Dark Horse Comics has announced Jumpscare, a new action-horror superhero comic by Cullen Bunn and Danny Luckert. The series ties into the Beyond Mortal universe with the four-issue series launching on February 26.
“Hands down, Jumpscare is some of the most fun I’ve ever had writing a comic,” said Bunn. “I absolutely love this character. She’s everything I love about horror movies, everything I love about superheroes, everything I love about comics, all rolled into one character. If you’re a horror fan, get ready to meet your new favorite superhero.”
So what’s Jumpscare about?
Strong, fast, and violent horror fan-turned-vigilante Jumpscare can conjure any gore-soaked weapon from any gore-soaked movie she’s watched. With this power, she’s become a force for good in Empire City, hacking her way through ne’er-do-wells and monsters alike. Now, her enemies want her dead, and a mobster-turned-monster, Grindhouse, will do whatever he can to bring her down.
“Jumpscare was just an absolute mayhem fueled blast to draw. I can’t wait for people to see her in all her horror fueled glory,” added Luckert.
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MILWAUKIE, Ore., (October 24, 2024)—Dark Horse Comics presents Jumpscare, a new action-horror superhero comic series from Cullen Bunn and Danny Luckert that ties into the Beyond Mortal universe. This four-issue miniseries, written by Bunn, illustrated by Luckert, and lettered by Jim Campbell, takes place after the events of the cosmic horror graphic novel Beyond Mortal and introduces readers to a new horror superhero, Jumpscare.
“Hands down, Jumpscare is some of the most fun I’ve ever had writing a comic,” said Bunn. “I absolutely love this character. She’s everything I love about horror movies, everything I love about superheroes, everything I love about comics, all rolled into one character. If you’re a horror fan, get ready to meet your new favorite superhero.”
“Jumpscare was just an absolute mayhem fueled blast to draw. I can’t wait for people to see her in all her horror fueled glory,” added Luckert.
About Jumpscare:
Strong, fast, and violent horror fan-turned-vigilante Jumpscare can conjure any gore-soaked weapon from any gore-soaked movie she’s watched. With this power, she’s become a force for good in Empire City, hacking her way through ne’er-do-wells and monsters alike. Now, her enemies want her dead, and a mobster-turned-monster, Grindhouse, will do whatever he can to bring her down.
Jumpscare #1 (of 4) stalks into comic shops on February 26, 2025. Issue #1 is now available for pre-order at your local comic shop for $3.99.
Praise for Beyond Mortal:
“Beyond Mortal is an extremely fun and graphic thrill ride that any comic book lover or horror enthusiast will simply devour. It’s got it all! A great story with exciting fresh characters, this can truly be the start of something special!.”—Michael Leavy (Terrifier, Stream)
“Horror, heroism and high art—Beyond Mortal is bursting at the seams with awesomeness!”—Patton Oswalt (Minor Threats)
“Oh, wow. I haven’t enjoyed a superhero story like this since Jack Kirby and the early Marvel stories. It’s golden.”—Joe Lansdale (Sugar on the Bones)
“This grabs you by the face, pulls you screaming into the story, and doesn’t let you go until the last page. I won’t say it’s pleasant—there’s teeth and gore, death and worse—but I can say your heart will beat a little harder. A lot harder, really.”—Stephen Graham Jones (I Was a Teenage Slasher, The Indian Lake Trilogy, Earthdivers)
“Beyond Mortal almost killed me! A beautiful display of storytelling!”—Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia, Blacula: Return of the King)
“With its own original characters and a story that bleeds off of the pages with true dread, horrific monstrosities, and actual stakes, Beyond Mortal has delivered the dark new superhero world that I’ve been waiting for.”–Adam Green (Writer/Director Hatchet, Frozen, Digging Up the Marrow)
“Only Cullen Bunn could create a cosmic Brady Bunch of abominations this ass-kicking. Beyond Mortal heralds the battle between eldritch and spandex, old gods and new superheroes.”—Clay McLeod Chapman (What Kind of Mother, Creepshow, Séance in the Asylum)
“Fans of genre mashups, readers of horror comics bringing something old… very, very old and foreboding… into the world with a different spin, aficionados of superbooks looking for a new secret war to be fought. You’re all included on my list of folks who should be looking to get their hands on this book.”—The Pullbox
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