DECEMBER 20
Night of the Living Dead: Kin #4
By: S.A. Check, Giancarlo Caracuzzo, James Kuhoric, Roy Allen Martinez, Buz Hasson, Photo
Type: Cover A – Martinez, Cover B – Hasson, Cover C – Photo
Publisher: American Mythology Productions
Publisher Link: https://www.americanmythology.net/
Summary: Every night may end with a new dawn, but Melba Mae’s nightmares are just warming up. This is the gut-wrenching conclusion to the newest chapter in the NOTLD universe. Will the mysterious new stranger in the cabin prove to be the group’s salvation or the death of them all?! The dead have come knocking! Who makes it out alive? Who joins the undead? When fear and family collide, there’s nowhere left to run?
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Vampirella vs Superpowers #6
By: Dan Abnett, Pasquale Qualano, Jae Lee, Joseph Michael Linsner, Drew Moss, Francesco Tomaselli, Cosplay
Type: Cover A – Lee, Cover B – Linsner, Cover C – Moss, Cover D – Tomaselli, Cover E – Qualano, Cover F – Cosplay, Cover G – (Retailer 10 Copy Incentive Variant) Lee Line Art, Cover H – (Retailer 10 Copy Incentive Variant) Qualano Line, Cover J – (Retailer 15 Copy Incentive Variant) Cosplay Virg
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: Vampi stages the mother of all escape plans, getting away from the Fed’s SWAT teams and helicopters. She confronts the influential Masters at the governor’s mansion, and finally learns the horrible truth about Plural World 1948!
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Al Capone Vampire #3
By: J. C. Vaughn, Brendon Fraim, Mark Wheatley
Type: Cover A – Wheatley, Cover B – Homage Fraim
Publisher: American Mythology Productions
Publisher Link: https://www.americanmythology.net/
Summary: Sure, Al Capone is back, and yes, he’s a vampire, and he’s pretty much taken over Chicago once again, but how did this come to pass? How did he just show up now as a vampire when his death in 1947 was so well documented? This issue holds the answers! It’s the vampire origin of Al Capone, and a whole lot more!
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Dwellings #3 (of 3)
By: Jay Stephens, Tradd Moore
Type: Cover A – Stephens, Cover B – Tradd Moore
Publisher: Oni Press
Publisher Link: https://www.onipress.com/
Summary: The sold-out horror hit of 2023 returns to the scene of the crime for one FINAL scare! Welcome back to Elwich-where murderous and horrifying secrets sleep just below the pristine surface, slithering in the shadows of this otherwise quiet and idyllic small town. The cute-creepy mashup from Emmy Award winning, Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist and animator Jay Stephens (Secret Saturdays, Jetcat Clubhouse) returns from the grave for two more tales of small-town horror. Readers with coulrophobia beware: in this issue, creepy clowns are quite the scare! See for yourself the shock, terror, and fun that is . . . Dwellings!
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Creepshow Vol 2 #4 (of 5)
By: Nick Dragotta, Guillem March
Type: Cover A – March, Cover B – Dragotta
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: Attention, shoppers! Naughty NICK DRAGOTTA (EAST OF WEST) tells the gruesome story of a deadly wraith who punishes bad customers in ‘Killer Cart Corral.’ Then, the abominable ALISA KWITNEY (Mystik U) teams up with the monstrous MAURICET(G.I.L.T.) to explore an aging witch’s desperate attempt to hold on to her power in ‘The Amulet.’
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Deviant #2 (of 9)
By: James Tynion IV, Joshua Hixson, David Talaski
Type: Cover A – Hixson, Cover D – (Retailer 25 Copy Incentive Variant) Talaski
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: The Deviant Killer was apprehended half a century ago. So, who’s behind the grisly slaying of a young man in a Chicago department store and why does Michael see so much of himself in the man locked behind bars for the original murders? JAMES TYNION IV (W0RLDTR33) and JOSHUA HIXSON (The Plot) cut deeper into their Christmas horror tale, just in time for the holidays.
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Hunt for the Skinwalker #4 (of 4)
By: Zac Thompson, Valeria Burzo, Alison Sampson
Type: Cover B – Sampson, Cover E – Unlockable Sampson
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: Between Sasquatches, mysterious creatures in the trees, someone or something watching, and orbs galore, perhaps Tom hasn’t been full of it after all. The NIDS team is on the job, witnessing something bizarre in the distance, something that chills them to the marrow, something with a strange connection to Tom that is finally revealed.
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Borealis #1
By: Cliff Richards, Guy Major, Mark Verheiden, Aaron Douglas
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: From screenwriter Mark Verheiden (The Mask, Swamp Thing), writer/actor Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica, Hemlock Grove), and artist Cliff Richards (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Justice League) comes Borealis, a bone-chilling supernatural thriller!
Winter nights last months, temperatures can hit seventy below, alcohol is illegal . . . and something mysterious is emerging on the remote ice. Welcome to the isolated Qinu, Alaska and a world of bad memories for State Trooper Silaluk “Sil” Osha. After thirteen years away from Qinu, Sil is pulled back to investigate a series of brutal murders, only to face a dark past . . . and her frightening connection to deadly legends.
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