Almost Dead #5
By: Galaxy, Roger Targanski, John Gallagher, Jay Fotos, Sajad Shah, RodGon the Artist
Type: Cover A – John Gallagher, Cover B – Jay Fotos, Cover C – Sajad Shah, Cover D – Rodgon the Artist
Publisher: Ablaze Publishing
Publisher Link: https://www.ablaze.net/
Summary: After an ordeal that has driven Sara, Zack and the group away from shelter and safety in a blink of an eye, Sara must take the lead and push the newly assembled group onward with no solid plan in mind, just a final destination that she is determined to get to. Will they continue this long journey on foot and with very limited resources or find another way? A stop for resources becomes a rude awakening for the group as they realize danger is abundant and relentless, and situations can change as easily as turning a corner. Sara is forced to make a decision that will change the course of one person’s life forever. Will she risk many lives to save one?
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Almost Dead #6
By: Galaxy, Rodrigo Zayas, Sajad Shah
Type: Cover A – Sajad Shah
Publisher: Ablaze Publishing
Publisher Link: https://www.ablaze.net/
Summary: After recovering from a showdown that nearly cost the group their lives, Sara wastes no time on rest and pushes onwards toward the big city. When they encounter another tragic ordeal, a young woman on the brink of death joins their party, though an open wound necessitates medical treatment. Fortunately, the collective stumbles upon a pristine, operational clinic…with no one in sight. Wary of trusting a situation that’s too good to be true, the group splits up to survey the interior. When a rendezvous finds a few of their numbers missing, they must face the dreadful possibilities…
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The Graveyard Club #1 (of 2)
By: R. L. Stine, Carola Borelli, Miguel Mercado, Dan Mora
Type: Cover A – Mercado, Cover B – Mora, Cover H – Erica (Slaughter Variant) Mercado
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: Graves End is as sleepy a town as they come especially being surrounded by cemeteries, and the local kids could think of nowhere else they’d rather wreak harmless havoc. But being surrounded by graveyards comes with the pervasive reminder that there are more dead than there are living. This town is an endlessly eerie place with no shortage of strange and dangerous happenings, and when high schooler Parker West pulls what seems like a harmless prank, he may be putting his friends in more danger than he can imagine Legendary author R.L. Stine (Goosebumps, Fear Street, Stuff of Nightmares) and rising star artist Carola Borelli (Spider-Woman, The Deadliest Bouquet) launch a coming-of-age horror series, a Breakfast Club in a graveyard filled with frights both nostalgic and new, for fans of Locke & Key and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina!
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Ice Cream Man #41
By: W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, Jacob Phillips
Type: Cover A – Morazzo & Ohalloran, Cover B – Phillips
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: “SPY STORY” A who-can-you-trust thriller, both shaken and stirred!
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Goobers #1
By: Cody Ziglar, Ryan Lee
Type: Cover A – Lee, Cover B – Cahoon, Adam Cahoon
Publisher: Vault Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.vaultcomics.com/
Summary: Clayton Lowe is headed back to his small Southern hometown. His new friends from grad school are about to meet his old friends from high school and discover that something may have finally changed in the town where nothing ever changes. Pine Cove is ground zero for an infestation of body-snatching alien-bugs. Time to bury the past. From Cody Ziglar (Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Spider-Punk, Futurama) and Ryan Lees (Rick & Morty) comes a body-snatching splatter-fest of horror and humor!
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Soul Taker #3 (of 6)
By: Tom Sniegoski, Valeria Burzo, Michael Sta. Maria
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Publisher Link: https://madcavestudios.com/
Summary: From the burnt-out remains of a place, she once called home, Amara-the last of her kind-suspects that the bloodthirsty enemies who decimated her people hundreds of years ago are back and hunting her once more. The urge to run is strong, but Amara has finally found a place where she feels at peace. Does she dare stay, potentially risking the lives of those she’s grown to love, or does she flee as she’s done before to lose herself within the shadows of human civilization?
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Muertana #3
By: Glenn Danzig, Joe Chiodo
Publisher: Verotik
Publisher Link: http://www.danzig-verotik.com/verotik/fanclub.html
Summary: Muertana and her bloody gang of thugs have a final shootout with the Federales as this issue wraps up the current Muertana storyline in ultra-violent fashion. Story by Glenn Danzig with art and cover by Rafa Garres (Jonah Hex, Morella).
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Epitaphs From the Abyss #3 (of 5)
By: Chris Condon, Charlie Adlard, Lee Bermejo, Tom Fowler
Type: Cover A – Bermejo, Cover B – Fowler
Publisher: Oni Press
Publisher Link: https://www.onipress.com/
Summary: EVERY TOMBSTONE TELLS A TALE . . . THESE ARE YOUR EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS! In your next infamous ish from the immortal EC Comics, all-new stories of fatalistic spectacle- told with wanton disregard for moral standards or public decency-from six ax-wielding masters of splatter de spectacular: rising star Chris Condon (That Texas Blood) and Eisner Award nominee Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead); Hugo Award nominee Corinna Bechko (Invisible Republic) and Eisner Award winner Jonathan Case (Green River Killer); and Emmy Award winner Jay Stephens (Dwellings) and the maniacal Leomacs (Rogues)! WARNING: Do not put this comic directly into your long box-it could leak blood onto your other back issues!
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