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13 Spooky Titles for Your Halloween Reading

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][us_separator][/vc_column][vc_column width=”4/6″][us_separator][vc_column_text]It’s Halloween here at BOOM! Studios, and we are more than ready to embrace our scary side! In that spirit, we have curated a list of stories that run the gambit from the mildly spooky to the truly horrifying![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][us_separator][vc_column_text]Lucas Stand: Inner Demons SC
Publisher
: BOOM! Studios
Writer: Kurt Sutter & Caitlin Kittredge
Artist: Jesús Hervás
Cover Artist: Adam Gorham (colors by Michael Spicer)
Colorist: Alex Guimarães
Letterer: Jim Campbell
Price: $16.99
Synopsis: Kurt Sutter (Sons of Anarchy), Caitlin Kittredge (Coffin Hill) and illustrator Jesús Hervas (Penny Dreadful) return with a follow-up to Kurt Sutter’s first original comic book series Lucas Stand.

Military vet Lucas Stand has been forced to hunt demons on the orders of his master Gadrel. Now he has finally managed to break free and strike out on his own. However, his actions have garnered him a formidable reputation and it’s not just the demons who are after him this time. Collects the complete 4-issue series.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][us_separator][us_image image=”17779″ align=”center” style=”shadow-1″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fshop.boom-studios.com%2Fgraphicnovels%2Fdetail%2F8760%2Flucas-stand-tp-vol-02-inner-demons||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][us_separator][us_image image=”16678″ align=”center” style=”shadow-1″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.comixology.com%2FBone-Parish-1%2Fdigital-comic%2F695622||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][us_separator][vc_column_text]Bone Parish #1
Publisher
: BOOM! Studios
Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Jonas Scharf
Cover Artist:
     Main Cover: Lee Garbett
     Variant Cover: Rod Reis
Colorist: Alex Giumarães
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Price: $3.99
Synopsis:  Cullen Bunn (The Empty Man, The Unsound) returns to BOOM! Studios with a chilling necromantic horror story.  A new drug is sweeping through the streets of New Orleans—one made from the ashes of the dead. Wars are being fought over who will control the supply, while the demand only rises. While the crime families wage war, users begin to experience terrifying visions of the dead coming back to life—through them.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][us_separator][vc_column_text]The Backstagers Halloween Intermission #1
Publisher
: BOOM! Box, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
Writer: James Tynion IV, Sam Johns
Artist: Rian Sygh, Shan Murphy, Abby Howard, and Savanna Ganucheau
Colorist: Walter Baiamonte
Letterer: Jim Campbell
Cover Artists:
Main Cover:
Rian Sygh
    Incentive Cover: Veronica Fish
Price: $7.99
Synopsis: With the days getting shorter and the nights getting SPOOKIER, the Backstagers are back for the Halloween season with all-new tales of terrors and creepy creatures. When Sasha accidentally falls asleep backstage, he ends up locked in the theater overnight! What lurks in the shadows, what terrors will he discover, and what the heck are the stage managers chanting?

From writers James Tynion IV (Detective Comics, The Woods) and Sam Johns (The Backstagers: Valentines Intermission), and artist Rian Sygh (Adventure Time Fionna and Cake Card Wars, Regular Show), this haunted oversized one-act is a night at the theater you won’t want to miss! With  back-up stories from artists Shan Murphy, Abby Howard, and Savanna Ganucheau this spine-tingling tale of the stage will leave you with goosebumps you can see from the back row![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][us_separator][us_image image=”18347″ align=”center” style=”shadow-1″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fshop.boom-studios.com%2Fcomics%2Fdetail%2F8960%2Fbackstagers-halloween-intermission-1||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][us_separator][us_image image=”17644″ align=”center” style=”shadow-1″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fshop.boom-studios.com%2Fcomics%2Fdetail%2F8899%2Fover-garden-wall-hollow-town-1-main||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][us_separator][vc_column_text]Over the Garden Wall: Hollow Town #1
Publisher
: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
Writer: Celia Lowenthal
Artist: Jorge Monlongo
Cover Artist:
Main Cover:
Celia Lowenthal
    Subscription Cover: Natalie Hall
    Incentive Cover: Miguel Mercado
Price: $3.99
Synopsis: Join Wirt, Greg, and Beatrice on an all-new adventure in the Unknown as they stumble on a small town inhabited entirely by eerie porcelain doll-people. After Greg loses a shoe to a pond-turtle, it’s up to Wirt to earn money for a new pair, leading him to babysit some doll-children that may cause Wirt to stay in town forever… From Celia Lowenthal (The Storyteller: Fairies) and Jorge Monlongo (Powerpuff Girls, Rugrats).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][us_separator][vc_column_text]Sparrowhawk #1
Publisher
: BOOM! Studios
Writer: Delilah S. Dawson
Artist: Matias Basla
Cover Artists:
Main Cover:
Miguel Mercado
    Incentive Cover: Stephanie Hans
Letterer: Jim Campbell
Price: $3.99
Synopsis: Teen Victorian fairy fight club As the illegitimate daughter of a Naval Captain, Artemesia has never fit in with her father’s family, nor the high class world to which they belong. However, when she is targeted by the Faerie Queen and pulled into another realm, she has no choice but to try and save the world that has always hated her.

