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HELLO DARKNESS 1 BLANK SKETCH VARIANT CVR

Horror fans rejoice in cadaverous delight, because Hello Darkness is a brand new monthly anthology series featuring what BOOM! Studios is known for - the best in modern Horror, Fantasy, and Mystery, not to mention the darkest stories yet from an all-star cast of creators! With a spine-tingling lineup of industry legends including Garth Ennis, Becky Cloonan, James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera, Brian Azzarello, Vanesa R. Del Rey, John Arcudi, Ryan Sook, and more, everything from primal fears to modern political horrors will be awakened, in the classic style of Creepy and Eerie and the contemporary chills of Black Mirror. Fans can also expect stunning main covers by Paolo Rivera, variant covers by Jenny Frison on every issue, and a guest artist variant on every issue! In addition, a deadly new Something is Killing the Children story unfolds in the first 6 issues, along with a bone-rattling new serialized tale by Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan for the first 7!

(W) Garth Ennis & Various (A) Becky Cloonan & Various (CA) Paolo Rivera

HELLO DARKNESS 1 JEFF DEKAL FOC CVR

Horror fans rejoice in cadaverous delight, because Hello Darkness is a brand new monthly anthology series featuring what BOOM! Studios is known for - the best in modern Horror, Fantasy, and Mystery, not to mention the darkest stories yet from an all-star cast of creators! With a spine-tingling lineup of industry legends including Garth Ennis, Becky Cloonan, James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera, Brian Azzarello, Vanesa R. Del Rey, John Arcudi, Ryan Sook, and more, everything from primal fears to modern political horrors will be awakened, in the classic style of Creepy and Eerie and the contemporary chills of Black Mirror. Fans can also expect stunning main covers by Paolo Rivera, variant covers by Jenny Frison on every issue, and a guest artist variant on every issue! In addition, a deadly new Something is Killing the Children story unfolds in the first 6 issues, along with a bone-rattling new serialized tale by Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan for the first 7!

(W) Garth Ennis & Various (A) Becky Cloonan & Various (CA) Paolo Rivera

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As the nightmarish modern horror anthology continues, can you survive part 3 of the Garth Ennis & Becky Cloonan serial 'The War' as well as the 3rd monstrous Something is Killing the Children tale from James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera? In addition to even more of the darkest stories from the lightless corners of the industry's greatest minds, this issue also features 'The Foster' by Eisner and GLAAD media award nominated writer Steve Orlando (Midnighter, Scarlet Witch) and A.L. Kaplan (DC Pride 2023, Stuff of Nightmares), a gruesome story delving into the realm of body horror and loneliness.

(W) Garth Ennis & Various (A) Becky Cloonan & Various (CA) Paolo Rivera

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As the nightmarish modern horror anthology continues, can you survive part 3 of the Garth Ennis & Becky Cloonan serial 'The War' as well as the 3rd monstrous Something is Killing the Children tale from James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera? In addition to even more of the darkest stories from the lightless corners of the industry's greatest minds, this issue also features 'The Foster' by Eisner and GLAAD media award nominated writer Steve Orlando (Midnighter, Scarlet Witch) and A.L. Kaplan (DC Pride 2023, Stuff of Nightmares), a gruesome story delving into the realm of body horror and loneliness.

(W) Garth Ennis & Various (A) Becky Cloonan & Various (CA) Matteo Scalera, Giovanna Niro

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HELLO DARKNESS 6 (OF 12) CVR D MR.OZ HOLIDAY VARIANT

Ho-Ho-Horror for the holidays! Better hope your candles and bulbs all hold to keep the darkness at bay? because you won't like what goes bump in the cold winter's night! In this holiday season issue, John Arcudi and Ryan Sook's 'The Written Word' unearths a once-dormant evil from an ancient text, while 'The War' continues with part six of Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan's nuclear winter saga. Plus, discover the next chapters in 'Something is Killing the Children: A Monster Hunter Walks into a Bar' by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera 'I Can't Take You Anywhere' by Robert Hack, and more!

(W) Garth Ennis & Various (A) Becky Cloonan & Various (CA) Bjorn Barends

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HELLO DARKNESS 8 (OF 12) CVR D ANNIVERSARY VAR MORA

Return to the darkness with a new recurring story by legendary horror scribe R.L. Stine, collaborating once again with acclaimed Stuff of Nightmares artist Francesco Francavilla! Meanwhile, Robert Hack's I Can't Take You Anywhere continues. Marguerite Bennett and Luana Vecchio team up for a twisted story about a woman's revenge, and a family's time of mourning takes a frightening turn in a new story by Joanne Starer and Khary Randolph.

