Thank you for checking in. This auction/sale is for a Lot of 45 Independent Horror Comic Books from 2018-2022 by Image, Boom!, IDW, & Dark Horse publishers. Lot features multiple complete mini-series (at least 7) (and several others missing just one issue), as well as key one-off issues.
Themes include space horror, deep sea horror, folk horror, dark comedy, suspense-mystery and more. Many of today’s top creators in this genre are well represented as well—Joe Hill, Steve Niles, Cullen Bunn, Rich Douek, and Alex Cormack.
****THIS LOT INCLUDES: ****
- A Town Called Horror #1-3 (2022, Image, Steve Niles/Szymon Kudranski)
- Basilisk #1b (Christian Ward variant), 2b, 4a (2021, Boom! Cullen Bunn)
- FCBD 2022: Bone Orchard Mythos Prelude (Jeff Lemire/Andrea Sorrentino))
- Cold Spots #1a, 2c, 3b (gorgeous Shiuan Chan variant cover), #4, #5 (2018, complete set, Cullen Bunn, beautiful art/covers, optioned for film?)
- Delta 13 #1-4 (2018, IDW, heavy stock glossy; Niles/Jones, deep sea horror!)
- Dying is Easy #1a, 2a, 3b, 4b, 5a (2020, IDW, Joe Hill/Martin Simmonds; wonderful dark comedy/horror series, complete set)
- Fear Case #1a, 2b, 3a, 4b (2021, Dark Horse, Matt Kindt/Tyler Jenkins, horrifically good detective series)
- Lucky Devil #1-3 (2019, Dark Horse, Cullen Bunn, demons, exorcisms & dark comedy!)
- Mountainhead #1-3 (2019, IDW, John Lees)
- Road of Bones #1-4 (2019, IDW, Douek/Cormack; Horror, history & Russian folklore + harsh survival tale)
- Sea of Sorrows #1-5 (2020, IDW, Douek/Cornack, space horror!)
- Wellington #1-5 (2019, IDW, folk horror, Sherlock Holmes-type legend hunts werewolf-like creature in countryside)
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Special features include at multiple complete sets/series, HTF individual first printings, value/semi-key back issues, first character appearances, variant covers, origins, and plenty more.
Classic/iconic artists and writers are also well represented here, including Joe Hill, Steve Niles, Cullen Bunn, Rich Douek, Alex Cormack, Matt Kindt, and many more.
All issues from 2018-2022; each book individually bagged & boarded, many in mylites to give em a little extra pop and protection (and to keep those IDW covers from chewing up regular bags). It’s a fairly large lot so conditions vary slightly but nothing is beat up or under VF. Most are NM-/NM condition or better—just as you’d find them in the local comic shop on Wednesday.
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A TOWN CALLED TERROR #1:
2022, Written by Steve Niles. Art and Cover by Szymon Kudranski. 'A MESSAGE FROM HOME,' Part One-Henry West is brutally kidnapped in the middle of the night while his wife Julie watches, terrified. Henry awakens to the reality of his whereabouts, but Julie, with no evidence of the phantom crime, is unable to get help to search for him. A new series from the minds of cutting-edge horror creators STEVE NILES (30 Days of Night) and SZYMON KUDRANSKI (SPAWN, Punisher). 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
BASILISK #1b:
2021, Written by Cullen Bunn. Art by Jonas Scharf. Cover by Christian Ward. Who Can Stop The Chimera? Five individuals bound by a cult-like hivemind, they terrorized small towns with their horrifying supernatural sense-based powers, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Regan, one of the Chimera, escaped and has been in hiding, with her murderous eyes bound, overcome with guilt. Until now… when a victim from her past forces her to hunt down the other four of her kind. New York Times bestselling horror writer Cullen Bunn (Harrow County) and artist Jonas Scharf (Avengers Of The Wasteland) reunite to unleash a supernatural horror series for fans of Killadelphia and Stillwater rooted in the way we process the world - our senses. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
FCBD 2022: BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS PRELUDE:
Written by Jeff Lemire. Art and Cover by Andrea Sorrentino. A troubled writer books a secluded cabin on a serene lake in an attempt to get away from his struggling marriage and his impending deadlines. But what he can't know when he arrives is that he is already in the cabin. In fact he may have always been there. Face-to-face with his own demons, the writer discovers the first terrifying pieces of The Bone Orchard Mythos a sprawling new horror interconnected universe from the Eisner Award winning team behind Gideon Falls and Primordial, Andrea Sorrentino and Jeff Lemire! Exclusive Original Material Rating: Mature
COLD SPOTS #1:
2018, Written by Cullen Bunn. Art and Cover by Mark Torres. MINISERIES PREMIERE! Psychological terror, the undead, and a supernaturally bitter cold come together in this spine-tingling new series from CULLEN BUNN (REGRESSION, Harrow County) and MARK TORRES (Zombies vs. Robots: Undercity). 10 years ago, Dan Kerr turned his back on his wife and unborn daughter. Now, both mother and child have gone missing, and Dan must face cosmic terrors to find them again. He soon finds that ghosts stir when his estranged daughter is near. And as the dead grow restless, the cold deepens... 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.
