DECEMBER 6
Silent Night Deadly Night: Killer Santa #1
By: Glenn Moane, Puis Calzada, Roy Allen Martinez
Type: Cover A – Martinez, Cover B – Calzada
Publisher: American Mythology Productions
Publisher Link: https://www.americanmythology.net/
Summary: ‘The Life and Times of Killer Santa’ Oh, Christmas, bloody Christmas. Everything changed for Billy in the blink of an eye when a deranged maniac in a Santa suit murdered his family in front of him. But what happened to that unimaginable degenerate who shattered lives without a care? This is the story of that holiday monster! We turn back the clock to 1984 and find out what motivated one man to terrorize a family and create the curse of Silent Night, Deadly Night. It’s Christmas Eve and we are unwrapping a new horror!
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Snow White Zombie Apocalypse #5 (of 5)
By: Brenton Lengel, Luciano Vecchio, Adam Bryce Thomas
Publisher: Scout Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.scoutcomics.com/
Summary: You’ve got to hand it to him, The Woodsman knows how to use his head…but maybe he should try bait that is a bit less ‘severed’ and not quite so much of a ‘twisted, unliving mockery of God and nature.’ In other news, Rapunzel tries babysitting, Prince Charming picks a fight he can’t win, and Snow White keeps her nose in a book like a nerd. All the while The Wolf is at their door! Unless things go exactly right, no one will live to see the dawn!
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The Nasty #5
By: John Lees, Adam Cahoon
Type: Cover A – Cahoon
Publisher: Vault Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.vaultcomics.com/
Summary: Step into the world of a forbidden video nasty! A group of college kids have plans for renovating the old, abandoned Flesch House. But they will soon discover that their new home contains hidden terrors. Who is the menacing figure that haunts Cindy’s dreams? What danger lurks in the basement? Will anyone survive… the House of Creeping Flesh?
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Tales of Vulcania #4
By: Marco Daeron Ventura, Matteo Leoni
Publisher: Scout Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.scoutcomics.com/
Summary: Sydna is abandoned by Julius. Complicating matters further, she is then captured and taken to the airship of the former Mostucaal president Jorge Mata-the one who ordered the release of the Z device. Can Sydna save herself, or will her overwhelming thirst for revenge ending in total destruction? This final episode is full of painful choices, but one way or the other, the end of the journey is coming for everyone.
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Vanity: Remastered Edition #2 (of 9)
By: Jurii Kirnev, Natalia Tsarevnikova, Joe Borcado
Publisher: Scout Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.scoutcomics.com/
Summary: The second chapter in the biopic of the legendary Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory depicts her troubled youth and teenage years-the period of uncontrolled passions, the first true love and the first true hatred, the first extramarital pregnancy, the first loss, the first friend and most importantly the first murder. Introduction by Mark Rein-Hagen, creator of Vampire: The Masquerade.
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Rad Wraith: Double Feature #1
By: Tristan Gallagher, Christian Dibari, James Callahan
Type: Cover A – James Callahan
Publisher: Scout Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.scoutcomics.com/
Summary: Double Sized Issue! To prepare for the long awaited return of the cult hit Rad Wraith, Scout Comics proudly presents a one-volume collection of issues one and two of this modern skate-punk horror classic. Rad Wraith is the story of a young skateboarder named Grom who falls victim to a prank-gone-wrong and dies at the bottom of a half-pipe. What his killers don’t know is that this half-pipe was built on cursed land, and now that curse is coming for them! This February, it’s time to skate… or die!
