DC Comics has announced two new horror anthologies slated for release this October: Legend of the Swamp Thing Halloween Spectacular #1 and DC: The Doomed and The Damned #1.
Legend of the Swamp Thing will be a 48-page collection featuring six all-new stories written by Tom King, James Tynion IV, Vita Ayala, Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Ram V, with Domo Stanton (House of Whispers), Mike Perkins (Lois Lane), Emma Rios and Christian Ward on art.
The Doomed and The Damned, on the other hand, is a prestige format one-shot written by the likes of Carmen Maria Machado, Marv Wolfman, Ken Porter, John Arcudi, Saladin Ahmed, Alyssa Wong, and Travis Moore, and drawn by Riley Rossmo, Mike Perkins, Leonardo Manco, Travis Moore, Tom Mandrake and others.
Take a look at the first artwork released from the two projects, as well as DC’s full press release below:
LEGEND OF THE SWAMP THING HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR #1 AND
DC: THE DOOMED AND THE DAMNED #1: TWO ANTHOLOGIES GUARANTEED
TO HAVE FANS READING WITH THE LIGHTS ON THIS OCTOBER!DC Doubles Down on the Scary This Halloween!
October always brings stories of ghosts, goblins, fright and picking out our favorite candies for Halloween. But this year, DC’s got twice the spooks and scares for comic book fans with two anthology titles featuring the World’s Greatest Super Heroes in tales of fear and terror!
LEGEND OF THE SWAMP THING HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR #1
DC invites you to welcome Swamp Thing to your witching hour festivities. In this 48-page collection of six all-new stories, the Guardian of the Green reveals past lives and the unforgettable horrors that befall those who cross his path. From ancient Rome to present day, Swamp Thing stalks these ghostly and ghastly tales—all of which are best read by the light of a jack o’ lantern!
Writers Tom King (Strange Adventures, Swamp Thing: Roots of Terror, Swamp Thing Winter Special), James Tynion IV (Batman), Vita Ayala, Phillip Kennedy Johnson (The Last God: The Fellspyre Chronicles) and Ram V (Catwoman, Justice League Dark) are among the writers penning these creepy tales with Domo Stanton (House of Whispers), Mike Perkins (Lois Lane), Emma Rios and Christian Ward providing the bone-chilling artwork.
Legend of the Swamp Thing Halloween Spectacular #1 is priced at $5.99 and debuts on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at all open and operating comic book stores and participating digital retailers.
DC: THE DOOMED AND THE DAMNED #1
It was a dark and stormy night when the creatures of the DC universe began to emerge from their lairs into the cool evening air. Tales of the macabre, the murderous, and the morbid abound in this spine-chilling special about monsters and mayhem! What happens when Batman encounters a true urban legend after speaking its name three times in a mirror, or when Madame Xanadu enlists the help of Man-Bat to take town shadowy specter? And who can stop an intergalactic demon from turning people into frog beasts? Only the unlikely team up of Green Lantern and Etrigan! All this and seven more fang-tastic tales to trick your treats and bob your apples!
This prestige format one-shot features some of comics best scary storytellers, including writers Carmen Maria Machado (Hill House Comics’ The Low, Low Woods), Marv Wolfman, Ken Porter, John Arcudi, Saladin Ahmed, Alyssa Wong, Travis Moore and others. Artists contributing to this blood-curdling comic include Riley Rossmo (Martian Manhunter, Constantine: the Hellblazer), Mike Perkins, Leonardo Manco, Travis Moore, Tom Mandrake and others.
This 80-Page one-shot is priced at $9.99 and arrives at open and operating comic book stores and participating digital retailers on Tuesday, October 13, 2020.
For the latest list of local area comic book stores, check out DC’s Comic Shop Tracker, www.dccomics.com/comicshoptracker and follow on social media @DCComics and @thedcnation for the latest on the World’s Greatest Super Heroes!
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