UPCOMING HORROR COMICS SPOTLIGHT

Hammerfist #1

Meet MIKE DENTON: a dirtbag hitman, junkie, and absentee father who’s spent his life chasing the easy fix — drugs, cheap sex, and murder for money — while failing the one person who still believes he can be better: his daughter. Now, on the eve of BLACK NOON — an ancient darkness that erases the light in all things — Mike has to drag himself out of the gutter, awaken a supernatural weapon powered only by love, and fight his way through the living embodiment of evil to save her.

Reservoir Dogs collides with Evil Dead in a filthy crime story that mutates into a savage splatter-horror nightmare from New York Times bestselling author RICK REMENDER (ESCAPE, Captain America) and acclaimed artist STEVE EPTING (VELVET, Captain America) about an unredeemable killer forced to do the one thing he’s avoided his entire life: stand for something other than himself.

Comic · 48 pages · $5.99
Releases Aug 26, 2026
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Gastronomique #1

You’ll want to take a bite out of NYT-bestselling writer Marguerite Bennett’s all-new erotic body horror and historical thriller, with sensual and stomach-turning art from Eisner-nominated illustrator Helena Masellis!

Tarrare the cannibal may be compelled to eat, but Lady Charlotte (codename: The Python) is a cold-blooded spy compelled to hunt. A visceral game of cat-and-mouse begins as Lady Charlotte hunts down the elusive cannibal stalking the streets of France during the revolution, and she’ll stop at nothing to pursue her prey! Lady Charlotte’s quest for revenge is aided by her former lover Zélie, and together they explore the seedy underbelly of Paris and each other in a hypnotic fever dream.

Prepare to swoon over industry veteran and GLAAD-nominated writer Marguerite Bennett (ODIN, Bombshells, Batwoman)’s blood-lusty tale bursting at the seams with vengeance, unbridled sexuality, and most importantly, horror! After all, there’s nothing scarier than a woman’s voracious appetite.

Comic · 32 pages · $4.99
Releases Aug 12, 2026
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Stuff of Nightmares: The Cat in the Coffin #1

From horror legend R.L. Stine (Goosebumps, Fear Street) comes a fresh, one-and-done nightmare framed by the Nightmare Keeper, with chilling visuals by comics artist Matthew Dunn.

A broke dad steals a “valuable” stuffed black cat from his mother’s coffin, dumps her three real black cats at the pound, and gets hunted by the kind of bad luck you can’t outrun.

Harvey Goodwin is unemployed, desperate, and convinced his late mother’s antique stuffed cat, Lucy, is his ticket back to stability. Hazel asked for two promises: care for her three black cats and bury her with Lucy. Harvey breaks both.

Pocketing Lucy during the funeral, caging the cats, and leaving them at the pound, the haunting starts. Cat cries flood his car stereo, his ears bleed, and reality begins to “swap” out from under him.

A darkly funny morality tale about what people do when they feel cornered by money, responsibility, and loss, it taps into the evergreen horror pleasure of “the curse that fits the crime,” with black-cat folklore turned into a relentless, escalating punishment.

Comic · 40 pages · $6.99
Releases Aug 26, 2026
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Realligator #1

Witness the hunter become the hunted in the next hair-raising chapter of a groundbreaking, all-new HORROR UNIVERSE from the twisted minds of rising superstar artist and creative visionary Manix Abrera (THUNDERCATS), New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (SUPERMAN ‘78), and acclaimed indie horror director Brockton McKinney (REPTCHILD). With an arsenal of top-of-the-line weaponry at his fingertips and a crack team of expert guides at his beck and call, no beast is a match for the man they call The Hunter. That is, until he finds himself face-to-face with an ancient creature deep in the heart of the African Savannah, one thought to be of myth and legend. The hunter will soon find out that no one can withstand the unforgiving jaws of the undead. And no man can escape – The RE-ALLIGATOR!