Writer Delilah S. Dawson (Hellboy: An Assortment of Horror, Star Wars: Forces of Destiny) and artist Matias Basla (The Claw and Fang) present a beautiful, gripping tale perfect for fans of Labyrinth and Princeless.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][us_separator][us_image image=”17948″ align=”center” style=”shadow-1″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fshop.boom-studios.com%2Fcomics%2Fdetail%2F8957%2Fsparrowhawk-1||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][us_separator][us_image image=”9468″ align=”center” style=”shadow-1″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fshop.boom-studios.com%2Fgraphicnovels%2Fdetail%2F8685%2Fwoods-tp-vol-01||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][us_separator][vc_column_text]The Woods Vol. 1 SC
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Michael Dialynas
Cover Artist: Michael Dialynas
Price: $14.99
Synopsis:  On October 16, 2013, 437 students, 52 teachers, and 24 additional staff from Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, WI vanished without a trace. Countless light years away, far outside the bounds of the charted universe, 513 people find themselves in the middle of an ancient, primordial wilderness. Where are they? Why are they there? The answers will prove stranger than anyone could possibly imagine. Collects issues #1-4 of the critically acclaimed series.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][us_separator][vc_column_text]By Night #1
Publisher: BOOM! Box, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
Price: $3.99
Writer: John Allison
Artist: Christine Larsen
Cover Artist:
     Main Cover: Christine Larsen
     Subscription Cover: John Allison
Synopsis:  Eisner-Award winning author John Allison (Giant Days) and artist Christine Larsen (Adventure Time) join forces for a story about coming home, discovering identity, and accidently smashing a hole to another dimension.

Aspiring documentarian (and actual Chemistry major) Jane has recently reunited with her former best friend Heather, amateur urban explorer. When a trip into an abandoned industrial building leads them to another world, their plan begins to unfold—create a documentary about the world and become filthy, filthy rich.  The other side of the portal is filled with monsters, magic and a chance for a whole new life. All they have to do is step through…[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][us_separator][us_image image=”15735″ align=”center” style=”shadow-1″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fshop.boom-studios.com%2Fseries%2Fdetail%2F650%2Fby-night||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][us_separator][us_image image=”11493″ align=”center” style=”shadow-1″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fshop.boom-studios.com%2Fcomics%2Fdetail%2F7725%2Fvictor-lavalle-destroyer-2||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][us_separator][vc_column_text]Victor LaValle’s Destroyer SC
Publisher: BOOM! Box, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
Writer: Victor LaValle
Artist: Dietrich Smith
Cover Artist: Micaela Dawn
Synopsis:  From award-winning novelist Victor LaValle (The Changeling) and illustrator Dietrich Smith (Shaft: Imitation of Life) comes an intense, unflinching story exploring the legacies of love, loss, and vengeance placed firmly in the tense atmosphere and current events of the modern-day United States.

When the last descendant of the Frankenstein family loses her only son to a police shooting, she turns to science for her own justice… putting her on a crash course with her family’s original monster and his quest to eliminate humanity. Collects the complete limited series.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][us_separator][vc_column_text]Low Road West #1 (of 5)
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Writer: Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Artist: Flaviano
Cover Artist:
     Main Cover: Flaviano
     Intermix Cover: David Lafuente
Colorist: Miquel Muerto
Letterer: Jim Campell
Price: $3.99
Synopsis: Eisner Award-nominated writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson (The Power of the Dark Crystal, Aquaman) and artist Flaviano (America, Grayson) present a new limited series. In the aftermath of a nuclear first strike that has left the East Coast uninhabitable, five teenagers are being sent west, away from the wreckage that was once their home.

