VENOM WAR 2 SKOTTIE YOUNG VARIANT [VW]

THE VENOM WAR RAGES ON! Eddie and Dylan Brock, father and son, in a bloodthirsty battle to determine the one true VENOM! But there's one more contender entering the ring - THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN! And the vengeful MERIDIUS begins his endgame, unleashing mindless half-zombie, half-symbiote ZOMBIOTES upon New York City and threatening to transform heroes, villains and innocents into his bloodthirsty servants!

(W) Al Ewing (A) Iban Coello (CA) Skottie Young

AUTUMN KINGDOM 1 CVR A CHRISTOPHER MITTEN VAR

In the borderlands between imagination and reality, horror and fantasy, master storyteller Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Harrow County) and visionary artist Christopher Mitten (Hellboy & the B.P.R.D.) begin one family’s labyrinthine descent through a perilous forest where the local folklore is anything but a myth . . . Bestselling author Andrew Kier found the perfect place to finish his latest dark-fantasy novel—an idyllic, remote cabin on the edge of a lush Swedish forest. His young daughters, Sommer and Winter, gleefully explore . . . until they happen upon a strange clearing of ancient statues: goblins, dwarves, elves, and a warrior queen mysteriously missing her swordhand and weapon. When something sinister follows the girls home and viciously snatches their parents in the night, the sisters’ only hope may be that ancient relic, lost in the forest underbrush, waiting for a new champion to take it up . . .

EC CRUEL UNIVERSE 3 (OF 5) CVR B DAVE JOHNSON VAR

Once you were an innocent child, beloved by your parents and esteemed by your peers. You built a career and a family, and even found time for your poetry. But none of that matters now. Your sun has just gone supernova and reduced your world to a glowing cinder. So pretty. So red. 'Twas a sight while it lasted. Over now. BUT AT LEAST WE GET TO KEEP THIS COMIC AS A SOUVENIR! This month in the world's most existentially devastating comic magazine: The otherworldly talents of Cullen Bunn and David Rubin, J. Holtham and Kano, and Zac Thompson and Dan McDaid begin a manned expedition to the extremes of human existence and imagine the terrifying possibilities of what to expect when the best of intentions meet the cold, hard reality of our worst instincts. For the discerning reader that demands science fiction that stings, we give you CRUEL UNIVERSE!

EC EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS 1 (OF 4) CVR A LEE BERMEJO

THE MOST NOTORIOUS NAME IN TERROR IS BACK—WITH A VENGEANCE! From the publisher that drove Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, and many more into the depraved hearts of an unsuspecting world, the immortal EC COMICS returns . . . with its first ALL-NEW series in nearly 70 years! In our first extra-sized, 40-page dose of fear, witness shocking tales of torment and tension in the undying EC tradition—as wrenched from the grave by the vile intentions of acclaimed writers Brian Azzarello (Batman: Damned, 100 Bullets), Chris Condon (That Texas Blood, Night People), J. Holtham (FX's The Handmaid's Tale), and Stephanie Phillips (Harley Quinn, Grim) and realized into bloody reality by all-slaughter artists Jorge Fornes (Rorschach, Danger Street), Phil Hester (Family Tree), Peter Krause (Irredeemable), and more! What the Comics Code Authority couldn't kill has only made it stronger . . . EC COMICS LIVES AGAIN IN EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS!

EC SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES 1 (ONE SHOT) CVR B ADAM HUGHES VAR

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, TERROR COMES CALLING WITH 56 PAGES OF SHOCKING CHILLS FROM AN ALL-STAR CAST OF EC'S FINEST FIENDS! Just in time for Christmas, Oni Press and EC Comics are proud to present Shiver SuspenStories #1-the FIRST in an ALL-NEW series of extra-sized EC specials colliding tales of horror, science fiction, and powerfully potent suspense in one joyously wrapped package that may or may not be leaking something strange under the Christmas tree . . . Featuring brand-new tales of merry dismemberment and yuletide destruction from writers Jason Aaron (Thor), Ben H. Winters (Cruel Universe), and more, with artists Kano (Gotham Central), Peter Krause (Irredeemable), and more-plus a newly remastered and authentically restored holiday classic from the EC vaults! Get ready to hear those SLAY BELLS RING-AIN'T IT SICKENING?!

CVR A MATT LESNIEWSKI & DAVE STEWART

FACELESS AND THE FAMILY 1 (OF 4) CVR A MATT LESNIEWSKI & DAVE STEWART

From the magnificently distorted imagination of Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist Matt Lesniewski (Mind Mgmt Bootleg, Crimson Flower, The Freak) comes a new milestone in comic book storytelling that must be seen to be believed: Faceless & the Family! On the broken and warped world known as the Hand Planet, the wanderer simply called Faceless ekes out existence on the margins to escape the shame that cost him his name and his identity. Exiled for his crimes, Faceless now calls the wastelands his homeÔÇöuntil the good fortune of fate delivers him a mismatched band of fellow travelers who will soon become family . . . if they can survive a suicidal mission into the Hand Planet's class-segregated Finger Cities to restore what lies beneath Faceless's helmet and, with it, his hope in humanity.