Monster Monday: Megaghost Volume 2 #2

Dark Horse Comics and Albatross Funnybooks released Megaghost volume 2 #2 last week. Here is the official summary:

"A perfect sunny afternoon turns into a nightmare of endless night when the sinister supervillain ultraghoul invites some special guests to visit the haunted hamlet of Dunwich Heights: nosferatons, space vampires from the Dark Side of the Moon! These sci-fi fiends are out to conquer the world, and only junior occultist martin magus and the supernatural giant robot megaghost can stop them… if the intergalactic vampire bat kaiju Drakulaar doesn’t suck them dry first! And how are teen occult detective Joanna Dee and the nefarious nethergods connected to all of this?"

Cover of Megaghost Volume 2 #2 from Dark Horse Comics and Albatross Funnybooks

Monster Monday: Hellboy in Love: Black Eyes One-Shot

Dark Horse Comics released Hellboy in Love: Black Eyes one-shot last week. The cover is by Alex Nieto and the script is by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. Here is the official summary:

"A cozy visit with retired B.P.R.D agents Archie and Margaret takes a chilly turn when Hellboy and Anastasia investigate the local ghost, whose once only legendary wails have been disturbing their quaint village with more and more urgency."

Cover of Hellboy in Love: Black Eyes One-Shot from Dark Horse Comics

Women Wednesday: Vampirella #1 (Legacy #688) Cover Gallery

Dark Horse Comics released Vampirella ! (Legacy % 688) today. Here is the official summary:

"Having lost both her Vampiri powers and the baby she stole from her sister Vampirella, a now-human Draculina faces the further loss of her newfound peace of mind when her thirst for blood is cruelly reawakened. Confronted with the prospect of once again being consumed by the evil appetites that had controlled her for centuries, Draculina embarks on a desperate quest to break the patterns of her past — or die trying!"

Cover Gallery Page 1 of Vampirella #1 (Legacy #688) from Dark Horse Comics

Cover Gallery Page 2 of Vampirella #1 (Legacy #688) from Dark Horse Comics

Cover Gallery Page 3 of Vampirella #1 (Legacy #688) from Dark Horse Comics

Fantasy Friday: Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories - Jace #1

Dark Horse Comics released Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories - Jace #1 last week. Here is the official summary:

"Jace Beleren is the most talented mind mage in the Multiverse. A master of telepathy, illusion, and memory distortion, Jace’s heroic feats are tainted by a duplicitous past that threatens to unravel him at any given moment."

 

Monster Monday: MegaGhost Volume 2 #1

Dark Horse Comics and Albatross Funnybooks released MegaGhost volume 2 #1 last week. This is the first issue in a four-part mini-series. Here is the official summary:

"Young scholar of the strange Martin Magus and the supernatural giant robot MegaGhost defend the city of Dunwich Heights against the threat of the Occult Kaiju. But a new menace looms, for the sinister necromancer known as Ultraghoul has made a deal with the Nethergods, dark powers from another dimension, to give him the power to defeat his arcane archenemy for once and for all!"

Cover of MegaGhost Volume 2 #1 from Dark Horse Comics and Albatross Funnybooks

Monster Monday: Touched by a Demon #1

Dark Horse Comics is celebrating 40 years and released Touched by a Demon #1 last week. The cover features Bifrons and Zuzu. The story is a interesting mix of humor, horror and drama. Here is the official summary:

"Bifrons, a washed-up demon stuck in Hell, misses the good old days when he lived in Heaven. Looking for a shot at redemption, he sets up shop on Earth as a life coach for mortals, determined to rack up enough good deeds to earn his way back upstairs. With help from his loyal assistant Zuzu and a soul named Elaine, he tries to guide humans toward salvation. But the big question remains: can a creature of pure evil really change — or is he doomed to fail?"

