Who doesn’t love a good horror movie poster or box art? We here at HGL certainly do. We also love when artists pay homage to those posters and box art on horror comic covers. As huge comic and horror fans, we can never pass up a good combination of the two.
This week we’ve got five separate titles for you. The comics may vary in genre, but all show love to some of our favorite horror films.
Horror of Godzilla #1 Sees the Big Guy Put on His Halloween Mask
Written by Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan
Art by Tristan Jones
Published by IDW Publishing
A terrifying look at Godzilla’s first attack! Tokyo, 1954. As the country begins to look toward its postwar future, two scientists start an experiment in the Pacific Ocean. It is meant to change everything-and it will.
Readers bear witness to the incredible horror of the King of the Monsters. There are no heroes. There are no survivors. There is only the wrath of Godzilla.
Horror of Godzilla #1 features a Halloween homage cover by Pablo Tunica.
DCeased: Unkillables #1 Shows Wonder Woman with a Pennywise Resemblance
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Karl Mostert
Published by DC Comics
The blockbuster DC series returned to answer this question: What did the villains do when the heroes failed and the world ended? Spinning out of the dramatic events of 2019’s smash hit, writer Tom Taylor’s dark world featured a street-level tale of death, heroism and redemption.
Led by Red Hood and Deathstroke, DC’s hardest villains and antiheroes fight with no mercy to save the only commodity left on a dying planet of the undead-life.
DCeased: Unkillables #1 features an It Chapter 2 homage cover by Yasmine Putri.
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Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #6 Reminds Us That in Space, No One Can Hear You Run Your Mouth
Written by Victor Gischler
Art by Bong Dazo
Published by Marvel Comics
Wade, the severed Zombie Deadpool head, and Dr. Betty find themselves back on good old Earth, knee-deep in swampy goodness. Seems like Headpool is a little homesick, and everyone agrees the zombie virus should be safely returned to its own dimension. All they’ve got to do is find that damn dimensional portal.
Anyway, you don’t think A.I.M. is gonna give up that easy, do you? No way. Just because their space station got itself all blown up doesn’t mean they’re out of the game. But wait, who’s this surprise guest star? Is it a MAN? Is it a THING? Well, you see where this is going.
Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #6 has an Alien homage cover by Arthur Suydam.
Maniac of New York: The Bronx Is Burning #4 Features Harry of the Dead
Written by Elliott Kalan
Art by Andrea Mutti
Published by Aftershock Comics
Maniac Harry plus opening day at Yankee Stadium. You do the math. Civil servant-turned-angel of vengeance Gina Greene is determined to make this her final showdown with the Maniac. Can she finally destroy the monster that’s haunted her all these years? And how much of New York will she have to burn to make it happen?
Maniac of New York: The Bronx is Burning #4 presents us with a Dawn of the Dead homage cover by Francesco Francavilla.
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Shadowman #3 Howls at the Moon
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Jon Davis-Hunt
Published by Valiant Entertainment
What is your darkest secret worth? Shadowman must face demons from his past and demons of the present as he encounters the sinister Undertaker. Will Jack be dragged into a Hell of his making?
Shadowman #3 has a cover homage to Howling by Erica Henderson.
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