If you’re looking for a place to keep track of which horror comics are releasing each week, this is the place for you. Horror comics releasing on New Comic Book Day for the week of October 14, 2026, include Infernal Hulk Vs. Fantastic Four #1, Hammer Head #1, The Haunted Mansion: Stray Spirits #1, and more.
Release dates and titles are subject to change. Which titles are you most excited about?
Ice Cream Man: Chocolate Vanilla Twist #1
Written by W. Maxwell Prince
Art by Martin Morazzo
Published by Image Comics
Step back into the world of Ice Cream Man with this special edition of its first-ever issue! Presented in stark black and white, the pages of this inaugural comic book confection are tucked behind something truly special: a “hidden” treatment of the original cover art. Which uses focal decoder technology to make the Ice Cream Man disappear!
But don’t worry. To bring him back, simply grab your included Lookety Split Decoder Lens and unlock the original cover art. Now with an added sprinkling of secret messages and pictures! It’s comics cover acrobatics as you’ve never quite seen before!
Infernal Hulk Vs. Fantastic Four #1
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Cian Tormey
Published by Marvel Comics
Infernal Hulk’s ultimate target is revealed: Reed Richards’ mysterious “Immaculate Engine,” a supernatural machine in the Baxter Building that could destroy Hulk’s army in a single blow!
Can the Fantastic Four resist the Infernal Hulk’s corrupting power and use the machine to save Earth? Or will they be the next monstrous recruits in Hulk’s Infernal Avengers?
Mark Spears Graveyard Shift #1
Written by Mark Spears
Art by Mark Spears
Published by Keenspot Entertainment
Every night at midnight, the Graveyard Shift clocks in. From an abandoned funeral home known as The Office, the mysterious Boss brings the dead back to life by punching their timecards and sending them out to battle the horrors that emerge after dark. By sunrise, their shift is over, and they die once again.
As the nights grow longer, the team begins to question who they once were and what it will take to finally earn their retirement from the Graveyard Shift.
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Spawn ’77 #2
Written by Mark Spears and Todd McFarlane
Art by Mark Spears
Published by Image Comics
Spawn has made it his mission to rid the city of the influence of organized crime. But he has gained the interest of someone… divine. That’s not a good thing.
12-Foot Skeleton #1
Written by Aaron Campbell and Tim Seeley
Art by Ben Templesmith
Published by Ignition Press
This might be Lola and Jimmy’s last Halloween. Not because they’re aging out at 12 years old… there’s a 12-foot-tall lawn skeleton on a rampage in their neighborhood! Lola is a triple threat of social suicide: goth girl, new kid, and outspoken feminist. Meanwhile, Jimmy is a bookish, quiet, bullied kid trying to enjoy his favorite holiday between cancer treatments.
When Lola discovers she might have a much stronger connection with the malevolent force inhabiting the skeleton than she could ever imagine possible, it’s up to Jimmy to inspire them to face certain danger and embrace the future rather than run from their traumatic pasts.
You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive #1
Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Art by Heather Vaughan
Published by IDW Comics
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life and finds something far more terrifying than she ever imagined. Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
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Nice House by the Sea #12
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Alvaro Martinez Bueno
Published by DC Comics
It’s the end of the worlds as they know them… again. Both the House by the Sea and the House on the Lake are collapsing, the body count is growing, and Walter and Max are at war.
Depending on who wins, the fate of humanity either hangs by a thread or is cut short completely!
Spawn: The Curse of Sherlee Johnson #8
Written by Daniel Henriques
Art by Jonathan Glapion
Published by Image Comics
As Beliafon digs through the Stranger’s mind in search of answers, Sherlee comes face-to-face with what was taken from her. To move forward, she’ll have to fight her inner demons. The problem is, they look just like her.
The Nightmare Before Christmas: All Hail the Pumpkin King #4
Written by Joshua Pruett
Art by Deborah Allo
Published by Tokyo Pop
Jack Skellington is now the newly named Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, and his first Halloween is fast approaching. Intent on proving himself as deserving of this title, Jack plans a huge celebration full of flashy ideas and fun for all — and insists on doing all the work himself!
As his to-do list piles up, Jack fears he can’t deliver on all the frightful promises of Halloween, so he turns to the one person he knows can help: Oogie Boogie.
Thinking this might be a chance to rekindle their friendship after their battle for the Pumpkin King title, Jack enlists Oogie Boogie to assist in Halloween preparations… not realizing that the embittered Oogie Boogie actually has schemes of his own.
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The Accessories #3
Written by David Dastmalchian and Leah Kilpatrick
Art by Patrick Piazzalunga
Published by Rocketship Entertainment
Igor has fled from his selfish boss, Dr. Frankenstein. Renfield is attempting to escape the clutches of the Count himself, Dracula. But who is Mrs. Hyde, and how can she seize control from Dr. Jekyll? Meet the newest “Accessory” and soon-to-be fan-favorite monster.