(W) R. L. Stine & Various (A) Francesco Francavilla & Various (CA) Dan Mora

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Prepare for fresh, new terror as R.L. Stine and Francesco Francavilla's The Life & Death of Lucas Dreamwalker and Robert Hack's I Can't Take You Anywhere continue in the newest installment of the genre-defining horror anthology series! Meanwhile, a young artist sells her soul and more to an AI chatbot in exchange for fame and success in a sinister new tale by Jordan Thomas and Shaky Kane, and Cullen Bunn and Daniel Bayliss imagine a monstrous new method of disciplining misbehaving students.

(W) R. L. Stine & Various (A) Francesco Francavilla & Various (CA) Goni Montes

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The bestselling, critically acclaimed horror anthology continues with new hair-raising, eye-popping, stomach-churning tales drawn from the deepest well of nightmares.In You Can?t Make a Silk Purse From a Sow?s Ear by Jenna Cha, a sickly man tries to reconcile his awful condition with his past as a perfect, prize-winning baby.Beware of letting your eyes linger on the wrong thing too long?you might see ?The Devil in the Corner of Your Eye? by Genevieve Valentine and Ming Doyle!A witch must use every trick in her book to save her coven from a crew of vicious witch hunters in Train Veins. And more!

(W) Robert Hack; Various (A) Chris Shehan; Various (CA) Mirka Andolfo

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Toot toot! Do you hear that whistle blowing? It's the sound of the witchy ?Train Veins? approaching the station from Casey Gilly and Rye Hickman!?Pat McHale (Over the Garden Wall), Brandon Melvin, and Gavin Fullerton tell a horrifying story about a phenomenon we could only call, ?Collywobbles?!?Plus more horrible humor from Robert Hack and spine-chilling stories by today?s greatest creators!?

(W) R.L. Stine; Robert Hack (A) Francesco Francavilla; Robert Hack (CA) Miguel Mercado

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Hello Darkness 14 B Variant Dressed, Frison

Toot toot! Do you hear that whistle blowing? It's the sound of the witchy ?Train Veins? approaching the station from Casey Gilly and Rye Hickman!?Pat McHale (Over the Garden Wall), Brandon Melvin, and Gavin Fullerton tell a horrifying story about a phenomenon we could only call, ?Collywobbles?!?Plus more horrible humor from Robert Hack and spine-chilling stories by today?s greatest creators!?

(W) R.L. Stine; Robert Hack (A) Francesco Francavilla; Robert Hack (CA) Jenny Frison

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Fall into an all-new season of horror!In a chilling story by Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Rocky OBK, the once-idyllic town of “Abadon” becomes a home to an unknown terror. A long-dormant protector rises in “Reconquista” by RAD to vengefully interrupt a celebration built on stolen land.Sink your teeth into this next batch of gruesome stories along with even more terrifying tales from the boldest voices in horror today!

(W) R.L. Stine; Various (A) Francesco Francavilla; Various (CA) Rebeca Puebla

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Hello Darkness 15 D BOOM 20th Anniversary Variant Dressed, Clarke

Fall into an all-new season of horror!In a chilling story by Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Rocky OBK, the once-idyllic town of “Abadon” becomes a home to an unknown terror. A long-dormant protector rises in “Reconquista” by RAD to vengefully interrupt a celebration built on stolen land.Sink your teeth into this next batch of gruesome stories along with even more terrifying tales from the boldest voices in horror today!

(W) R.L. Stine; Various (A) Francesco Francavilla; Various (CA) Taurin Clarke

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Stop and smell the corpses! The horrors of winter are behind us, but a sinister new season awaits... HELLO DARKNESS returns this spring with a fresh bouquet of horror! In Freshly Maid,” a mousy young housekeeper comes face to face with a deathless evil. Vibrant visionary Paulina Ganucheau (Lemon Bird: Can Help!, She-Ra: Legend of the Fire Princess) delivers a chilling tale of innocence undone where the mess lurking in the shadows isn't something you can simply sweep away. In Imposter Syndrome,” a hapless suburbanite cascading into paranoia and mutilation. Innovative creators Tate Brombal (Black Hammer, The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos) and Piotr Kowalski (Deadbox) team up for a 9-panel grid of terror! In Cassie, Part II,” an all-girls softball team heads to the second inning with the forces of hell...and the bases are loaded! From the minds of Sam Humphries (The Legendary Star-Lord, Our Love Is Real) and Eleonora Carlini, every pitch turns into a plot twist. Join today's top horror storytellers as they dive into the darkest corners of humanity!

