For our friends at Dark Horse Comics, Halloween is 24/7, 365 days a year. They’re one of the most consistent publishers of horror comics out there, from collections of classic tales to brand new series that will have you keeping the lights on long after you’ve read them.
For this entry in our ongoing 31 Days of Horror, we’ve compiled a list of titles from Dark Horse Comics that will make for some scary and spine-tingling reads as we enter the final stretch of October.
CREEPY ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 TPB
Gather your wooden stakes and silver bullets and descend into horror history with Creepy Archives Volume 1. Reanimated in a value-priced paperback format, and in its original magazine size, this gruesome grimoire presents some of the finest work by comics legends Archie Goodwin, Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Reed Crandall, Alex Toth, Joe Orlando, and more. Collects Creepy magazine issues 1-5 and includes original letters pages, text features, and ads.
Order Creepy Archives Volume 1 here.
BLACKWOOD LIBRARY EDITION VOLUME 1 HC
When four teenagers with haunted pasts enroll in Blackwood College–a school that trains students in the occult–their desire to enhance their supernatural abilities and bond with others is hampered by an undead dean’s curse, ghosts in their dorm, a mischievous two-headed mummy chimp, a plague of mutant insects, and the discovery of an ancient evil that forces our heroes to undergo a crash course in the occult for the sake of the world.
Written by Evan Dorkin and illustrated by Veronica Fish and Andy Fish, this book collects the first two volumes of Blackwood in a deluxe, hardcover, and oversized format with a new cover, a bonus sketchbook section, and pinups by Peach Momoko, Becky Cloonan, Andrew MacLean, Tyler Crook, and many more!
Order Blackwood Library Edition Volume 1 here.
COUNT CROWLEY: RELUCTANT MIDNIGHT MONSTER HUNTER TPB
That bump you heard is nothing to fear. It’s just a werewolf. Oh, they’re real. Monsters are real. But fear not, horror hounds, for there is a new huntress battling the creatures of evil and she may just save humanity . . . if we can keep her sober long enough. She’s none other than the local TV station’s late-night horror host . . . Jerri Bartman, Count Crowley, the Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter. Collects the four-issue miniseries, written by David Dastmalchian and illustrated by Lukas Ketner.
Order Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter here.
COUNT CROWLEY VOLUME 2: AMATEUR MIDNIGHT MONSTER HUNTER TPB
In the few short months that Jerri Bartman has been back in her small hometown, she’s attended her first AA meeting, started hosting the late-night creature feature, and . . . taken up arms against the monsters who have been plotting their domination of mankind for millennia. If she can stay sober long enough to learn how to actually fight a werewolf, Jerri may have a shot at redemption and possibly even saving the world. Collects the four-issue miniseries written by David Dastmalchian and illustrated by Lukas Ketner.
Order Count Crowley Volume 2: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter here.
