Aftershock's Miskatonic Explores an Occult Conspiracy in the 1920s

Miskatonic Valley holds many mysteries – cultists worshipping old gods, a doctor deadset on resurrecting the recently deceased, a house overrun by rats in the walls – but none more recent than a series of bombings targeting the Valley’s elite.

These horrors reach a breaking point when the brilliant, hard-nosed investigator Miranda Keller is sent to stop the bombings. To J. Edgar Hoover, there can be no other explanation than those responsible for similar actions during the Red Scare of the 1920s…but when Miranda digs too deep, she uncovers an unimaginable occult conspiracy, one that may cost Miranda her job – and her sanity.

From writer Mark Sable (GODKILLERS, Graveyard of Empires) and artist Giorgio Pontrelli (Dylan Dog), MISKATONIC is a mix of historical crime fiction and Lovecraftian-horror that dives deep into the American nightmare.

"It takes what's thrilling about famous Lovecraft stories such as 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth', 'Herbert West: Re-Animator' and 'The Dunwich Horror' (among others) but reworks them so that the characters that Lovecraft had issues with - like women - are center stage. At its heart though, it's a kind of reverse X-files.  Miranda is the highly capable but skeptical FBI agent, while Tom is the true believing ex-cop, traumatized by his contact with the supernatural," said writer Mark Sable.

Keep an eye out for Miskatonic #1 in the upcoming September PREVIEWS catalog, coming to comic shops on Wednesday, August 26th, to preorder from your local comic shop. Check out the variant cover and preview interior art below to get a glimpse of what awaits in Miskatonic.