Welcome to another installment of 31 Days of Halloween! This is our chance to set the mood for the spookiest and scariest month of the year as we focus our attention on horror and Halloween fun. For the month of October we’ll be sharing various pieces of underappreciated scary books, comics, movies, and television to help keep you terrified and entertained all the way up to Halloween.
After the unbelievable final page of the last issue, you aren’t prepared to learn more about The Scariest Place on Earth!
Sam Dante and his sister Halloween will do anything to bring Danny D. Evil and Devil Land to audiences around the world…but is there any line they won’t cross to ensure their family’s legacy?
Dark Ride #2
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artist: Andrei Bressan
Colors: Adriano Lucas
Letters: Pat Brosseau
Covers: Bressan and Lucas, Werther Dell’Edera, Sweeney Boo
Release Date: November 9, 2022
Read our review of Dark Ride #1.
For more on this news, read the official press release below.
LOS ANGELES 10/13/2022 — Skybound today unveiled a first look at Dark Ride #2, the next issue of the smash-hit new horror comic book series from the iconic Birthright team of Joshua Williamson (Batman, Dark Crisis) and Andrei Bressan (Justice League Incarnate) that takes place at The Scariest Place on Earth. Dark Ride #2 will arrive in comic book shops November 9, 2022. Following an instant sellout at comic book shops, Dark Ride #1 will return with a second printing, also out on November 9.
After the unbelievable final page of the last issue, you aren’t prepared to learn more about The Scariest Place on Earth! Sam Dante and his sister Halloween will do anything to bring Danny D. Evil and Devil Land to audiences around the world…but is there any line they won’t cross to ensure their family’s legacy?
Dark Ride #2 boasts a stacked variant cover lineup that will continue through the series’ first arc. In addition to the main cover by Bressan and series colorist Adriano Lucas, Dark Ride’s Cover B variant spotlights park mascot Danny D. Evil, with issue #2 cover by Werther Dell’Edera (Something Is Killing the Children), while Cover C showcases Devil Land’s resident femme fatale and horror aficionado, Halloween, with the first four issues’ cover art by Sweeney Boo (Over My Dead Body).
Additionally, superstar creator Tony Fleecs (Stray Dogs, Star Wars Adventures) is art directing a classic homage poster variant program. The 1:25 incentives will span the Cover D slot of Dark Ride’s first four issues, bringing on a new guest artist for each cover. Agnes Garbowska (DC Super Hero Girls) is the artist at the helm for issue #2, with the Dark Ride world’s rendition of Beauty and the Demon.
Dark Ride #2 will be available at comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play on Wednesday, November 9, 2022.
The full list of covers is below:
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Dark Ride #2 CVR A by Bressan & Lucas (Diamond Code SEP220252)
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Dark Ride #2 CVR B (Danny D. Evil Mascot Variant) by Dell’Edera (SEP220253)
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Dark Ride #2 CVR C (Halloween Character Spotlight Variant) by Boo (SEP220254)
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Dark Ride #2 CVR D 1:25 INCV (Classic Homage Poster Cover) by Garbowska & Fleecs (SEP220255)
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