Showing posts with label witches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label witches. Show all posts

Sunday, December 21, 2025

Countdown to Christmas 2025 Day 21: Yuletide #1-3

Yuletide is a three-issue mini-series from Oni press that came out the last few months. Each issue has three covers but I'm only showing the A covers of each since they feature Lady Perchta, the Christmas Witch. The story is set in modern times but has elements of fantasy and horror. Here is the official summary:

"Have you ever wondered why our brightly colored and joyously cheerful Christmas festivities are held at the peak of winter’s frigid darkness? That is no mere coincidence—and now the truth about the monsters the yuletide holds at bay will finally be revealed in a gleaming gift of epic holiday adventure from creators George Northy (EC’s Shiver SuspenStories) and Rachele Aragno (Leonide the Vampyr)! Welcome to the small town of Christmas, Pennsylvania—the merriest place on Earth . . . or so they’d like everyone to think. When December rolls around, these folks pull out all the stops for America’s biggest, brightest holiday display . . . but not everyone in Christmas, PA, is so enthusiastic. Teens Jake, Abe, and Wyn are more interested in the dark side of the holiday that their parents like to pretend doesn’t exist . . . The ancient legends of mythic monsters and pagan pandemonium that are deeply tied to the festival’s long-forgotten origins. So when their hobby leads them to an abandoned wing of the local Christmas museum to investigate, they’ll discover an ancient relic that, when activated, will bring a furious procession of yuletide horrors long since banished from our plane—and with it, a darkness that has been waiting centuries for its chance to overtake the world! In the tradition The Goonies, Hocus Pocus, and Goosebumps, the countdown to Christmas starts now as Yuletide presents the first three extra-sized, 40-page issues unleashing a monstrous new kind of holiday tale for readers young and old!"




Thursday, October 30, 2025

Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 30: Dick Tracy Halloween Special 2025

Mad Cave Studios released Dick Tracy Halloween Special 2025 yesterday just in time for Halloween. Cover A features Dick Tracy and Tess Trueheart standing on the steps of a very small haunted house. Cover B features Dick Tracy, Flattop, Zombie Dick Tracy and the Blank. The back cover features Zombie Dick Tracy and the Kid, who will eventually become Dick Tracy Jr.

The issue features two stories with the first being the untitled main story that shows Dick Tracy and Tess Trueheart meeting the Kid for the first time. The second story is titled "Witchsplaining" and features Tess Trueheart getting mixed up with the Witch Gang. Here's the official summary:

"THE GHOULS AND GHOSTS ARE OUT IN THE CITY – and so are some of Dick Tracy’s deadliest Rogues…or are they? As Tracy, Pat, Sam, and Tess try to piece together the return of one of The City’s most bloodthirsty killers, other Tracy baddies start to creep out from under the woodwork. But the heroes dig deeper into the twisty mystery and discover something new – and perhaps more sinister! Featuring the Mad Cave debut of one of the most iconic Dick Tracy characters ever – THE KID!"



Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 22: Marian Heretic #1

This week's Women Wednesday post features Marian Heretic #1 that Boom! Studios released this week. Here is the summary:

"Experience a bold new series where divine conviction meets dark compromise. Sister Marian is a witch hunter, a Mother Superior and a heretic — guided by a Goddess the Church refuses to acknowledge. When the Holy Father Church brands her order blasphemers, Marian strikes a dark bargain to become their personal enforcer. As she delivers murderous judgment night after night in the city of Vespers, she can feel her soul fracture… but what can she do with the lives of her sisters at stake?"

Here's the ad for Marian Heretic #2 featuring Ravenna and Sister Marian:


Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 15: Grimm Fairy Tales: 2025 Halloween Pinup Special

Zenescope Entertainment celebrated the spooky season by releasing Grimm Fairy Tales: 2025 Halloween Pinup Special last week. I'm posting about it today as this week's Women Wednesday post. The main story is "Dracula: King of Hell" and full of blood and destruction. There are several pinups of the female characters from Zenescope dressed in different costumes.

There are various alternative covers with Cover A featuring Gretal as a witch. Cover B features Cinderalla wearing a devil costume and Cover C features Liesel Van Helsing as a demonic steampunk vampire.


Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 14: Cold Kisser

The eighth book in the Creepers series is Cold Kisser. Tommy McDonald is a teen focused on becoming a journalist that meets the new girl at school named Sally Anne Dickens. His best friend, George, moves quickly on her and confesses later to kissing her. He says that her lips were so cold that he felt like he froze. Tommy and Sally Anne finally get together but she has a big secret. She is a winter witch and was Tommy's true love when he was an Egyptian prince in a past life. She has been trying to help him in previous past lives since then. Another great page turner and quick read at 122 pages. Overall, I give this book an A+ and highly recommend it.



