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

Monster Monday: Estuary: A Ghost Story

Oni Press released Estuary: A Ghost Story last week. I could have posted this yesterday as a Supernatural Sunday. Here is the official summary:

"Atop a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean sits the Mission at Arbues Point, a 400-year-old Spanish mission made infamous as one of California’s oldest and most haunted historical sites. But beneath its crumbling, tourist-trap facade, a reclusive nun has spent decades within the Mission’s walls, honing her prayers and practice in pursuit of a secret long-buried beneath the majesty of the chapel, and under the dark waves of the tidal estuary below. When marine archaeologist Maris Cristobal accepts the nun’s offer to begun excavating a fabled shipwreck lying in wait beneath the Mission’s turbulent waters, she’ll soon discover that the sins of past and present are about to wash together into a harrowing surge of a vengeance that can no longer be contained..."

Cover of Estuary: A Ghost Story from Oni Press

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

Countdown to Valentine's Day 2026 Day 9: Monsters in Love Coloring Book

This week's Monster Monday spotlights Monsters in Love Coloring Book at Amazon. You'll find various monsters, skeletons, mummies and ghosts to color. Okay, you might not have to color the ghosts unless you want them to match your non-white sheets. The horror in this is suitable for all ages and is cute to boot.

Monsters in Love Coloring Book at Amazon

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Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 27: Monster Cereals 2025

This year's Monster Cereals celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Jim Henson's Company by having the trio looking like Muppets. Our local Walmart's actually had some family size boxes stocked in early September then received a whole pallet of them in early October. I didn't grab any of the early ones because it was just too soon for me. I did grab all three Monster Cereals, but I have only finished Count Chocula and Franken Berry. I'm about halfway through Boo Berry. The back of the boxes features various Muppet monsters and can be connected together to make one large piece.

Front of Monster Cereals 2025 Boxes

Front of Count Chocula 2025 Box

Front of Franken Berry 2025 Box

Backs of Count Chocula and Franken Berry 2025 Boxes

Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 17: Mirror, Mirror by Edgar J. Hyde

Mirror, Mirror is the tenth and final stand alone book in the Creepers series. The Molina family finds an antique mirror for their new home when seven-year-old Sophie finds an old wind-up music box with a dancing ballerina that she must have. Her parents are quick to cave in while her older sisters, Maya and Dani, could care less. The store owner tells them that the mirror and music box both came from the same estate. Later at home, Sophie plays the music box and soon sees a young ghost named Sara in the mirror. She tells her sisters, who don't believe her until they also see the ghost. Their mother's sister, Camila, comes for a visit and brings them a puppy, which Sophie names Sweetie. She has to watch the three girls while their parents attend a fundraiser. Sweetie goes missing and ends up with Sara in the mirror. It's up to Maya and Dani to uncover the ghost's past and set things right. This is more of a sad book than a scary one for me. I found myself wanting to see what happens next. Overall, I give this an A+ and highly recommend it if you enjoy sad ghost stories. Includes the first two chapters of Doctor Death.

Front Cover of Mirror, Mirror by Edgar J. Hyde

Back Cover of Mirror, Mirror by Edgar J. Hyde

Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 12: The Gravedigger by Edgar J. Hyde

The sixth stand alone book in the Creepers series is The Gravedigger by Edgar J. Hyde. The Price family includes father Andrew, son Jamie and daughter Paula. Their ghostly friends include Count Vania, who faints at the sight of blood, and Wolfie, a werewolf that's afraid of his own reflection. Their other ghostly friends include Mummy, who trips over his own bandages, and Lex Killon, a headless ghost that was on the Titanic that spits out saltwater when he tries to talk. The Price family and the ghosts recently moved to a house in the center of a graveyard. Ebenezer Krim is the graveyard gardener that planned on buying the house. He pays a visit and accuses Paula of knocking over twenty-three gravestones the night before. She lets it slip that it was actually Mummy that did it. Krim teams up with a sinister ghost named the Gravedigger, who was a former employee of the graveyard. I thought the friendly four ghosts was going make this a silly book. Instead, it was actually good with a nice mix of humor and scares. My only complaint was that it was too short at 104 pages. Overall, I give it an A-.

Front Cover of The Gravedigger by Edgar J. Hyde

Back Cover of The Gravedigger by Edgar J. Hyde

Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 11: Ghost Writer by Edgar J. Hyde

Ghost Writer by Edgar J. Hyde is the fifth book in the Creepers series. Charlie, Kate and Neil are teens that move into a haunted house with their parents. Charlie is writing stories for the school paper when he notices additional writing in his notebook. He also starts having a recurring dream about dying in a bricked-up room. Charlie is the first to see the ghost before his younger siblings also see him. The trio starts investigating past deaths and disappearances, which leads to a murderer that is a demonic cult leader. Very scary moments in this one and the best book in the series so far. Overall, I give it an A+ and highly recommend it.