Comic · 32 pages · $5.99
Releases Aug 5, 2026
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Cul-De-Sac: Anniversary Director's Cut #1

Revisit New York Times best-selling writer Mike Carey (LUCIFER, X-MEN) and modern comic art phenomenon Jonathan Wayshak’s (SPAWN: VIOLATOR) critically-acclaimed smash-hit with this special Anniversary Edition absolutely stuffed with a wealth of bonus material exclusive to this edition. Featuring character designs, a cover gallery complete with never-before-seen alternate cover layouts, and Mike Carey and Jonathan Wayshak’s script-to-page process this special offers an unprecedented look under the hood of a modern masterpiece. What lurking evil lies hidden at the end of the cul-de-sac? Nestled in a tucked-away corner of sleepy suburbia, the Kingsley, Herriman and Ortega families seemed like any other close-knit neighbors. So nothing seems amiss when Mrs. Kingsley piles all the neighborhood kids into the family RV for their annual summer camp-out. But in the dark of the woods, she unleashes a grisly, bloodcurdling display, revealing their families’ shocking secret—their parents are vampires and they’re eager to pass on their legacy. Now the children must choose—to join them and revel in their awesome dark powers or live out their lives as mortals. But when they return home, they confront a gruesome scene—their parents dead on the floor, brutally murdered by an elite squad of vampire hunters. And the hunters? They’re looking to finish the job. Now the kids are on the run, chased by vampire hunters, the police, and even a shadowy cabal of their fellow vampires as they search for answers to unlock the secret of what they really are before their fates are sealed forever.

Comic · 48 pages · $5.99
Releases Aug 12, 2026
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Cult-de-Sac #1

The Hanson family just moved into a new home, and they’re ready to make it all their own. Or so they thought... because in this neighborhood, you don’t want to find yourself on the HOA’s bad side. Unexplainable and terrifying things happen to those who break the rules, and the Hanson family is about to find out what happens when evil hits close to home in Cult-de-Sac!

Master of Horror, Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, Ripcord) and artist Fico Ossio (Revolution) reunite to present a chilling new vision of modern terror... the Homeowner’s Association!

Comic · 32 pages · $4.99
Releases Aug 12, 2026
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Angel #1

Following the July debut of the extra-sized Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1, Angel #1 kicks off with an extra-sized 48-page premiere issue featuring extra pages of story and art plus a special sketchbook section, specially priced at just $4.99! Featuring the first appearance of Angel and Buffy’s new big bad, LEVIATHAN!

Once the terrifying vampire Angelus, Angel was cursed for his crimes with the return of his soul. That soul eventually led him to Sunnydale and a tragic star-crossed affair with Buffy, his vampire-slaying true love. Once the tragedy had run its course, Angel built himself a new life in Los Angeles as a supernatural detective, helping the helpless. But things don’t always go according to plan. And sometimes, you do have to go home again. This is that story.

Eisner-winning writer KELLY THOMPSON (Absolute Wonder Woman, Black Widow) and artist GIULIA GIACOMINO (Lilo & Stitch) present a stunning new vision of ANGEL.

Comic · 48 pages · $4.99 · Card Stock Cover
Releases Aug 19, 2026
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Lazarus Order #1

In a medieval world where illness can lead to horrific and monstrous transformation, the Lazarus Order is mankind's final bastion, preventing uncontrollable chaos. Devout plague doctors have sacrificed their freedom in an oath to God, in exchange for supernatural abilities. However, their powers come at a great cost — the more they use them, the more it consumes them until they fade to nothing. Despite this sacrifice, they live in servitude and dedication to protecting humanity from vampires, werewolves, Rattusvir (Rat-man disease), the undead, and other variants of “The First Sickness.”

Doctor Damien, a meek, middle-aged stickler for protocol, is sent to team up with Edward Talis, an older, opportunistic, charming veteran doctor. They respond to what seems to be a routine call to subdue and cure a Rattusvir, only to discover an omen that “The First Sickness” has set events in motion to destroy the Lazarus Order once and for all. Will they unravel its machinations before their oaths consume them? Or will they continue down their path towards righteous self-destruction, unaware of what foul monsters scheme beneath their feet?