Friday, October 10, 2025

Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 10: The Golden Goblet by Edgar J. Hyde

Mixing humor with ghosts, demons and witches, The Golden Goblet by Edgar J. Hyde is the fourth book in the Creepers series. Shona MacDonnell is a thirteen-year-old girl born in Scotland but lives in Washington, D.C. with her parents. Granny MacDonnell is her grandmother that still lives in Scotland and visits Shona in her dreams. Granny informs her in a dream that she is dying after suffering from a stroke. Shona is introduced to good ghosts and demons before finding out that she is next in line to be the clan's witch. She is told about the Golden Goblet and the Secret Memory contained within it. The family moves to Scotland due to her dad's job and to be closer to Granny. Shona then meets the bad ghosts and demons in a dream. They tell her of their plans for the Golden Goblet and how their descendant is going to use to rule the world. The second half of the book is better than the first. I give it a solid B mostly because Edgar J. Hyde is mentioned in the Epilogue.



Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 7: Stage Fright by Edgar J. Hyde

The second stand alone book in the Creepers series is Stage Fright . There are some really scary parts as three teen girls (Jo, Melissa and Jenny) uncover the mysterious secret about the school play in which the trio are playing three evil witches. Luckily for them, they also have some help from the play writer's ghost. Overall, I give this one a A- and highly recommend it.



Friday, October 03, 2025

Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 3: Mike and Ike Sour Spooky Treats

I actually picked up this box of Mike and Ike Sour Spooky Treats right before Labor Day this year at the local Walmart's. Yeah, they had some Halloween candy, costumes and decorations out early this year. The box is decorated with evil-looking jack-o'-lanterns with one wearing a witch's hat. The flavors are Sour Ghoulish Grape, Sour Orange Scream and Sour Wicked Watermelon. I should have picked out the watermelon candies because they were very strong and aweful tasting (I'm not a big fan of watermelon candy anyway). Here's the front and back of the box:



Thursday, October 02, 2025

Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 2: Archie's Halloween Spectacular #1

Archie Comics continues to celebrate 80 years and the spooky season with Archie's Halloween Spectacular #1. This one-shot comes out today and the cover by Dan Parent features Archie as a vampire, Jughead as a mummy, Veronica as a witch, Betty as a prom queen and Medusa Doom (she doesn't appear in any of the stories inside this issue). There is an alternate cover featuring Archie along with Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula and the Mummy. The original story is "Trick or Treat" featuring the South Side Serpents (Toni, Weasel, Termite, Fangs and Daisy). Other stories include "One Prank Too Far" with the Archie gang and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Betty and Veronica in "That's the Spirit!", "Ruff Halloween", "It Ghost to Show You", "The Ghostest with the Mostest".  Here is the official summary:

"Archie’s Halloween Spectacular #1 (2025) : This ain’t no trick, we’re TREATing you with a Halloween spectacular that’s BIGGER than ever! Now packed with over 40 PAGES of content, including a BRAND NEW STORY! The South Side Serpents are trying to recruit new members — and what better time to start their initiation than Halloween? This story is filled to the brim with tricks! Featuring fan-favorite characters and returning new faces like MEDUSA DOOM!"



Wednesday, September 03, 2025

Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Magic Unleashed #1

I've been down with the flu for the past week so it was nice to see Archie Comics releasing Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Magic Unleased #1 today. Here's the official summary:

"Now packed with 30 PAGES of story content, including a BRAND-NEW STORY! Sabrina’s greatest foe, the evil witch Mother Striga, is back and this time she’s enlisted the aid of the wicked scientist Mad Doc Doom and his daughter Medusa! Will the powers of science be too much for Sabrina’s magic, and who can she turn to for help? Plus, a SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION VARIANT COVER featuring the art from the very first appearance of Sabrina in comics!"

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Grimm Fairy Tales 20th Anniversary Pinup Special

Zenescope Entertainment released the Grimm Fairy Tales 20th Anniversary Pinup Special earlier this week. Having a sexy Tinkerbelle on the cover is a stroke of genius since Spring started this week. Along with several pinups of your favorite women from various fairy tales, there is also a never before published short story that is a prelude to Grimm Fairy Tales: Once Upon the End of Time.

One of my favorite pinups features Snow White having her white panties exposed. You won't be seeing that in the live action movie that was released in theaters yesterday.

