Across the globe where shadow drinks the light,
From haunted isles to cities drowned in shade,
Through streets where whispers stir the night,
And eldritch dreams in trembling ink are laid.
In ‘ere black, ‘neath spires piercing the gloom,
The artist shapes what mortal mind should fear,
Where ancient gods arise to break the tomb,
And madness stirs through every trembling tear.
From London fog to tropic’s breathless blight,
From cursed shores to crypts of stone and bone,
Each spine becomes a passage veiled in fright,
A gate where dread asserts its silent throne.
Step forth, bold reader — in these pages dwell,
Where art becomes the key to waking hell.
Be Not Afraid
BOOM! Studios | June 2025 | Series
Cora Reims lived the isolated life of a simple farm girl until one fateful summer day, prophetic visions brought her a visitor made of pure light… an angel. In the aftermath, Cora gave birth to a child, a Nephilim: the offspring of an angel and a human woman, seemingly imbued with evil itself.
Seventeen years later, that child’s cherubic appearance can no longer hide his monstrous nature. Frogs boil in their skins as he passes. Crops rot. The townspeople live in fear, knowing that atrocities follow closely behind him.
Bloodborne: The Death of Sleep
Deluxe Edition (Amazon Link)
Titan Comics | 2025 | Graphic Novel
A deluxe hardcover collecting the first arc of the Bloodborne comics based on the acclaimed video game. The story dives into a nightmare world of monsters, curses, and eldritch terrors. This edition brings Lovecraftian horror to life with new presentation and artwork upgrades.
Bottomfeeder
Eibon Press | 2025 | Graphic Novel
An extreme horror story steeped in grotesque imagery and cult aesthetics. It blends exploitation-style visuals with supernatural dread and visceral storytelling.
Eibon Press is known for its grindhouse approach, and this release fits squarely into that niche.
Cannon (Amazon Link)
Giramondo | 2025 | Graphic Novel
In Cannon, Lee Lai’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed and award-winning Stone Fruit, the full palette of a nervous breakdown is just a part of what is on offer. Lai’s sharp sense of humour and sensitive eye produce a story that explores the intimacy of queer friendship and the weight of family responsibility. It breaks open the question of what we owe both to each other and to ourselves.
Hedrek: Night of the Mummers
Scratch Comics | 2025 | Collected Edition
A folk-horror police procedural that reads like Columbo meets The Wicker Man.
Laurence Alison’s forensic background informs a tight, unsettling mystery while David Hitchcock’s monochrome art gives the book a haunted, old-world texture. The collected edition brings the complete Hedrek miniseries and one-shots into a single volume.
La Nuit des Lanternes (Amazon Link)
Delcourt | March 2025 | Graphic Novel
On the occasion of the lantern festival, Éloane returns to the family home on her native island. She finds her authoritarian mother and her little brother who has become mute. After an argument with her mother, Éloane sees her life unravel during the ceremony when an ancestral creature awakens.
Le Fantôme de l’Opéra (Amazon link)
Futuropolis | January 2025 | Graphic Novel
Written in 1910, the most famous work of Gaston Leroux has lost none of its originality or mystery. This graphic novel adaptation retains the haunting charm thanks to the virtuoso pencils of Paul and Gaetan Brizzi. The result captures the gothic elegance and horror of the Phantom’s world.
Herida Abiertas Vol 3 – Demonios
Pi Ediciones | 2025 | Anthology
Ghosts returning in search of answers, friendships tested in extreme situations, the presence of inexplicable beings at various moments in our time and space. These are the stories that make up this third volume of horror and mystery in South America.
Little Nightmares: Descent to Nowhere
Titan Comics | Oct 2025 | Comic Book Series
Based on the best-selling horror game Little Nightmares and launching alongside Little Nightmares III. Hush, a timid mute girl, awakes in a jail cell. She must escape and solve mysteries within a very dark dungeon.
The Kraken (Amazon Link)
Titan Comics | 2025 | Graphic Novel
A supernatural action-horror tale centred on eldritch sea monsters and occult conspiracies. It blends gothic adventure storytelling with explosive, modern comic pacing. Readers can expect a blend of maritime myth and Lovecraftian terror.
The Road
Dargaud | 2024 | Graphic Novel
A haunting, bleak adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Though non-supernatural, its sparse, desperate atmosphere aligns with gothic horror sensibility. Its desolate imagery lingers long after the last page is turned.
The Shadow Planet (Amazon Link)
Image Comics | Sept 2025 | Graphic Novel
The crew of the rocket Vidar lands on a barren planet to rescue a lost patrol, but what they find can destroy mankind.
The Shadow Planet blends pulp sci-fi with creeping cosmic dread. The art of Gianluca Pagliarani heightens its retrofuturistic gothic atmosphere.
ZOMBIE II: Fulci’s Inferno
Eibon Press | 2025 | Graphic Novel
An adaptation rooted in Italian cult-horror cinema, inspired by Lucio Fulci’s Zombie films. The collection emphasises gore, atmosphere, and reverence for Euro-horror traditions. It’s a visceral throwback that horror collectors and Fulci fans will appreciate.
To Be Continued…
This year, comic book publishers have a nice collection of series being released from now unti November, marking the All Hallows Eve reading season. And there are a lot more in the trade paperback front, which includes reprints like a manga style take on Nightmare Before Christmas to salivate over!
Just when I thought there weren’t enough comic book reads for the Halloween season during the past two years, a lot has changed since then. The publishers heard the screams and lamentations from not only myself, but others too. Thus, for this year, they must have upped the game to make sure releases for the spooky season memorable.
By Ed Sum 
By Ed Sum
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