Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man #1 of 4
By: James Tynion IV, Brad Simpson, Dani, Joshua Middleton
Type: Cover A – Dani & Simpson, Cover B – Middleton, Cover H – Blank Sketch Variant
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: MINISERIES PREMIERE JAMES TYNION IV & DANI RESSURECT A HORROR ICON! ** Jack Griffin has always been invisible to the people around him-at least in his own mind. But when an experimental breakthrough presents a path to make his dreams of invisibility a reality, no one-not even the woman he loves-will stand in his way. Witness Griffin’s legendary descent into madness as his humanity fades away and the monster inside is revealed, leaving only…THE INVISIBLE MAN! The horror dream team of JAMES TYNION IV (SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN, EXQUISITE CORPSES) and DANI (The Low, Low Woods**) reveal their vision for one of the most horrific monsters in cinematic history!
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You’ll Do Bad Things #6
By: Tyler Boss, Adriano Turtulici
Type: Cover A – Boss, Cover B – Turtulici Variant
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: MINISERIES FINALE Seth has chased his story to its conclusion. Now the pieces are in place. The players are in position. It’s time to spring the trap and see what gets caught. What bad things would you do, given a choice? The finale of what SCOTT SNYDER (Absolute Batman) calls “a true crime fan’s instant new favorite” delivers its bloody secrets at last!
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The Voice Said Kill #2 of 4
By: Si Spurrier, Vanesa R. Del Rey
Type: Cover A – Del Rey
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: A dumpster-corpse out back of a rez casino…a gaggle of tourists with guns in their fannypacks…and an alligator-skin hipflask… The wind is rising in the bayou. Overstretched park ranger Marie has stumbled into a whole mess of trouble, and before the night’s through, there’ll be blood in the still waters of the swamp.
The hardboiled Cajun crime thriller continues in this supersized issue.
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Sleep #4
By: Zander Cannon, Matt Kindt
Type: Cover A – Cannon, Cover B – Kindt Variant
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: When Jonathan Reason falls asleep, he becomes…something terrible. With all conventional solutions off the table after a disastrous night, Jon desperately seeks out a supernatural explanation. As the whole town shelters at the church, dark secrets start to emerge among the group.
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Stay Out Of The Woods
By: Joe Pruett, Butch Guice
Publisher: Image Comics
Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/
Summary: A nightmarish terror once again haunts the shadowy woods of a small town community. Three young friends have to confront their own childhood fears, undead creatures that stalk the living, an enigmatic tree that seemingly collects souls, and an ancient forest entity that seeks to reclaim these lands as its own. It’s Tom Sawyer meets Pan’s Labyrinth_ meets It in this coming-of-age tale of redemption and courage in the face of pure evil.
From Eisner Award winner JOE PRUETT (X-Men, Black-Eyed Kids, VOICES IN MY HEAD) and fan-favorite artist BUTCH GUICE (Captain America, Winter Soldier, Flash_). With an incentive cover by the legendary MICHAEL WM. KALUTA! From NINTH CIRCLE, bringing you the BEST horror each month by the industry’s TOP creative talent!
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Silent Night Deadly Night: Dark Winter #2
By: James Kuhoric, S.A. Check, Andrea Arcari, Roy Allan Martinez, Paul Maitland, Buz Hasson
Type: Cover A – Martinez, Cover B – Maitland Painted, Cover C – Hasson Homage, Cover D – Black & White Limited Edition 1/350
Publisher: American Mythology Productions
Publisher Link: https://www.americanmythology.net/
Summary: The weather outside is…culling! After Billy’s failed attempt at redemption by visiting his tormented past, he finds himself at the world’s most notorious prison for holiday offenders – The Pole. Will he serve out eternity at the frozen ends of the Earth among the cast-offs and creatures of holidays past, or will he fight for the only thing he has left…family. A Silent Night Deadly Night like you’ve never seen before! Don’t fall asleep! Santa is watching!
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Contest Of Creatures #1
By: James Kuhoric, S.A. Check, Emanuele Tommarelli, Buz Hasson
Type: Cover F – Hasson Catfight
Publisher: American Mythology Productions
Publisher Link: https://www.americanmythology.net/
Summary: Buz delivers a terrifying two-fer as these horrifying harlots deliver a bloody battle of sexy sirens!
