Seven Years in Darkness: Year Two #4 (of 4)
By: Joseph Schmalke
Type: Cover A – Schmalke, Cover B – Schmalke
Publisher: Cex Publishing
Publisher Link: https://cexcomics.com/
Summary: As Year Two comes to a close at the Academy of Black Magic, the students prepare for a celebratory visit from their families as they perform a dark ritual to earn their promotion from Mages to Enchanters. The Headmaster uncovers the culprit behind many of the bizarre events that have occurred at the academy while also discovering an emerging outside threat that endangers the city of Scholomance.
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Epitaphs From the Abyss #7 (of 12)
By: Matthew Rosenberg, Tyler Crook, Lee Bermejo, Various, Dustin Weaver, Joëlle Jones
Type: Cover A – Bermejo, Cover B – Jones
Publisher: Oni Press
Publisher Link: https://www.onipress.com/
Summary: SOMETIMES . . . NIGHTMARES DO COME TRUE! IN THE NEW YEAR, EC COMICS DARES YOU LOOK EVEN DEEPER INTO THE UNEXPLORED RECESSES OF YOUR IMAGINATION AS THE TOP-SELLING HORROR SERIES OF 2024 ENTERS ITS UNRELENTING SECOND ACT! This month: Our beloved hosts-the Grave-Digger, the Tormentor, and the Grim Inquisitor-usher you forth into three velvet-lined tales of darkness and deceit . . . and then seal you inside! Relax and embrace the decomposition yet to come as storytellers and fellow victims Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun), Chris Condon (Night People), and Matthew Rosenberg (DC vs. Vampires) gulp their last remaining breaths alongside grisly artists Tyler Crook (Harrow County), Dustin Weaver (Avengers), and more! STAY CALM, THAT RELENTLESS BANGING WILL ONLY WEAR YOU OUT MORE QUICKLY!
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The Last Wardens #6 (of 6)
By: Elliot Sperl, Rui Silveira, Zach Howard, Amit Tishler
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Publisher Link: https://madcavestudios.com/
Summary: Danielle Pryer leads the Wardens to the bleeding heart of Bleakwood In a final desperate attempt to defeat the Drifter. Working together as a team, the Wardens make their last stand as Danny finally discovers the origins of her brother’s monstrous mutation and what will happen to the world if she fails to stop it.
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House of Slaughter #29
By: Sam Johns, Letizia Cadonici, Jorge Fornes, Werther Dell’Edera, In-Hyuk Lee, Derrick Chew
Type: Cover A – Fornes, Cover B – Dell’Edera, Cover C – Cardstock Variant) Lee, Cover D – Anniversary Variant – Lee, Cover E – (Retailer 10 Copy Incentive Variant) Fornes, Cover F – (Retailer 15 Copy Incentive Variant) Chew, Cover G – (Retailer 20 Copy Incentive Variant) Lee, Cover H – (Retailer 25 Copy Incentive Variant) Chew, Cover I – Unlockable Dell’Edera
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: Hermes is back, but this time he’s been transformed as something far worse something far more sinister Now out for blood, it will take the unlikely trio of Edwin, Nolan, and Bait together to have a chance of stopping him. But will their combined skills be enough to defeat Hermes and stop him from feeding off of all of their fearful memories?
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