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Tales from the Crypt meets The Twilight Zone-four tales of horror, lost souls and things that go bump in the night. A prestige format "One-Shock" featuring top creative talent just in time for the most horrific month of the calendar year, AFTER DARK is a collection of tales you'll want to read with the lights on! A disparate tale from a possible future; a chance encounter with a mythical Black-Eyed Kid, a children's fable gone awry; and a gut-wrenching last meal at the local diner. These horrific, bone-chilling tales are conceived and written by Cullen Bunn (DARK ARK, EDEN, Harrow County), Jim Starlin (Thanos, Dreadstar, SHOCK), Joe Pruett (BLACK-EYED KIDS, Cable, X-Men Unlimited), Fran Tieri (Wolverine, Harley Quinn, PESTILENCE) and drawn by Cliff Richards (10 YEARS TO DEATH, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Nikkol Kelenic, Szymon Kudranski (BLACK-EYED KIDS, Spawn) and Joe Eisma (Morning Glories, SHOCK).
Creators: (W) Cullen Bunn, Jim Starlin, Joe Pruett, Frank Tieri (A) Cliff Richards, Nikkol Kelenic, Szymon Kudranski, Joe Eisma (CA) Tony Harris
$6.99
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Sonny Campisi is learning that dragons are a pain in the keister. You can't fool them, you can't bribe them, and you can't kick their teeth in. On top of that, he has to stop some of the neighborhood idiots from trying to take care of the problem themselves with their beer muscles. And then Sonny's mob boss, Mr. Rossi, is growing very impatient with this dragon situation and is about to make a very poor decision. And if Sonny can't manage every single problem, the neighborhood he grew up in will be burned to the ground. Each issue of CAMPISI: THE DRAGON INCIDENT features 24 pages of story and art with a cardstock cover!
Creators: (W) James Patrick (A) Marco Locati (CA) Fran Galan
$4.99
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When evil men and women escape from the depths of the eternal abyss, the Pirate Queen Lady Shih is sent to retrieve them. But when one of history's most notorious killers breaks free, even she needs help. Enter the Heathens: Shih, Lucky Luciano, Bumpy Johnson, Sofia the Golden Hand, and Billy the Kid. From Hell they came to mete out a justice as dark as their own tormented souls. From the wonderfully wretched imaginations of AfterShock horror-alum Cullen Bunn (EDEN, PIECEMEAL, DARK ARK) and Heath Amodio (SuperCLEAN), and illustrated by superstar Sami Kivelä (UNDONE BY BLOOD), in THE HEATHENS, evil meets its match - five of them, to be exact.
Creators: (W) Cullen Bunn, Heath Amodio (A/CA) Sami Kivela
$4.99
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Dan's uncanny near-death experience comes to a shocking and unexpected climax as he's used as bait to lure Abi McGrath's astral into the clutches of lascivious magician August Fryne. Meanwhile, in an effort to pay Dan's medical bills, Dan's brother does something stupid. A demonic visitation, a disgusting multicellular organism, a suicide, a funeral and Dan's trippiest journey yet: inside the body of a dying man. All this and more in the drop-dead gorgeous denouement of OUT OF BODY.
Creators: (W) Peter Miligan (A/CA) Inaki Miranda
$3.99
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