Archie Comics: Judgement Day
Aubrey Sitterson and Megan Hutchison. Archie Comics, Sept. 30 ($12.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-88967-324-8)
Riverdale is overrun with demon creatures, and it’s up to Archie to drive them out.
Aquinnah
Matteo Casali, Rachele Aragno, and Clarissa Saccani. Dark Horse, Aug. 12 ($29.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-5067-3700-3)
A young woman who has been in pain since girlhood finds out from a stranger that she’s the key to unlocking a realm of secrets and monsters.
Creatures & Corridors
Brandon Auman and Andrea Mutti. Lab, Nov. 11 ($49.99, ISBN 978-1-964226-09-5)
In a story that unfolds like a more horrific Jumanji, teens in the 1990s defy the rules to start a role-playing game that unearths terrors.
The Dark Room
Gerry Duggan and Scott Buoncristiano. Image, Sept. 30 ($19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-5343-9869-6)
A collector of cursed objects and a piece of film that captured the image of evil are the center of this tale of ghouls invading New York City.
Dogtangle
Max Huffman. Fantagraphics, Nov. 4 ($19.99, ISBN 979-8-8750-0129-1)
Two ambitious capitalists marry and create the Hypermutt, a Cerberus-like creature that keeps absorbing other dogs into its
many-headed canine tangle.
The Dragons of Paris
Joann Sfar and Tony Sandoval. Magnetic, Dec. 2 ($24.99, ISBN 978-1-63715-958-3)
The French city hosts giant mythical beasts during the Belle Époque.
Drome
Jesse Lonergan. 23rd St., Aug. 19 ($29.99, ISBN 978-1-250-38693-9)
Gods play with monsters and men as “a fantastical world is run through the wringer by a capricious deity in this gorgeous and bloody graphic adventure,” per PW’s review.
Heaven, West Virginia
Ravi Teixeira. Oni, Nov. 11 ($19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-63715-874-6)
In a small Appalachian town, a creature no one else can see stalks a young man mourning a complicated loss.
Hunger
Nihaarika Negi and Joe Bocardo. Lab, Oct. 14 ($49.99, ISBN 978-1-964226-08-8)
A woman with a fearsome thirst revolts against the colonial elite in 1896 Bombay.
Huge Detective
Adam Rose and Magenta King. Titan Comics, Oct. 21 ($19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-78774-334-2)
Two detectives—one giant, the other human size—team up when a series of crimes threaten the peace of Brobdingnag.
Keeping Score (Hyde Street #1)
Geoff Johns et al. Image, Oct. 14 ($14.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-5343-3536-3)
From the creator-owned Ghost Machine line, this series opener strolls down a side street populated by threats like “The Matinee Monster,” “Dr. Ego,” and “The Scorekeeper.”
Kraken
Shannon Eric Denton and David Hartman. Titan Comics, Sept. 30 ($17.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-78774-536-0)
In the 1930s, a tentacled hero-slash-monster fights off a sorceress, various scary creatures, and Nazis.
Los Monstruos
James Robinson and Jesus Merino. Dark Horse, Jan. 6 ($19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-5067-4686-9)
The denizens of Los Monstruos, Calif., are straight out of a 1950s creature feature—and a werewolf P.I. is on the case when vampire and mummy mobsters clash.
Of Swamp & Sea
Mia Jay Boulton and Laurel Boulton. 23rd St., Nov. 4 ($29.99, ISBN 978-1-250-38694-6)
Mercy enlists a winsome monster hunter to avenge her father against a mist wolf but becomes wolfish herself.
Past Time
Joe Harris and Russell Mark Olson. Mad Cave, Oct. 14 ($17.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-5458-1261-7)
A vampire baseball hopeful yearns to go pro—but he can only play at night.
Pig Wife
Abbey Luck. Top Shelf, Jan. 13 ($29.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-60309-572-3)
Teenager Mary runs from domestic violence and hides in an abandoned mine. There, she meets someone unexpected.
Silver: Unearthed
Mike Carroll and Joe Currie. 2000 AD, Dec. 18 ($24 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-83786-559-8)
Humanity is fighting an alien invasion, and wakes up a sleeping vampire, Baroness DeSilva, to help.
Through The Blight (The Autumn Kingdom #1)
Cullen Bunn and Christopher Mitten. Oni, Sept. 2 ($19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-63715-838-8)
A fantasy writer gets kidnapped and his daughters chase fairy monsters through the forest to retrieve him.
Universal Monsters: The Mummy
Faith Erin Hicks and Lee Loughridge. Image, Nov. 11 ($24.99, ISBN 978-1-5343-3218-8)
Eisner winner Hicks reimagines the classic tale of an archaeological dig that calls forth a walking corpse from his sacred grave.
When I Lay My Vengeance Upon Thee
Gus Moreno and Jakub Rebelka. Boom! Studios, Jan. 6 ($19.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89215-563-2)
A priest with a terrible past is sent to a South American island where exorcists shake out the local evils.
Who Killed Nessie? The Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster
Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith. Avery Hill, Sept. 18 ($19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-917355-23-0)
In a Scottish cryptids hotel, the Loch Ness Monster is the victim of a murder.