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Invasive #1
By: Cullen Bunn, Jesus Hervas
Type: Cover A – Hervas
Publisher: Oni Press
Publisher Link: https://www.onipress.com/
Summary: Beyond excess, beyond ethics, beyond science . . . Enter a terrifying new experiment in pain from Eisner Award nominee Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Basilisk) and acclaimed illustrator Jesús Hervás (The Empty Man)! Dr. Carrie Reynolds was a veteran trauma surgeon with a godlike mastery of muscle and bone. But outside the operating room, her rigidly ordered life spiraled into chaos when her daughter, Heather-a recovering plastic surgery addict-suddenly disappeared, only to mysteriously reemerge in a catatonic state, her vocal cords removed . . . the latest in a series of victims scarred by a battery of brazenly cruel medical procedures that have baffled police and left an alarming number of once-ordinary citizens maimed, mutilated, or dead on arrival. Deep beneath the streets of Carrie’s city, a new kind of underground hospital has just opened its doors . . . and, once inside, there are no rules, no oaths, and no taboos too deep to not to be broken. Together, a new class of surgeons has sworn to pierce the final threshold of accepted medical orthodoxy one incision at a time. The scalpel is their tool. The alleys are their operating theater. Murder is their medicine. And only Carrie can stop what they’re planning next . . .
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Buffy Last Vampire Slayer #5 (of 5)
By: Casey Gilly, Nicola Izzo, Ario Anindito, Suspiria Vilchez
Type: Cover A – Anindito, Cover B – Vilchez
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: Thess confronts Cora’s bullies but neither they-nor Cora-are what Thessally expected, and it affects her deeply to the point of being reckless. But thankfully some unexpected help arrives for Thess, someone who can help get Cora out of harm’s way!
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Stuff of Nightmares: Slay Ride #1
By: R. L. Stine, Pius Bak, Jenny Frison, Miguel Meracdo, Francesco Francavilla
Type: Cover B – Frison, Cover C – Homage Variant – Meracdo, Cover D – Glow Dark Francavilla, Cover E – Glow Dark Frison
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: If you dare, get into the sinister spirit of the season, and join The Nightmare Keeper for a demented Saint Nick story one who decks the halls with holiday horror, crafting a very merry macabre Christmas unlike any other! As malls continue to die, a down-and-out former mall Santa named Heinrick Fiddler’s rage turns to madness, and he’s dead set on making sure department store shopping isn’t the only thing that’s deceased. Treasured Fear Street and Goosebumps author R.L. Stine is joined by Bram Stoker Award-nominated artist Pius Bak (Eat the Rich) for another tale straight from your nightmares!
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Behold Behemoth #1 (of 3)
By: Tate Brombal, Nick Robles, In-Hyuk Lee
Type: Bse Variant – Lee
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: House of Slaughter’s Tate Brombal brings his first original series to BOOM! Studios alongside red hot artist Nick Robles (The Dreaming: Waking Hours). Greyson’s world is crumbling following his brother’s sudden and mysterious death… His sleepless nights are haunted by vivid nightmares of a terrifying monster, pushing him to the brink of losing both his sanity and his job as a social worker. But he’s truly shaken to the core when his newest case-a young orphaned girl named Wren-is found at the scene of a brutal murder, just hours after first meeting Greyson. The line between nightmare and waking life blurs as Greyson soon discovers that the monster from his dreams might just be real-a mythical, ancient beast that is bringing about the end of the world, with shocking connections to both him and Wren…
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Creepshow Holiday Special 2023
By: Daniel Kraus, Jonathan Wayshak, Guillem March
Type: Cover A – March, Cover B – Wayshak
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: CREEPSHOW is here to put the fear in your cheer! You’ve heard of Santa, you’ve heard of Krampus, but have you ever heard of ‘The Christmas Man’? Witness the birth of a new horrifying holiday classic from DANIEL ‘DON’T CALL ME SANTA’ KRAUS (The Shape of Water) and jolly JONATHAN WAYSHAK (Skin Crawl)! Then, jovial JAMES ASMUS (Survival Street, Rick & Morty) and lively LETIZIA CADONICI (House of Slaughter) deliver a cautionary tale about stealing the wrong parcel in ‘Package Thief.’
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The Midnite Show #3
By: Cullen Bunn, Bill Crabtree, Jim Campbell, Brian Hurtt
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: As the terrifying cinematic monsters wreak havoc on the town of Cedar Bluffs, our heroes meet up with legendary vampire slayer Van Helsing while trying to survive and put an end to this madness once and for all.
Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree, and Jim Campbell unleash this tale of terror. Popcorn not included.
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