The Horror! The Horror!: Eerie, Frankenstein, & Marvel Zombie

Finally! An ongoing monthly article that makes you face the monsters in the closet. You can run, but you can't hide from our selected ghoulish items in PREVIEWS that will make you flee and scream bloody murder. Horror fiends: let the madness begin! This is the run-down on what ghastly items can be found in the August PREVIEWS catalog, and if you can't take the chills, TOO BAD! This is where the children of the night gather, and howl at the moon without apology.

Eerie Archives Volume 25 HC

There was a book written titled The Seduction of the Innocent which was published in 1954, and it warned that comic books were a form of popular literature that would cause a serious rise in juvenile delinquency. The book explained in detail that it was the explicit content of horror comic books in particular that would warp young skulls full of mush. The Comics Code Authority was then implemented as an alternative to government regulation, and graphic horror stories later found their way into black-and-white magazines. One of those magazines was Eerie, and in Dark Horse's Eerie Archives Volume 25 HC (AUG180379) you can experience once again tales of gruesome horror in nearly 300 pages of chills and thrills in the deluxe hardcover format. Look for it in the Premier Comics section of the August PREVIEWS comic shop catalog!

Marvel Zombie #1

There's a new pestilence in town, and his name is W. Maxwell Prince. For those of you who aren't in the loop, he's making a name for himeself on his Image Comics series called Ice Cream Man. The book is turning heads around like Linda Blair in The Exorcist. It turned heads at Marvel Comics, too, and Prince as a result has now been tapped to bring his eerie, creepy, unrepentent psychological horror to Marvel Zomibe #1 (AUG180927) with artist Stefano Raffaele on board to illustrate a world ravaged by the zombie virus. The Marvel heroes got lost in it, and the few remaining heroes like Spider-Man, Daredevil and the Falcon don't bring much to the table. Who do you save when most people are dead? Worse, their last chance at salvation may involve them sacrificing their own humanity. Yeah, it's lollipops and rainbows in reverse which you can read about more in detail if you pick up the August issue of Marvel PREVIEWS!

Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter Of Terror #1

Growing up as a kid, do you ever remember seeing hearing about Fractured Fairy Tales? You know, a twist on common every day lore. The folks over at Ahoy Comics thought it would be fun to do a variation of such stories. A vein of storytelling that's a cross between Drunk History and Tales from the Crypt. The plot was hatched, and deranged minds conspired to give the reading public Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter Of Terror #1 (AUG181477). It is an abomination of lies and deceit! Literary decay that mixes classic tales and brand new stories to produce things like the alcohol-damaged version of Poe in "The Facts in The Case of M. Valdemar." High brow reading this is not. This is brain food that melts your mind, and disposes of sanity. There's even a cartoon by Shannon Wheeler! You can find Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter Of Terror #1 in the Comics/Graphic Novels/Print section of the August PREVIEWS comic shop catalog!

Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection HC

If there's one name you know in reading horror manga its Junji Ito. His name is synonymous with icy chills that freeze your spinal cord. A master at desolation portrayed in black-and-white. If anyone could illustrate the scent of death, it is Junji Ito, and in the Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection HC (AUG182424) he takes Mary Shelley's monster and brings it to life for a new generation of readers, along with six tales of Oshikiri — a high school student who lives in a decaying mansion connected to a haunted parallel world. This is horror literature from the grave. It is cold, dark, and depressing. Light is scarce. So is hope. Should you want to experience terror that drags you screaming into the darkness, pick up this new book in the VIZ Media section of the August PREVIEWS comics shop catalog. Then notorize your last will and testament.

Hellraiser III Pinhead Puzzle Cube

You've heard the expression of how one can open a Pandora's Box, right? What do you think's going to happen when you open the box that contains this Hellraiser III Pinhead Puzzle Cube (AUG182627)? You'll have more than a headache. You'll have demons from Hell at your doorstep, and they'll want to tear your soul apart! Actually, it'll be worse than that, because Pinhead himself will want to sit down and beat you at this game before they drag you down to Hell. See, this is a 3D combination puzzle game that features Hellraiser, the High Priest of Hell and leader of the Cenobites. Rotate the square puzzle on both the X and Y-axis to mix up the iconic imagery, then see if you are skilled enough to reassemble the pictures back together. If not...down to Hell you go! Look for this puzzle game from Mezco Toyz in the Toys/Statues/Models section of the August PREVIEWS comics shop catalog!

Hope you liked this month's line-up of creepy crawly things. See you here next month for another installment of PREVIEWS' ongoing editorial, The Horror! The Horror!