“The Monster Squad” meets “Final Motion Hero”
Supernatural horror followers can scream with glee as Darkish Horse Comics presents a completely new style of terror in The Midnite Present. The four-issue sequence reunites the creators of The Sixth Gun, Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, and Invoice Crabtree. Joined by letterer Jim Campbell (The Nice British Bump-Off), they inform the story of a cursed film manufacturing and the horror followers caught within the creepy creature crossover lifeless set on bringing their nightmares to life.
Basil Saxon is a legend amongst horror followers. Over fifty years in the past, he vanished throughout a freak accident on the set of the movie that might have been his masterpiece. The cursed movie–God of Monsters–was by no means accomplished and has by no means been seen. However when a movie competition exhibits footage from the long-lost film, traditional horror monsters manifest to wreak havoc and terror on the unsuspecting populace. A ragtag group of misfits should band collectively to cease essentially the most well-known creatures of all time and ship them again to the realm of celluloid nightmares.
“I’ve been calling this guide ‘popcorn horror.’ It is a guide that is stuffed with chills and thrills. Our heroes are in horrible hazard,” mentioned sequence author, Cullen Bunn. “The monsters they’re dealing with are terrifying. However this story can also be quite a lot of enjoyable! A horror romp with motion, humor, coronary heart, and quite a lot of bloodshed. These monsters imply bloody enterprise!”
Readers get a entrance row seat to the type of grindhouse gothic horror that you just’d hope would keep firmly within the creativeness, because the would-be victims wrestle to outlive in a world the place the harmful, notorious monsters of the silver display have discovered their means into actual life. Followers of The Sixth Gun, Harrow County, and Manor Black will take pleasure in a narrative that’s essentially the most enjoyable you’ll be able to have whereas terrified.
“Brian and I didn’t simply throw a bunch of random monsters collectively for this guide. We created an in depth historical past for them, an in depth historical past of Midnite Studios. In some ways, we’ve created a brand new horror universe inside a horror universe!” mentioned Bunn.
The Midnite Present #1 (of 4) with cowl (and inside) artist Brian Hurtt can be in comedian outlets October 4, 2023 The difficulty additionally options variant covers by Dan Brereton and Francesco Francavilla. It’s obtainable for pre-order now at your native comedian store for $3.99. Popcorn not included.
Reward for The Sixth Gun and Manor Black:
“This may increasingly sound like easy stuff on paper, however choreographing the scenes collectively like this takes quite a lot of work. It pays off in spades although. With only a few pauses for establishing photographs to indicate spatial relationships between characters, the power stays excessive from scene to scene. The pacing is incredible.”—Multiversity Comics “If you’re seeking to bounce into the world of The Sixth Gun or are searching for a supernatural Western, look no additional: this guide is enjoyable, mysterious, and harmful.”—AIPT
“As a horror nerd who eats, sleeps, and breathes the style, the subtlety of constructing dread whereas infusing it with magic is true up my alley and an instance of how robust the sequence begins. In Manor Black #1, we get broad brushstrokes of the characters to come back, and I wish to know a lot extra. Since this situation is a primary, it does its job. Manor Black #1 has laid the constructing blocks for a darkish world that I’m excited to fall into.”—However Why Tho ?