(W) Tate Brombal; Sam Humphries (A) Piotr Kowalski; Eleonora Carlini (CA) Rebeca Puebla

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Stop and smell the corpses! The horrors of winter are behind us, but a sinister new season awaits... HELLO DARKNESS returns this spring with a fresh bouquet of horror! In Freshly Maid,” a mousy young housekeeper comes face to face with a deathless evil. Vibrant visionary Paulina Ganucheau (Lemon Bird: Can Help!, She-Ra: Legend of the Fire Princess) delivers a chilling tale of innocence undone where the mess lurking in the shadows isn't something you can simply sweep away. In Imposter Syndrome,” a hapless suburbanite cascading into paranoia and mutilation. Innovative creators Tate Brombal (Black Hammer, The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos) and Piotr Kowalski (Deadbox) team up for a 9-panel grid of terror! In Cassie, Part II,” an all-girls softball team heads to the second inning with the forces of hell...and the bases are loaded! From the minds of Sam Humphries (The Legendary Star-Lord, Our Love Is Real) and Eleonora Carlini, every pitch turns into a plot twist. Join today's top horror storytellers as they dive into the darkest corners of humanity!

(W) Tate Brombal; Sam Humphries (A) Piotr Kowalski; Eleonora Carlini (CA) Riley Rossmo

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Go for a soak in a hot tub of sanguine thrills with the newest issue of Hello Darkness! First up, Chloe Brailsford serves up a hot and heavy demonic possession in Thousand Eyes, where for one young woman eternal damnation might just be worth the price of entry... Then, a detention center prison warden gets more than a taste of his own medicine in Crocodile Slammer by Julio Anta and German Erramouspe.Then, a real man provides for his family at all costs, in Be a Man by Derick Jones. And finally, fall to your knees and pray for salvation as Ryan North and Giada Belviso bring the never-ending torment of Sister Amanda to a shocking end in the final chapter of Sunday!

(W) Ryan North; Various (A) Giada Belviso; Various (CA) TBA

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Brace yourself for the 25th issue of the acclaimed horror anthology series Hello Darkness! Fans of the divine nunsploitation series Marian Heretic from writer Tini Howard are in for a treat as Marian herself makes her first return to the pages of Hello Darkness since the breakout series' debut! This Marian Heretic four-parter revisits our favorite heathen as she doles out judgment to a whole new host of supernatural opponents. Then, following the mysterious loss of his son, a father's attempt to cope takes him on a twisted journey, raising questions for him and his grieving family in The Hole written by Robert Menegus with art by Jonathan Marks!

(W) Richard Starkings; Various (A) Abigail Harding; Various (CA) Jenny Frison

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Hello Darkness 25 C Connecting Variant B Dressed, Frison

Brace yourself for the 25th issue of the acclaimed horror anthology series Hello Darkness! Fans of the divine nunsploitation series Marian Heretic from writer Tini Howard are in for a treat as Marian herself makes her first return to the pages of Hello Darkness since the breakout series' debut! This Marian Heretic four-parter revisits our favorite heathen as she doles out judgment to a whole new host of supernatural opponents. Then, following the mysterious loss of his son, a father's attempt to cope takes him on a twisted journey, raising questions for him and his grieving family in The Hole written by Robert Menegus with art by Jonathan Marks!

(W) Richard Starkings; Various (A) Abigail Harding; Various (CA) Jenny Frison

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Hello Darkness 25 J Unlimited Variant Full Art, Puebla

Brace yourself for the 25th issue of the acclaimed horror anthology series Hello Darkness! Fans of the divine nunsploitation series Marian Heretic from writer Tini Howard are in for a treat as Marian herself makes her first return to the pages of Hello Darkness since the breakout series' debut! This Marian Heretic four-parter revisits our favorite heathen as she doles out judgment to a whole new host of supernatural opponents. Then, following the mysterious loss of his son, a father's attempt to cope takes him on a twisted journey, raising questions for him and his grieving family in The Hole written by Robert Menegus with art by Jonathan Marks!

(W) Richard Starkings; Various (A) Abigail Harding; Various (CA) Rebeca Puebla