Clad in a straitjacket, can the clever Mrs. Hyde be trusted by her fellow “Accessories,” or will she only use them, just as their masters have?
Hammer Head #1
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Damian Couceiro
Published by Mad Cave Studios
For 20 years, Jules has been hiding from her past. As the only survivor of the Hammer Head killing spree, she carries the guilt and trauma of having watched as everyone she loved was brutally murdered. Every couple of years, Hammer Head rises from the dead to resume his reign of terror.
With each repeated massacre, Jules falls deeper into the warm embrace of her own dark coping mechanisms. When she’s thrown into prison with no trial and no hope, Jules finds herself part of a dark ritual built to force her back into the past that she’s spent her life trying to escape.
Universal Monsters: Frankenstein – Black and White Special #1
Written by Michael Walsh
Art by Michael Walsh
Published by Image Comics
Dr. Henry Frankenstein begins his unholy quest to create life by robbing the grave of a decorated police officer to find necessary parts, specifically a strong pair of hands. But little does he know that the corpse has a son who is mourning a father-and that this young boy will forever change Frankenstein’s life.
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The Haunted Mansion: Stray Spirits #1
Written by Sammie Crowley
Art by Francesca Follini
Published by Tokyo Pop
Feeling neglected by her dad at home and causing trouble at school, 12-year-old Adrienne’s only friend is a stray one-eyed cat that lives on the grounds of a mysterious mansion at the end of the neighborhood. When her usual visit makes the cat seem more troubled than usual, he disappears into the mansion, prompting Adrienne to chase him down.
But what she finds inside isn’t what she expected: not only is this place filled with ghosts, but the mischievous cat is wreaking havoc across the mansion and its ghoulish residents! In order to find her friend and a way back home, Adrienne will have to fix up his messes and enlist the happy haunts for help.
Now if only she could find a way out…
Pancho Villa: Monster Hunter #2
Written by Hector Rodriguez III
Art by Ariel Medel
Published by Whatnot/Massive
The war against the darkness escalates! As the Division del Norte battles on, Pancho Villa and his unlikely allies — the fierce soldadera Petra Herrera, cynical German expat El Alemán, and mystical alchemist Sabia — face an ever-growing horde of eldritch horrors in the streets of Monclova.
But when a new mechanical nightmare, the unstoppable El Charro Muerto, is unleashed by Villa’s enemies, the team is forced to make an impossible choice: stay and fight for the Revolution or pursue the greater cosmic evil threatening all of Mexico.
Horror Comics: Dead Man’s Party #1
Written by Various
Art by Various
Published by Antarctic Press
The creepy ghouls, goblins, and other denizens of darkness are having a party to celebrate their malevolent master, and the reader is invited. There’ll be Pin the Tail on the Human, bobbing for Adam’s apples, and loads of other devilish delights!
Who can out scare and outlast the worst of the worst, drawn by the best of the best?
Coffin Girls #1
Written by Megan Hutchison and Joseph Schmalke
Art by Megan Hutchison and Joseph Schmalke
Published by Whatnot/Massive
New Orleans, 1732. Three women arrive against their will. The city has no idea what it has brought in. Coffin Girls is a paranormal gothic series set in colonial New Orleans. A world built on stolen labor, on the bodies of women, on flesh bought and sold.
Three women, bound by circumstance and a reawakened ancient evil, are about to unleash a nightmare the city has never seen.
Vamp Deluxe #1
Written by Jim Eckels
Art by Emmanuel Bazin
Published by Whatnot/Massive
The biggest hush-hush in Vegas is that Sanctus Hotel & Casino is run by vampires, and Julian Smith is their personal cleaner. As head of guest relations, Julian works days and nights to keep the bloodiest secrets of Sanctus buried with the unluckier guests while ensuring the high-end clientele (not on the menu) are healthy, happy, and always wanting more.
But Julian’s world spins into chaos when an old flame comes to town…and paints it red.
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Junior High Horrors: Run and Hide #1
Written by Rob Potchak
Art by Eric Kent
Published by Keenspot Entertainment
It’s Mikey’s 13th birthday, and he wants to play a one-versus-all game of tag called run & hide. Parodying some of your favorite scenes from a certain October holiday movie, will any of the other kids be able to beat Mikey at his own game?
Hour of the Wolf #5
Written by Mark London
Art by Felix Ruiz
Published by Mad Cave Studios
When a secret experiment unleashes the ancient god of nightmares, Owen Blackwood is thrust into his most dangerous case yet. As the horrors of the Underworld Universe spill into the waking world, Owen must confront monsters both supernatural… and deeply personal.
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