Comic · 32 pages · $4.99
Releases Aug 19, 2026
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Crownsville TP

SINS OF THE PAST DON’T STAY BURIED... THEY ALWAYS FIND A WAY OF RISING FROM THE GRAVE! From Eisner Award–nominated writer and master storyteller Rodney Barnes (Batman: Full Moon, Killadelphia) and phenomenal artist Elia Bonetti (Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy), enter a century-spanning tale of suspense and sorrow as true crime meets shocking terror inside an infamous asylum with a tortured past.

Founded at the turn of the 20th century outside of Annapolis, Maryland, the Crownsville Hospital was a notoriously segregated, all-Black psychiatric institute. After decades of overcrowding and neglect— alongside darker, more persistent rumors of patient abuse and illegal medical experiments—it was finally closed. Today, it stands condemned—a crumbling testament to a legacy of all-too-real terror inflicted on a marginalized and vulnerable community. But even as a ruin of its former self, Crownsville still casts a long shadow... When an unexplained death inside the abandoned hospital is ruled a suicide, Annapolis police detective Mike Simms and journalist Paul Blairare are compelled to dig deeper, only to discover the reality of the horrors that once took place there... and the powerful connection they share to the anguished spirits of the dead that are still locked within its walls.

Collects Crownsville #1–6.

Trade Paperback · 160 pages · $19.99 · Perfect Bound
Releases Aug 11, 2026
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The Thing on the Doorstep TP

"It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer."

The year is 1933, and Edward Derby's best friend, Daniel Upton, visits him in Arkham Sanitorium and shoots him dead to the horror of the guards. It's an open and shut case - or is it? What happened to this lifelong friendship for it to end this way? Who exactly was Edward Derby at the end of his life? And, most importantly, will his murder be enough to stop him?

From award-winning writer Simon Birks (Antarctica, Sinners, Gone, The Shadow Over Innsmouth) with artist Willi Roberts (Antarctica, The Dark, Clodagh, The Blood Below, Remothered) featuring letters by Rob Jones (Image, Humanoids, Heavy Metal, and many more) comes a startling tale based on H.P. Lovecraft's terrifying story.

Collects THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP #1-5.

Trade Paperback · 144 pages · $16.99 · Perfect Bound
Releases Aug 19, 2026
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Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera HC

THE HORRIFYING NEW VISION OF THE STORY YOU ONLY THINK YOU KNOW!

After a series of violent crimes wracks the Paris Opera House, Christine Daaé’s career is in chaos. But the show must go on, and Christine will discover that no one — especially the mysterious voice whispering from the eaves — is what they seem.

As an old friend returns to investigate these surprising attacks, Christine will find out there's no escaping... THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.

The superstar team of TYLER BOSS (YOU’LL DO BAD THINGS) and MARTIN SIMMONDS (THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH) presents the shocking new horror series of 2026 that will thrill Phantom of the Opera fans new and old with a twist no one will see coming!

Collects UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA #1-4

Hardcover · 112 pages · $24.99 · Perfect Bound
Releases Sep 23, 2026
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Impact Winter: Origins TP

The graphic novel companion to the hit Audible drama, Impact Winter, steps out of the shadows as haunting tales of vampires will leave you thirsting for more.

UNCOVER THE ORIGINS OF AUDIBLE’S HIT AUDIO DRAMA SERIES.

Darcy, a young and headstrong fighter looking to prove herself.

Rook, a wandering centurion needing a second chance.

Penelope, a newly awoken vampire seeking revenge.

Their stories unfold in the dark corners of legend, where vampires are real and waiting for the opportunity to step from the shadows.

Collected for the first time ever, fans of the heart-stopping Audible Original series will uncover secret origins of key characters in the world of IMPACT WINTER with creator Travis Beacham and artists Stephen Green (Hellboy & the BPRD), Andrea Milana (Cobra Commander), and Sumeyye Kesgin (Voyagis).