Halfway through the Oklahoma Dust Bowl, the shuttle that promised safety has broken down, stranding them in the middle of nowhere with only one another to count on.  Their only hope seems to be a town just on the edge of the horizon, but the closer they get the stranger things become. If they want to survive, they will have to learn to trust one another—and with society crumbling around them, trust does not come easily.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][us_separator][us_image image=”18380″ align=”center” style=”shadow-1″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fshop.boom-studios.com%2Fcomics%2Fdetail%2F8882%2Flow-road-west-1-(of-5)||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][us_separator][us_image image=”18346″ align=”center” style=”shadow-1″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fshop.boom-studios.com%2Fgraphicnovels%2Fdetail%2F8838%2Fabbott-tp-vol-01||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][us_separator][vc_column_text]Abbott SC
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Writer:  Saladin Ahmed
Artist: Sami Kivelä
Cover Artist: Taj Tenfold
Price: $17.99
Synopsis: Hugo Award-nominated novelist Saladin Ahmed (Black Bolt) and artist Sami Kivelä (Beautiful Canvas) present one woman’s search for the truth that destroyed her family. Hard-nosed, chain-smoking tabloid reporter Elena Abbott investigates a series of grisly crimes that the police have ignored. Crimes she knows to be the work of dark occult forces. Forces that took her husband from her. Forces she has sworn to destroy. Collects the entire 5-issue series.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][us_separator][vc_column_text]The Empty Man SC
Pulisher: 
BOOM! Studios
Author: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Vanesa R. Del Rey
Cover Artist: Vanesa R. Del Rey
Price:  $19.99
Synopsis: It’s been one year since the first reported case of the Empty Man disease, and no drug has been able to slow its progress. The cause is unknown, and the symptoms include fits of rage, hideous hallucinations, suicidal dementia, followed by death, or a near lifeless, “empty” state of catatonia. As murder cults rise nationwide, the FBI and CDC enter a joint investigation of the Empty Man, hoping to piece together clues to stop the cult and uncover a cure. Collects the complete 6-issue series.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][us_separator][us_image image=”18381″ align=”center” style=”shadow-1″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fshop.boom-studios.com%2Fgraphicnovels%2Fdetail%2F7924%2Fempty-man-tp||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][us_separator][us_image image=”18097″ align=”center” style=”shadow-1″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fshop.boom-studios.com%2Fgraphicnovels%2Fdetail%2F8980%2Fthrilling-adv-hour-tp-vol-01-spirited-romance-||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][us_separator][vc_column_text]The Thrilling Adventure Hour: A Spirited Romance SC
Publisher
: BOOM! Studios
Writer: Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Artist: Phil Hester
Cover Artist: Scott Newman
Price: $14.99
Synopsis: Trading quips and tossing back cocktails, the Doyles take what they want and hoodwink their clientele for the rest. Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, mummies, even diabolical gingerbread men are nothing but obstacles in the way of the liquor cabinet for our fast-talking, hard-drinking sleuths.

Written by the creators of the wildly popular Hollywood stage show and podcast, Ben Acker and Ben Blacker (Deadpool, Star Wars Adventures), and illustrated by Phil Hester (Batman Beyond), The Thrilling Adventure Hour: A Spirited Romance is a rip-roaring adventure that harkens back to the heyday of old-time radio entertainment. Collects The Thrilling Adventure Hour Presents: Beyond Belief #0-4.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][us_separator][vc_column_text]Weavers SC
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Writer: Simon Spurrier
Artist: Dylan Burnett
Cover Artist: Dylan Burnett
Price: $14.99
Synopsis: Written by Simon Spurrier (The Spire, X-Men: Legacy) and illustrated by Dylan Burnett (Interceptor), Weavers is a twisted blend of Lovecraftian horrors and mafia family drama that explores the unnerving effects of power and addiction. In the aftermath of a gang-related attack, Sid Thyme becomes an unlikely new addition to the Weavers, a brutal East Coast crime family.

Members of this syndicate are bound to loyalty thanks to the supernatural spiders inside each of them, granting them powerful and grotesque abilities. Once he realizes what he’s capable of, Sid sets out to uncover the truth behind the mysterious attack, counter to the group’s objectives. Collects the complete limited series.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][us_separator][us_image image=”11494″ align=”center” style=”shadow-1″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fshop.boom-studios.com%2Fgraphicnovels%2Fdetail%2F7339%2Fweavers-tp||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][us_separator size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row]