Docks looking for answers regarding the identity of the monster who’s stalking her family. But instead of answers, what awaits her, and her friends is a deep well of heartache and misery. This issue: A Showdown!
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Don’t Avert Your Eyes #1
By: Patrick Kindlon, Valentina Pinti, Duski Loveless, Various
Publisher: Black Mask Comics
Publisher Link: https://blackmaskstudios.com/
Summary: From Maria Llovet (Faithless, Luna, LOUD) and Patrick Kindlon (Frontiersman, Antioch, Nobody Is In Control): Celebrity-socialite Reno Selleti doesn’t believe in very much beyond Instagram comments, hipster drugs, and the flash of paparazzi cameras, so when a friend invites her to an EYES WIDE SHUT-type party she goes along mostly for the lulz. But the joke doesn’t feel as funny when she realizes it’s an actual occult ritual, and suddenly she’s seeing things horrifying apparitions trying to warn her. ‘RUN.’ That story concept launched Reno into 2017’s beloved erotic-horror series THERE’S NOTHING THERE, and it also launched Maria Llovet and Patrick Kindlon into the American comics market. Now, five years later, Llovet and Kindlon are returning to the world of THERE’S NOTHING THERE with new collaborators Valentina Pinti (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Simone Sellecchia, Andy Duggan (Star Wars), Jasmin Darnell (Godkiller), Kelsi Jo Silva (Thirsty), and variant cover magic-maker Leirix for DON’T AVERT YOUR EYES, a brand new story set in a strange world of high fashion, low morals, and demonic dementia.
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Hack/Slash vs. The Seance Room
By: Ben Goldsmith, Dustin Irvin
Publisher: N/A
Summary: Cassie Hack and Vlad guest star in this issue where Harry puts his true and tried style of mental torment up against Cassie’s good old fashioned cut-off-heads-first-and-ask-questions-later style. The world of horror will never be the same, perhaps even Cassie and Vlad will come out of the Séance Room changed?
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Terrorwar #4
By: Saladin Ahmed, Dave Acosta, Jay Leisten, Ivan Plascencia
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: Sent on a suicide mission in the midst of a massive Terror attack, Muhammad and his crew learn the unthinkable truth of the war they’ve been fighting. Eisner winner SALADIN AHMED and horror star DAVE ACOSTA up the sci-fi stakes!
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