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Don’t Run With Scissors #3
By: Francesca Perillo, Stefano Cardoselli, Lorenzo Scaramella
Type: Cover A – Cardoselli, Cover B – Scaramella
Publisher: Keenspot Entertainment
Publisher Link: http://www.keenspot.com/
Summary: From the publisher of Mark Spears Monsters comes this strange and terrifying Italian horror series! Dark forces encircle the Splabound Bay Police Department, placing its officers in imminent peril.
Amid the rising tension, Sheriff Sean Depero enlists the help of Boston detective Ian McClode to investigate the mysterious Vivian, while he awaits the results of a crucial psychiatric evaluation.
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Seven Years In Darkness: Year Three #2
By: Joseph Schmalke
Type: Cover A – Schmalke, Cover B – Schmalke Wraparound
Publisher: Midnight Factory
Publisher Link: https://midnightfactorypress.com/
Summary: The seven-year epic continues with Year Three of this dark horror/fantasy coming-of-age saga from creator Joseph Schmalke. The Headmaster has the students partake in a deadly ritual, the Rush, to prepare them to fight back against the twisted corruption of Mister Whispers while David the Wolf seeks help from outside the city. As one student faces a life-or-death decision, Ornasis presents them with an offer that could change everything.
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Dark Regards #4
By: Dave Hill, Artyom Topilin, Dean Haspiel
Type: Cover A – Topilin, Cover B – Haspiel
Publisher: Oni Press
Publisher Link: https://www.onipress.com/
Summary: THE END IS HERE!
Dave Hill (Tasteful Nudes) and Artyom Topilin’s (EC’s Cruel Universe) insanely autobiographical epic of a comedian-turned-metal-band-frontman who tested the patience of Norway’s most extreme black metal butchers is sure to end on a high note! As Monte’s life hangs in the balance-held hostage by Lucifuge, the leader of Dave’s Norwegian archnemeses who’ve traveled halfway around the world to confront him-Dave and Witch Taint must prove their music to be more grim and brutal than anything ever heard by humans ears… or possibly be savagely murdered in cold blood if they can’t get it together. Talk about pressure! Dark Regards comes to its devilish denouement!
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Enigmatown
By: Alex de Luca, Victoria Carmina, Abrielle Terzian
Publisher: Red 5 Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.red5comics.com/
Summary: As featured on Free Comic Book Day! Every town has its secrets. Even yours. Three unlikely friends, Luzmarie ‘Luzy,’ 15, Frankie, 90, and Joey, a ghost, are inescapably drawn together by the ghastly events of their hometown’s dark mansion and how it has haunted them and their community for generations.
This is Enigmatown. You know it well… It’s where you live.
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Vampire Ninja Ono: Curse Of The Hakken: One-Shot
By: Ben Dunn, David Furr, Forbi Komik, Grenias
Type: Cover A – Grenias Cover B – Komik Variant
Publisher: Antarctic Press
Publisher Link: https://antarctic-press.myshopify.com/
Summary: ONO! OH, YES! BEN DUNN’S NINJA VAMPIRE RISES AGAIN!
After returning to the United States, Alex Powell believes the nightmare he faced in Japan is over, but he soon realizes the nightmare has followed him. Demonic oni roams through the streets of Los Angeles, clashing with vampires and werewolves, all in a race to hunt him down. But why? What do the undead want with him? Only Ono, the vampire ninja, holds the answers, and only she stands between him and a fate worse than death.
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Vampirella #6
By: Christopher Priest, Ergun Gunduz, Lucio Parrillo, Greg Land, Meghan Hetrick, Elias Chatzoudis, Cosplay
Type: Cover A – Parrillo, Cover B – Land, Cover C – Hetrick, Cover D – Chatzoudis, Cover E – Cosplay
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: THE LONG NIGHT CLOSES!
In the dark future, Vampirella rules the world as a ruthless global dictator locked in a life-or-death struggle to stave off an invasion of the Earth by the terraforming Ancient Ones who created the planet Drakulon millennia ago. Caught between his totalitarian mother and his vengeful ex-girlfriend whose space beacon provoked the invasion, Vampirella’s son Cicero struggles to hang onto what little is left of his own humanity while sealing the fate of his infant self in the present timeline!
Master tale-weavers CHRISTOPHER PRIEST and ERGÜN GÜNDÜZ conclude their saga of “The Long Night” in Vampirella #6 – augmented by outlandishly appealing covers from LUCIO PARRILLO, GREG LAND, MEGHAN HETRICK, ELIAS CHATZOUDIS, and cosplay by RACHEL HOLLON!