Front Cover of Ghost Writer by Edgar J. Hyde

Back Cover of Ghost Writer by Edgar J. Hyde

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.

Front Cover of The Golden Goblet by Edgar J. Hyde

Back Cover of The Golden Goblet by Edgar J. Hyde

Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 9: Pen Pals by Edgar J. Hyde

The third book in the Creepers series is Pen Pals by Edgar J. Hyde. Olivia, Natasha, Marcie and Ellis are four teen friends. Strange things starts happening when Olivia gets a note passed to her and Ellis starts distancing herself from the others. A ghost girl from the early 1800s shows herself to Olivia and tries to warn her of danger. There is a nice scene involving the girls attending a Halloween costume party. A short read at 104 pages with some interesting scares. However, the ending felt rushed to me. Overall, I still give this young adult horror book a B+. Includes the first chapter of The Piano.

Front Cover of Pen Pals by Edgar J. Hyde

Back Cover of Pen Pals by Edgar J. Hyde

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.

Front Cover of Stage Fright by Edgar J. Hyde

Back Cover of Stage Fright by Edgar J. Hyde

Countdown to Halloween 2025 Day 6: The Piano by Edgar J. Hyde

I picked up ten books of the Creepers series by Edgar J. Hyde at the local Dollar Tree last month. Each stand alone book was $1.25 and are 125 pages long. The first book of the series is The Piano, which I read last night since it was a quick read. The story is basically about a family of four buying a possessed piano. This was more suspenseful than scary, but I still had fun reading it. Overall, I gave it a B+ for the ending alone.

Front Cover of The Piano by Edgar J. Hyde

Back Cover of The Piano by Edgar J. Hyde

Women Wednesday: Zatanna #1 and #2

Zatanna #1 came out last month and #2 came out today. I decided to read both of them today and they are both pretty good. The first issue introduces us to some of her crew for her new magic show including Adam. The ghost of the actress known only as the Lady White is also introduced.

Cover of Zatanna #1 from DC Comics

Showtime from Zatanna #1 from DC Comics

The cover of Zatanna shows her with Blue Devil, who also appears inside along with Bobo the Detective Chimp and Madame Xanadu. We also find out that the Lady White and the being known as Adam has ties to Brother Night. I can't wait to read the next issue to see where this series goes.

Cover of Zatanna #2 from DC Comics

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 31 Bonus: McDonald's White Boo Bucket 2024

You know that it had to happen for I just couldn't help myself. I got another Halloween Happy Meal from McDonald's a few nights ago and got this White Boo Bucket. This is another fuzzy monster but doesn't have the horns that the blue one has. The first face looks kind of sad or low on energy.

White Boo Bucket 2024 from McDonald's Face #1

The second face looks a lot happier.

White Boo Bucket 2024 from McDonald's Face #2

The third face looks pretty shocked that someone is reaching in for treats.

White Boo Bucket 2024 from McDonald's Face #3

The front of the insert has various stickers including spider, ghost, pumpkin, demon wings and mittens.

Front of White Boo Bucket 2024 Insert from McDonald's

The back of the insert features another black and white image that you can color plus a how many can you find game.

Back of White Boo Bucket 2024 Insert from McDonald's

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.

Halloween Loading Screen at SuperCity

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 23: Grimm Fairy Tales 2024 Halloween Special

Grimm Fairy Tales 2024 Halloween Special actually came out last Wednesday from Zenescope Entertainment but I decided to share it for this week's Women Wednesday post. The story's title is "Cinderella's Monster Mash" and for good reason. She meets Yertle the hunchback, Count Roberto Yeh the vampire, a vampire bride, Friday Barnes the ghost girl, Lily the mad scientist, a manbat monster, talking piranhas, a mummy, a werewolf and his four werewolf pups, and a bunch of ghosts (one that looks a lot like Wolverine). There is even a musical scene along with a homage to Scooby and the gang. This issue is full of puns and gags, but the artwork is good especially the page with Cinderella wearing her new black outfit.

Cover of Grimm Fairy Tales 2024 Halloween Special from Zenoscope

Cover Gallery for Grimm Fairy Tales 2024 Halloween Special from Zenescope

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.

Ad for McDonald's Boo Buckets 2024

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.

Blue Boo Bucket 2024 from McDonald's Face #1

Blue Boo Bucket 2024 from McDonald's Face #2

Blue Boo Bucket 2024 from McDonald's Face #3

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.

Front of Blue Boo Bucket 2024 Insert from McDonald's

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.

Back of Blue Boo Bucket 2024 Insert from McDonald's

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.

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:

First Halloween at SuperCity

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

Second Halloween at SuperCity

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

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 14: Boo Berry 2024 Box

Meow Berry the ghost cat is the frightful friend of Boo Berry this year and gets a marshmallow too. Her and Carmelia Creeper's pet snake, Scratch, are both females. I should be starting on the family size box this week and probably finish it off by Halloween.

Front of Boo Berry 2024 Box