DECEMBER 13
Grimm Fairy Tales Quarterly 2023 Holiday Special
By: Dave Franchini, Igor Vitorino
Type: Cover A – Vitorino
Publisher: Zenescope Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://zenescope.com/
Summary: The world of business is cutthroat, but even the holidays tend to offer a softer side to the C-Suite executives who keep the companies running and the economy booming. And this season of cheer is a special one, as a generous CEO has spared no expense in making sure their top workers are taken care of with the best gifts money can buy from Krampus. Don’t miss this yuletide feast for the eyes as horror and cheer collide into one dangerously festive set of stories tied snuggly together like a present under the tree!
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The Bloody Dozen: A Tale of the Shrouded College #1 (of 6)
By: Charles Soule, Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque, Will Sliney
Type: Cover A – Sliney, Cover B – Albuquerque
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: MINISERIES PREMIERE SPACE VAMPIRES! In this new installment of THE SHROUDED COLLEGE, CHARLES SOULE and WILL SLINEY’s supernatural horror-adventure saga, three down-and-out astronauts are tasked with the ultimate heist-breaking a group of deadly vampires out of a space prison orbiting the Sun. Apollo 13 meets Blade in this killer thriller!
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Vampirella Dracula Rage #4
By: Christopher Priest, Christian Rosado, Lucio Parrillo, Celina, Mike Krome, Cosplay
Type: Cover A – Parrillo, Cover B – Celina, Cover C, Cover E – Cosplay – Krome
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: As Dracula strives to save Vampirella from the dark fate that has cursed him, the crew of a crippled Eastern European submarine finds themselves trapped between the U.S. Navy hunting them from above and an enraged, bloodthirsty Vampirella hunting them on board!
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The Madness #5 (of 6)
By: J. Michael Straczynski, Aco, Francesco Francavilla, Chris Ferguson
Type: Cover A – Aco, Cover B – Francavilla, Cover C – Ferguson Punk Rock Homage
Publisher: AWA Studios
Publisher Link: https://awastudios.net/
Summary: J. Michael Straczynski’s Superpowered Revenge Epic Escalates! Superpowered revenge goes off the rails as the Madness’s path of destruction continues to widen. In this issue, she comes face-to-face with two members of the super team that killed her family: Shade and Djinn – plus Djinn’s pet dragon, Ignatius. It won’t be pretty!
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Charred Remains #1
By: Anthony Cleveland, Andrea Mutti, Maan House
Type: Cover A – Maan House
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Publisher Link: https://madcavestudios.com/
Summary: A dark entity made of fire, smoke, and ash-‘The Fire Man’-blazes through a young girl’s home, killing her entire family. Amy Durant swears she saw this supernatural creature, but no one ever believed her. Unfortunately, these past fears reignite a decade later as her city goes up in flames. With no one else to rely on, Amy is forced to battle both past trauma and the face of the inferno.
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A Haunted Girl #3 (of 4)
By: Ethan Sacks, Marco Lorenzano, Jung-Geun Yoon, Meghan Hetrick
Type: Cover A – Yoon, Cover B – Hetrick
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: On the run from a horrifying succession of ghosts, Cleo learns she’s at the center of a coming apocalypse. As if high school wasn’t terrifying enough for a 16-year-old with crippling depression and suicidal thoughts. But she may have just found the unlikeliest of allies…
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Scrapper #6 (of 6)
By: Cliff Bleszinksi, Ryan Kelly, Juan Ferreyra
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: MINISERIES FINALE Scrapper takes the fight all the way to SMITE’s leader, but there’s one more terrible surprise for him waiting there. Meanwhile, all that stands between SMITE and city-wide animal mind control is our team of strays and varmints. Can the animals that nobody wants to manage to save everybody? The thrilling conclusion to CLIFF BLESZINSKI’s comics debut.
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Damn Them All #11
By: Simon Spurrier, Charlie Adlard, Miguel Mercado
Type: Cover A – Adlard, Cover B – Mercado
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: In a macabre kaleidoscope of soul-seeking hallucinations, Ellie takes a theological hammer to the idea of Satan, confronting her mind’s interpretation of the absent and cruel Creator. If Ellie can find some internal salvation in all this, it might give her an edge against Cillian and his hivemind. Regardless, she’s going to discover something shocking about Alfie’s fate.
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House of Slaughter #20
By: Sam Johns, Letizia Cadonici, Javier Rodriguez, Werther Dell’Edera, Raul Allen
Type: Cover A – Rodriguez, Cover B – Dell’Edera, Cover C – Spot Uv Variant – Allen
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: Bait and Nannette are cornered during the final hour, trapped in a veritable haunted house of monsters as Bait fights against impossible odds, even for him. And if help does come what price will Bait have to pay for revealing the Order’s secrets?
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Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat
By: Chris O’Halloran, Matt Smith, Mike Mignola
Type: Mike Mignola Variant Cover
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: Hellboy travels to Reykjavik, where children are disappearing, and a giant beast has been spotted . . . could it be the infamous Yule Cat of Icelandic lore?
Fan-favorite Hellboy artist Matt Smith writes and draws this chilling wintery one-shot!
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