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Vampirella: The Dark World: Volume 1
By: Christopher Priest, Aaron Felizmenio, Ivan F Silva
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: Following the shattering events of Vampirella: Beyond, Draculina is compelled to switch realities with her evil alternative self Katie, and winds up being imprisoned in the astral plane known as ‘The Dark World’ where she is hunted through the streets of 1969 New York City by malicious creatures she herself created as a child! The Dark World, which responds to the subconscious of those trapped within it, has produced a hell of Draculina’s own making. But it may be that one of the living constructs tormenting her actually holds the key to her survival!
Written by comics legend CHRISTOPHER PRIEST and illustrated by IVN F. SILVA and AARON FELIZMENIO, Vampirella: The Dark World collects issues #671-675 of the ongoing series and opens a compelling new chapter for the Daughters of Drakulon!
This comprehensive volume also includes a complete cover gallery featuring ravishing work from LUCIO PARRILLO, ELIAS CHATZOUDIS, SORAH SUHNG, ERGN GNDZ, CARLA COHEN, JENNY FRISON, and more!
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Vampirella: Dark Reflections
By: Tom Sniegoski, Jeannine Acheson, Daniel Maine
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Publisher Link: https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
Summary: Vampirella’s daughter Lilith, now working for the Reality Corporation, has received her first assignment: investigating an anomaly in one of the many threads of the Fabric, where one world’s Vampirella has gone eerily silent. Upon reaching this troubled reality, Lilith discovers a world overrun by the spawn of Chaos and finds a Vampirella beaten and broken. Now Lilith must save this world from a monstrous evil, but to do so she’ll have to find a way to restore Vampirella as the unstoppable warrior of Order she was before!
The acclaimed writing team of TOM SNIEGOSKI and JEANNINE ACHESON (Vampiverse, Pantha) reunites with artist DANIEL MAINE (Vampiverse, Chastity) for an exciting addition to the Expanded Vampirella Universe! Collects all five issues of the series, together with a complete cover gallery!
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Dan Parsons: Safiya Mummy #1
By: Michael Gordon, Dan Parsons, Buz Hasson
Type: Cover A – Parsons, Cover B Hasson
Publisher: American Mythology Productions
Publisher Link: https://www.americanmythology.net/
Summary: Monster Masters, Dan Parsons & Michael Gordon, delivers their stark grey tone creature feature: Jade Vampyre, in a single glorious issue!
The story originally serialized in American Mythology Monsters is told the way it was meant to be read, in a single horrifying sitting. Beautiful Egyptologist, Safiya Mahmoud discovers much more than even she bargained for when she and her fellow archeologists uncover a long forgotten sarcophagus buried deep in the heart of the desert. After extensive study and examination at Safiya’s ultra-modern Cairo research facility, the truth begins to reveal itself about what they have found. What lies in the State-of-the-Art examination chamber is no ordinary mummified corpse, but ‘Mernheptan: The Plague Giver, ‘the most evil, reviled pharaoh in Egyptian History. Despite the concerns of her friends and colleagues, Safiya’s obsession with the ancient cadaver intensifies. She works day and night in the laboratory, never leaving the mummy’s side until the strange supernatural attraction totally consumes her, with unimaginable and terrifying consequences!
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Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite Of Spring #2
By: Patrick Horvath, Tony Fleecs, Elizabeth Beals
Type: Cover A – Horvath, Cover B – Fleecs Movie Homage Cover, Cover C – Beals Storybook Variant
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Publisher Link: https://www.idwpublishing.com/
Summary: Welcome back to Woodbrook. After the thrilling conclusion of issue #1- it’s finally time to rejoin Samantha Strong inside the cozy confines of small-town life. The years have passed- and she’s slowed down a bit…but she’ll still get her paws dirty to protect the life she’s built for herself- no matter what it takes. As we’re reintroduced to Samantha in the ’90s- we’ll also get a sinister peek into years long gone- filling in the gaps between her first kill and the first comic page.
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Be Not Afraid #3
By: Jude Ellison S. Doyle, Lisandro Estherren, Reiko Murakami, Becca Carey
Type: Cover A, Cover B – Carey Variant
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publisher Link: https://www.boom-studios.com/
Summary: If Jordy is the disease, then Cora must find the cure-after all, Jordy was born evil. Who is there to blame but his mother? Jordy’s life has been painted by death and decay. In his childhood, it disturbed him. Now a young adult, he relishes the chaos that follows him and its horrifying effects on the people of Enoch. Cora is desperate to an end to their suffering. Jordy’s mere existence puts them all in greater danger than Cora could have ever imagined. Mr. Phim has a plan to help her put a stop to all of it, but Cora doesn’t want the responsibility.