DELTA 13 #1:
2018, Written by Steve Niles. Art and Cover by Nat Jones. Who knows what mysteries lie deep in the asteroid belt? When a mysterious, huge, and previously undiscovered asteroid looms over their ship, a small crew of blue-collar workers discovers a terrifying threat unlike anything they've ever seen. Now, the crew must escape the asteroid, but even if they do, will they be able to escape each other and anything they bring back with them? 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.99.
DYING IS EASY 1a:
2019, Written by Joe Hill. Art and Cover by Martin Simmonds. The debut of an all-new creation by Joe Hill (Locke & Key) and Martin Simmonds (Punks Not Dead)! Meet Syd 'Sh*t-Talk' Homes, a disgraced ex-cop turned bitter stand-up comic turned... possible felon?! In part 1 of Dying is Easy, Carl Dixon is on the verge of comedy superstardom and he got there the dirty way: by stealing jokes. He's got a killer act, an ugly past, and more enemies than punch-lines. So when someone asks Syd Homes how much it would cost to have Dixon killed, Syd isn't surprised in the slightest. He's already got a figure in mind... 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $4.99.
FEAR CASE #1a:
2021, Written by Matt Kindt. Art and Cover by Tyler Jenkins. A new, horrific detective series by Matt Kindt (Ether, Mind MGMT) and Tyler Jenkins (Grass Kings)! A no-nonsense Secret Service agent and his new-age partner investigate a mysterious box known as the 'Fear Case,' which has appeared throughout history at sites of disaster and tragedy. Whoever comes into possession of this case must pass it on within three days or face deadly consequences. The agents must track down this Fear Case while staying one step ahead of a psychotic cult and the otherwordly forces behind the Case's existence. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
LUCKY DEVIL #1:
2021, Written by Cullen Bunn. Art and Cover by Fran Galan. A down-on-his-luck schlub is possessed by a malevolent demon. Just when he thinks things can't get worse, the exorcism goes wrong . . . and he finds that somehow he's retained all of the entity's supernatural gifts. After a path of revenge on all the people that have wronged him, he begins to gather worshippers and form a cult. But the legions of Hell don't take kindly to this, and they send demonic agents to murder the schlub-turned-god before he gains too much power. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
MOUNTAINHEAD #1:
2019, Written by John Lees. Art and Cover by Ryan Lee. Abraham Stubbs and his father Noah roam America in a nomadic existence. Convinced they are being pursued by sinister government forces, Noah has them living off the grid, burgling houses to survive. Elsewhere, on Mount Rector, the lone survivor of a climbing expedition staggers homeward, covered in blood. Both are on an inevitable collision course with the picturesque Canadian resort town of Braeriach. From writer John Lees (Sink) and artist Ryan Lee (Archer & Armstrong), featuring colors from Doug Garbark and letters from Shawn Lee. An exciting psychological thriller and horror story, all in one! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
ROAD OF BONES #1:
2019, Written by Rich Douek. Art and Cover by Alex Cormack. In 1953, the Siberian Gulag of Kolyma is hell on Earth-which is why Roman Morozov leaps at the chance to escape it. But even if they make it out, Roman and his fellow escapees still have hundreds of miles of frozen tundra between them and freedom. With the help of a mysterious being straight out of his childhood fairy tale stories, Roman just might make it-or is the being simply a manifestation of his brutal circumstances driving him insane? From writer Rich Douek (Gutter Magic) and artist Alex Cormack (Sink), Road of Bones will carve a path of unrelenting dread right into your heart. Horror, history, and Russian folklore collide in this brutal survival tale, where the worst prison in the world is merely the gateway to even darker horrors. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
SEA OF SORROWS 1:
2020, Written by Rich Douek. Art and Cover by Alex Cormack. Deep sea adventure with a horrific twist! From the creative team behind last year's hit horror series, ROAD OF BONES, comes an all-new tale of bone-chilling terror! In the aftermath of the Great War, the North Atlantic is ripe for plunder by independent salvage crews. When a former naval officer hires the SS Vagabond, he leads the ship to a sunken U-boat, and a fortune in gold. Tensions mount as the crew prepares to double cross each other, but the darkness of the ocean floor holds deeper terrors than any of them have bargained for! 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.
WELLINGTON #1:
2019, Written by Aaron Mahnke and Delilah Dawson. Art by Piotr Kowalski. From Aaron Mahnke, the creator of the Lore podcast, comes an amazing new supernatural thriller that shines a light on the mysteries and monsters lurking in the shadows. Meet the Duke of Wellington-one of England's most decorated military heroes and, unknown to most, her most daring monster hunter. The secret history of the Iron Duke begins here! 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.
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