Collects Impact Winter #1, Impact Winter: Rook #1, and Impact Winter: Evenfall #1.

Trade Paperback · 128 pages · $16.99 · Perfect Bound
Releases Aug 26, 2026
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Viking Moon TP

VIKINGS VS. WEREWOLVES!

Leif Erikson established a Viking settlement in (present day Newfoundland, a strange new world or plenty, but populated by an indigenous people and something else... something UNNATURAL. Twenty years after the original expiration ended in disaster, a new attempt to settle this wilderness is made. Ulf and his hardened tribe of Vikings soon discover that the whispers of creatures who are both human and beast are not primitive legend, but death-bringing reality. The real reason the Vikings fled North America!

A tale of blood-curling horror and barbaric adventure from Eisner Award winner JOE PRUETT (VOICES IN MY HEAD, Cable, Domino) and legendary artist MARCELO FRUSIN (KICK-ASS: THE NEW GIRL, Hellbalzer, Loveless), VIKING MOON is a thrilling and chilling blend of Viking history and supernatural horror that reimagines Leif Erikson’s doomed colony.

Collects VIKING MOON #1-5

Trade Paperback · 112 pages · $17.99 · Perfect Bound
Releases Oct 14, 2026
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Dracula Book 3: The Count TP

Dracula arrives in London with plans to take over the city with bloody terror, and right away begins to pursue wealth and blood alike. But his peculiar customs won’t go unnoticed by the people of London for long.

Following the massive success of Book One-The Impaler and Book Two: The Brides, Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones continue their story between the lines of Dracula in this third graphic novel volume!

“One of the distinctive aspects of Stoker’s original novel is that it’s epistolary…told exclusively in the form of journal entries, letters of correspondence and news articles. The only voice missing from these various narrations is the most crucial one of all…Dracula himself! So our version of these events is narrated by Dracula himself…from inside the mind of an unrepentant monster. As Kelley said, this volume was the most challenging in regards to accuracy as the events of the original novel are well-recorded, analyzed and annotated. And Kelley has absolutely brought his A+ game to this narrative. If you thought his work of BOOKS I & II was spectacular, wait’ll you see how he brings Dracula to live (er…undeath) on the foggy streets of Victorian London! I’ll say it again…this is the story that Kelley Jones was born to draw! And I’m the lucky bastard who got to write it!”

This 136-page graphic novel explores Dracula’s first weeks in London and his plot to rule the city from the inside out, no matter how much bloodshed it takes.

Trade Paperback · 136 pages · $29.99
Releases Oct 20, 2026
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Malevolent TP

From the fan-favorite co-creators behind SPREAD comes a brutal blend of horror, sci-fi, and survival.

Thirty years ago, we unleashed demons into the world. But humans can adapt to anything, even a demon haunted world. But now, humanity has created something new. A weapon that can kill demons. If she doesn't kill us first.

Collects MALEVOLENT #1-6.

Trade Paperback · 168 pages · $16.99 · Perfect Bound
Releases Aug 26, 2026
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Deluge TP

The convict of Sieverville Correctional Prison for Women would do anything to get out. But something evil that feeds their guilt wants in...

Cullen Bunn brings his first horrifying Ignition Press series into a collected edition.

A hard rain is falling on the Sieverville Correctional Prison for women. As the river rises and its banks overflow, the same walls that are keeping the prisoners inside the fortress-like structure are failing to keep the waters out. With that water comes something else. Something deadly. And it wants inside...

What was once outside is now inside, and the prisoners and guards will have to find a way out, because of the water doesn’t get them, the monsters will.

Collects Deluge issues #1-4 and The Cold Open.

Trade Paperback · 144 pages · $19.99 · Perfect Bound
Releases Aug 25, 2026
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No Place TP

Traveling to another world was dangerous — but for Mariposa Montiel returning home is when the real trouble begins!