Cover of Touched by a Demon #1 from Dark Horse Comics

Science Fiction Saturday: Space Scouts #1

Dark Horse Comics and Flux House Books dropped Space Scouts #1 earlier this week and it's good on so many levels. It has a wraparound cover while the artwork and story make me feel like it should be in an issue of Heavy Metal. This will be a three-issue mini-series and I already can't wait for #2. Here's the official summary:

A young girl heads to the center of the universe to compete in a reality show to become the next “Space Scout.” What starts as a teenage drama turns into deadly war at the edge of the universe as the “winning” recruits are sent into a clandestine interminable battle that they most likely won’t survive.

 

Science Fiction Saturday: Resident Alien: The Book of Changes #1

Like most things, I'm late into getting Resident Alien. I knew about the several comic book series from Dark Horse Comics starting in 2012 but never read any of them. I didn't watch the Syfy/USA tv series that started in 2021 and ended this year until the fourth and final season started early this year. I binged watched them from the beginning and greatly enjoyed the show. This week Dark Horse Comics released a new mini-series starting with Resident Alien: The Book of Changes #1 that came out this past week. Here's the official summary:

"Return to Patience, USA, the seemingly sleepy town with numerous mysteries and secrets — and a handful of those are interplanetary! Harry and Asta, having recently welcomed their child Clover into the world, now welcome several visitors from Harry’s home planet. Agent Jones returns, and a new Resident Alien comics arc begins!"

Cover of Resident Alien: The Book of Changes #1 from Dark Horse Comics

It should be noted that Asta is the alien Harry's girlfriend in the comics while she is only his best friend on the tv series.

Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Hellfire #2 Cover A

Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Hellfire #2 is finally out from Dark Horse Comics. I'm still digging the story jumping back and forth between 1979 and 1985. I still have yet to watch a single episode of Stranger Things.

Cover A of Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Hellfire #2 from Dark Horse Comics

Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Hellfire #1 Cover A

Dark Horse Comics released Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Hellfire #1 this week. This will be a four-issue mini series that follows Eddie Munson's rise to de facto leader of the Hellfire Club. The story jumps back and forth from 1978 and 1985. I still have yet to watch an episode of the Stranger Things tv series but I used to play Dungeons & Dragons so this is a must have.

Cover A of Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Hellfire #1 from Dark Horse Comics

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 25: Headless Horseman Annual 2024

The Headless Horseman Annual 2024 was released earlier this week from Dark Horse Comics. The cover features a headless woman and Frankenstein-like monster with a horse's head. There are five horror stories in this issue introduced by the female headless horseman. The first story is "Leech Lake" about three teen girls that usually goes trick or treating every year but two of them decide to go to a party instead. The second story is "Feeder" about a zombie just trying to survive after the zombie apocalypse. "Stingy Jack and the Cursed Lantern" is the third story that tells the origin of Stingy Jack O'Lantern (this is my favorite). The fourth story is "The Spice of Life (and Death)" that finds a couple not getting along with their new neighbors (this one is my second favorite). "Little Rabbit" is the fifth story about a girl escaping and running away.

Cover of Headless Horseman Annual 2024 from Dark Horse Comics

Countdown to Christmas 2023 Day 15: Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat Cover

Set in 1990, Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat finds Hellboy in Iceland investigating rumors of the Jolakotturinn, which is a big cat eating children that had not earned enough to buy new clothes for Christmas. Of course, the finds something more than he bargained for.

Cover of Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat

Women Wednesday: Ghost/Batgirl Mini Series Covers

Ghost/Batgirl is a four-issue mini series from 200 from Dark Horse and DC Comics. The two women butt heads with Malcom Greymater and Two-Face. This Batgirl is the Cassandra Cain version in case you keeping score. Oracle also shows up to help out.

Ghost/Batgirl #1 Cover

Ghost/Batgirl #2 Cover

Ghost/Batgirl #3 Cover

Ghost/Batgirl #4 Cover

Science Fiction Saturday: The Orville Season 1.5: New Beginnings

Dark Horse put out a four-part mini-series based on the television show, The Orville starring Seth MacFarlane. The first of the two comic book storylines, New Beginnings, sees Ed and Gordon's journey to a fleet conference interrupted by a distress call from what appears to be a Union ship that is older than a century, while Kelly has to intercede in a domestic dispute on board the Orville itself as Bortus plans to enroll Topa in school despite his young age.