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The Pale Knight #4
By: Peter Milligan, Val Rodrigues, Nick Marinkovich
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Publisher Link: https://madcavestudios.com/
Summary: The Plague Maiden is doomed to do Death’s work, yet unable to die herself. But can Sir Hugh de Grey–another unwilling worker for Death–be the instrument of her release? Meanwhile, Aaron of Albi seeks death in the poison of a bubo. It’s 1342. And there’s a lot of death about.
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The Oddly Pedestrian Life Of Christopher Chaos: Children Of The Night #3
By: James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Isaac Goodhart, Noah Dao, Ricardo López Ortiz
Type: Cover A – Dao, Cover B – Ortiz
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: The monstrous new arc of the fan-favorite series continues as Helbound’s arrival signals a new, grave danger for Christopher Chaos and the Monster Club. Will Dr. Jekyll prove to be an important ally to the young monsters… or does he represent another inescapable terror?
Each issue features a special 8-page backup Monsters in Love story in the vein as EC Comics that are Christopher Chaos in-universe stories.
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Masterminds #1
By: Zack Kaplan, Stephen Thompson, Aaron Campbell
Type: Cover A – Thompson, Cover B – Campbell
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: When an ambitious and troubled video game programmer dares to audition for a secret society in the gaming/tech industry, composed of cutthroat, genius masterminds that promise to help their members achieve their wildest dreams, he and his rebellious co-worker find themselves in a gauntlet of real-life puzzles that quickly turn deadly. Are they truly smart enough to survive the mysterious game of the Masterminds?
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Hellboy & The B.P.R.D.: Professor Harvey Is Gone: One-Shot
By: Mike Mignola, Giuseppe Manunta
Type: Cover A, Cover B
Publisher: Dark Horse
Publisher Link: https://www.darkhorse.com/
Summary: A paranoid antiquities professor goes missing, and Hellboy’s search for him takes a dangerous turn when the same person who was after the professor might be after Hellboy as well.
Mike Mignola writes and Giuseppe Manunta (Artemis, Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Haut-Koenigsbourg) draws this new one-shot!
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Werewolf By Night – Volume 1: Two Wolves
By: Jason Loo, Sergio Davila
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.marvel.com/comics
Summary: Marvel’s new Red Band line of grindhouse-style grittiness and stories presents a new beginning for comics’ iconic lycanthrope, Werewolf By Night!
Jack Russell has been trying to live a simple life, but in the deadly and dramatic wake of BLOOD HUNT, his life is about to be turned upside down in ways he never imagined! With new enemies hoping to extract a (literal) pound of flesh and Jack unsure whether he can be trusted around old allies and a lost love, the Werewolf by Night is in for the fight of his life and he’s in it alone! Because when he finds himself in the middle of a mysterious massacre, he’s the prime suspect! With his memories missing and his wolf form out of control and off the leash, will Jack be able to clear his name? Or will his friend Elsa Bloodstone finally realize he’s a rabid dog that needs to be put down? The bloody trail of the Werewolf will lead from the Savage Land into confrontations with Moon Knight and the Incredible Hulk! Plus: what impact did BLOOD HUNT have on the other Werewolf by Night, Jake Gomez?
NOTE: This special edition is intended for mature audiences only.
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Lilith #5
By: Corin Howell, Britta Buescher
Type: Cover B – Buescher Variant, Cover C – Howell Full Art Variant
Publisher: Vault Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.vaultcomics.com/
Summary: Welp. Looks like the gooby creature wasn’t quite dead afterall, and now he’s found a new Priest-like skin-sack to walk around in. This just isn’t Lilith’s day. Stuck in the subway fighting this goob creature once again, Lilith learns that it’s made a few clones of itself. And they’re threatening Penelope and Ben at their shop! Now Lilith has no choice but to team up with Michael to take care of this pest problem. Wish there was something in the book that could help
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Lilith: Volume 1
By: Corin Howell
Publisher: Vault Comics
Publisher Link: https://www.vaultcomics.com/
Summary: Lilith is an immortal who’s been banished from her home, a dimensional plane suspiciously similar to mankind’s idea of Hell. She’s been posing as a model on Earth while secretly preying on humans… that is, until she runs into Penelope, a sweet bookstore owner with a tome that might hold the secret to returning Lilith to her dimension. If the mismatched pair doesn’t end up falling in love first! Collects the entire first volume of Corin Howell’s devilishly delicious demon.
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