From Narnia to Oz, those world travelers are forever changed — and as agents of NO Place they are our only defense against the horrors entering ours!

Mariposa Montiel is having a cruel homecoming. As the daughter of immigrants, the outcast teenager is no stranger to scrutiny, but this is another level. Years after vanishing from her Chicago neighborhood, Mari has returned to a traumatized family and a media circus with nothing but a tiger-striped feather and an extraordinary tale of her time away as the champion of a magical jungle land called Mayahuela.

Mari is met as a fraud and her story makes her a stranger in her own life until an eccentric, high-tech organization known as N.O. Place emerges from the shadows and welcomes her home. Led by a legend of the Land of Oz, the secret agency has its finger on the pulse of so-called fictional worlds — and as its newest recruit, Mari is now called upon to save our own world from a creeping Lovecraftian nightmare.

NO Place collects the complete series (The Cold Open and issues #1-5) in one volume.

Trade Paperback · 144 pages · $19.99
Releases Sep 1, 2026
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The Complete Tales from the Crypt Archive HC

THE COMPLETE LEGENDARY SERIES!

EVERY STORY EVER DUG UP FROM THE CRYPT—OVER NINE HUNDRED PAGES OF TERROR!

The EC Archives presents a monstrous grimoire collecting seven decades of legendary horror, together in one place for the first time!

This immense tome of terrible tales contains every shocking story from Talesfrom the Crypt in a door-stopping hardcover, along with every cover, text piece, and ghoulish illustration from the venerable magazine’s original run.

Shiver from fright at the terrifying talents of Johnny Craig, Graham “Ghastly” Ingles, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Reed Crandall, and many more in over nine hundred pages of terror.

From fiendish beginning to the frightening end, join us as we dig deep and delve into the history of the crypt!

Collects the complete original run of Tales from the Crypt.

Hardcover · 1032 pages · $149.99 · Oversized
Releases Oct 13, 2026
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Marvel's '70s Horror Archives: Vampire Tales Vol. 1 – 1973-1974 HC

The Best of Marvel’s Vampire Tales Volume One is the first in a series of Dark Horse collaborations with Marvel Comics to excavate the dark and hidden corners of the Marvel Universe and re-present them in beautiful archival hardcover editions.

Starting in 1973, Marvel Comics embarked on a series of black-and-white horror anthologies in magazine format. These magazines helped ignite a new horror-comics boom while allowing Marvel to expand the boundaries of the stories they told.

One of those series, Vampire Tales, included stories of bloodsucking fiends as both heroes, villains, and anti-heroes, involving fan-favorites like the reluctant monster Morbius, the Living Vampire; the first solo tales featuring Blade the Vampire Slayer; and Dracula’s daughter, the ever-lethal Lilith. Vampire Talesmagazine also introduced the comic-book world to Satana, the Devil’s Daughter, and her introductory stories are also in this first volume.

The Best of Marvel’s Vampire Tales Volume One contains nearly 300 pages of terrifying tales from the first six issues of the magazine, including stories by comic-book talent such as Alfredo Alcala, Rich Buckler, Ernie Chan, Chris Claremont, Gerry Conway, Bill Everett, Gardner Fox, Steve Gerber, Carmine Infantino, Tony Isabella, Gil Kane, Stan Lee, Don McGregor, Pablo Marcos, Esteban Maroto, Doug Moench, Tom Palmer, John Romita, Jim Steranko, Tom Sutton, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman, and more!

This oversize collection also features full-color reproductions of Vampire Talescovers painted by the likes of Bob Larkin, Esteban Maroto, and Boris Vallejo, along with a new introduction and discussion of the Marvel horror mags’ lasting influence from writer/editor/historian Chris Ryall, as well as a number of Marvel’s most horrific monster-comic covers.

Collects Vampire Tales: #1–#6.

Hardcover · 296 pages · $65.00 · Oversized
Releases Nov 17, 2026