You also won't be seeing this version of the Wicked Witch in the Wicked movie:


Monday, October 28, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 28: Halloween Loading Screen at SuperCity

The loading screen at SuperCity on Facebook is decked out for Halloween again this year. See if you can spot the witches, Frankenstein's monster, the Ghostbusters car, devil, ghosts, jack o'lanterns, haunted house and other scary and non-scary items.


Monday, October 21, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 21: McDonald's Boo Buckets 2024

McDonald's Boo Buckets are back for 2024 with the Happy Meals for a limited time. They started October 15th. There are four of them again and the theme is fuzzy monsters. The colors are blue, white, orange and green. They include the sticker inserts instead of lids.

I wasn't planning on getting any of the Boo Buckets this year. However, my sister and I got a craving for cheeseburger Happy Meals with fries and Cokes. We both ended up with the Blue Boo Bucket. It has three different faces.



The front of the insert has eighteen stickers that can be used to dress up the Blue Boo Bucket. There is a witch's hat, a witch's broom, a ghost, a spider, a spider's web and even a Blue Boo Bucket with the stickers on it.

The back of the insert is a black and white drawing with how many can your find game. One can probably also color the drawing.

This is the fourth Boo Bucket that I have gotten in the last few years. I'm glad that I got a blue one this year. I already have an orange, green and purple Boo Buckets from previous years. I don't plan on collecting all four Boo Buckets for 2024.

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 20: Crypt of Shadows #1 (2024)

The 2024 edition of Marvel's The Crypt of Shadows #1 features Agatha Harkness now known as Lady Harkness, Scarlet Witch, Blade, Vision, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Jack Russsell aka the Werewolf by Night, Kraven the Hunter and Man-Thing on the cover. There are only four stories in this issue starting off with "Bad Reception" that features Lady Harkness viewing the other stories in her crystal ball. "Do Androids Dream in the Witch House?" features Vision and the Scarlet Witch. "The Green Tide" features Man-Thing and Namor. "Monster Games" finds Kraven battling the Werewolf by Night and Blade. The issue ends with Lady Harkness concluding the "Bad Reception" segment.


Friday, October 18, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 18: Halloween at SuperCity

I have been playing a lot of SuperCity on Facebook this week. I created an area on the City Center map devoted to Halloween. There are haunted houses, ghosts, skulls, pumpkins, spooky lights and more. This is what the area looked like on my first attempt:

I won a lot of Halloween decorations and buildings while playing the airship event at SuperCity Islands that I had to expand the area:

SuperCity can be a little tedious at times but there are always special events around the holidays. Around Thanksgiving, I might scatter the Halloween decorations and buildings in either the Highlands or Enchanted Forest map and then create a Christmas area on the Snow Plateau map

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 16: Witches of Past and Present Magazine

I picked up the copy of Witches of Past and Present magazine two weeks ago at the local Walmart's. I'm posting it today for this week's Women Wednesday post. There are five sections: Ancient Origins, Medieval Magic, Sorcery Under Attack, Out of the Shadows, On the Page, Stage and Screen. Each section ends with a one-page Witchcraft Through History article. The first is Witch of Endor with the second being The Witch of Ripabianca. The third is Mother Shipton while the fourth is Doreen Valiente. The fifth and last article is Margaret Hamilton, who is best known as the Wicked Witch from the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz. The magazine is also loaded with pictures of various sizes.



Friday, October 04, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 4: Multiversus: Collison Detected #2

Multiversus: Collison Detected #2 (December, 2024) is now out from DC Comics. The cover features the Wicked Witch from the Wizard of Oz viewing Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Harley Quinn, Tom, Jerry, Scooby Doo, Shaggy and Bugs Bunny trapped in her crystal ball. As a bonus, there is a backup story featuring AEW wrestler, Swerve Strickland.


Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Halloween Countdown 2024 Day 1: Mike & Ike Sour Spooky Treats

Today we kick off this year's Countdown to Halloween with Mike & Ike Sour Spooky Treats. The front of the box shows three angry-looking Jack-O'-Lanterns with one of them wearing a witch's hat. The candy comes in three flavors: Sour Ghoulish Grape, Sour Orange Scream and Sour Wicked Watermelon. I was hestitant to try these because I'm not a big watermelon fan. I guess Sour Pumpkinheads probably wouldn't taste very good either. For me, the grape and orange candies were not bad tasting but the watermelon ones tasted like watermelon that had been sitting out for a week or two. If I ever get another box of these, then I'm picking the Sour Wicked Watermelons out and handing them out as tricks for the little beggers.



Saturday, September 28, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Warning

Yes, I will be partaking in the annual Countdown to Halloween event this year. I have a few treats and maybe a trick or two. I choose the witch version of the Cryptkeeper 2024 badge.