The Orville #1: New Beginnings Part 1 cover from Dark Horse

The Orville #2: New Beginnings Part 2 cover from Dark Horse

The second storyline, The Word of Avis, begins on the third issue, as the ship discovers what appears to be a Union ship headed toward Krill space — but the reality is something far more complicated and potentially deadly.

The Orville #3: The World of Avis Part 1 cover from Dark Horse

The Orville #4: The World of Avis Part 2 cover from Dark Horse

Dark Horse also collected all four issues and released the trade paperback, The Orville Season 1.5: New Beginnings on February 18, 2020:

The Orville Season 1.5: New Beginnings Trade Paperback from Dark Horse

Barb Wire #3 Preview

I can't believe that I haven't posted anything about Barb Wire before now. I didn't even know that she was back in a new series from Dark Horse. Here is the cover from Barb Wire #3 by Adam Hughes:

You can read the five page preview here.

The Return of Captain Midnight

Dark Horse is releasing Captain Midnight #1 on July 31, 2013, which marks the return of the ace pilot that originally started as a radio serial in 1938. He then started appearing in a comic strip, a comic book serial published by Fawcett, a movie serial and a television series. This is not his first revival for Moonstone Publishing released Air Fighters Comics #1 in 2009 with a new Captain Midnight story. He was then reintroduced by Dark Horse in 2012 in Dark Horse Presents #18–#20, which was collected in Captain Midnight #0. In the new series, he will escape the Bermuda Triangle to the present time.

You can view a seven page preview of Captain Midnight #1 here.

TFAW Grab Bag #41: The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1

James Jean did the cover of this version of Dark Horse's The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1 (September 2007). This is a strange mix of steampunk and superheroes. Dr. Reginald Hargreeves aka the Monocle collects, er, adopts seven of forty-three extraordinary children. He is the inventor of several items including the Mobile Umbrella Communicator and a space alien. Ten years later, the children battle the zombie robot Gustave Eiffel, who is controlling his Tower. They are given numbers instead of names like Number One, who is the leader. Twenty years later they reunite after the death of the Monocle. Number One is now known as Spaceboy and the rest have actual names. I would like to read the rest of this limited series. Unfortunately, I received six copies of this issue from TFAW.

This is the last of the grab bag comics from TFAW. As you can tell, I did not fare very well with the fifty issues from Dark Horse. I can see two or three copies of the same issue but getting six or eight issues was ridiculous.

TFAW Grab Bag #40: Star Wars: Underworld - The Yavin Vassilika #3, #4 and #5

The variant of Dark Horse's Star Wars: Underworld - The Yavin Vassilika #3 (February 2001) features a photo of Harrison Ford as Han Solo. The adventure is fun but I am not crazy about the interior art by Carlos Meglia. I received eight copies of this issue in the grab bag from TFAW.

I also received one copy of Star Wars: Underworld - The Yavin Vassilika #4 (April 2001). Shame that Andrew Robinson and Dave Stewart only did the cover artwork.

I also received six copies of the photo cover variant of #4.

Finally, I received one copy of Star Wars: Underworld - The Yavin Vassilika #5 (June 2001). I am not a big fan of the cover by Carlos Meglia.

TFAW Grab Bag #39: Star Wars: Starfighter - Crossbones #2

I received Star Wars: Starfighter - Crossbones #2 (February 2002) from TFAW as part of their grab bag comic special. This issue has Nym fighting an alien shark-like creature called the relix on the planet Maramere. I liked this issue but only needed one copy instead of the three that I received.

TFAW Grab Bag #38: Rapture #3

Mike Allred did the variant cover to Dark Horse's Rapture #3 (July 2009). From what I gather from this issue, there are Champions with broken spears. One is young woman that talks to a cloaked figure and wants to do nothing else but find her boyfriend. Meanwhile, New York City is in ruins and there is a masked preteen boy with a broken spear. He is pretty creepy for he carries his mom's head, drinks booze and makes others worship him. There are also cannibals running around. Pretty weird comic book so I like it. What I dislike is that I have three copies of the same issue.