First Look: Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man #2 (of 4)

Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man #2 (of 4) will be available at comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, July 22, 2026

The must-read horror series of the summer continues! As the cops close in, Adam must convince his father that monsters do exist...before the full moon rises again.

Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man is the seventh Universal Monsters series launch, following James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds’ Dracula (which netted Simmonds a BEST PAINTER/MULTIMEDIA ARTIST (INTERIOR ART) Eisner Award nomination), Ram V, Dan Watters, and Matthew Roberts’ Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives!, Michael Walsh’s Frankenstein, Faith Erin Hick’s The Mummy, James Tynion IV and DANI’s The Invisible Man, and Tyler Boss and Martin Simmonds’ Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera.

Blood of the Wolf Man will be followed by additional new Universal Monsters limited series pairing the biggest names in comics with pop culture’s most iconic monsters in the bestselling modern line of horror comics.

Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man #2 features a main cover by Leomacs & Pip Martin (Rogues), an open to order B cover by Jacob Phillips (That Texas Blood), incentive variants including the continuation of the connecting 1:10 incentive cover series by Maria Wolf (Phoenix) & Mike Spicer (TRANSFORMERS), a 1:25 incentive variant of Phillips’ B cover in black & white, a 1:50 incentive variant by Luana Vecchio (Lovesick), and a 1:75 incentive variant by Anwita Citriya (Creepshow).

The full list of covers is below:

Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man #2 Cover A by Leomacs & Pip Martin (Lunar Code: 0526IM0451) 

Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man #2 Cover B by Jacob Phillips (Lunar Code: 0526IM0452) 

Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man #2 Cover C (1:10 Incentive) (Connecting) by Maria Wolf & Mike Spicer (Lunar Code: 0526IM0453)

Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man #2 Cover D (1:25 “Classic Horror” B&W) by Jacob Phillips (Lunar Code: 0526IM0454)

Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man #2 Cover E (1:50 Incentive) by Luana Vecchio (Lunar Code: 0526IM0455) 

Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man #2 Cover F (1:75 Incentive) by Anwita Citriya (Lunar Code: 0526IM0456)

Royals #1 from Image Comics

Eisner Award winning writer Derek Kirk Kim (The Last Mermaid, Same Difference) and rising star artist Jacob Perez (Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) have hit the jackpot with their new mind-bending crime caper series debut, Royals. Royals #1 has sold out completely at the distributor level and is being rushed back to print this week by Image Comics in order to keep up with demand.

ROYALS #1
Writer: Derek Kirk Kim
Artist: Jacob Perez
Published: April 1, 2026
Lunar Code: 0226IM0321
Page Count: 40
Image Comics
Cover price: $4.99
MINISERIES PREMIERE Twin brothers Paul and Castor have crafted the perfect poker hustle using their uncanny telepathic connection. But they might have finally met their match when they risk it all against the leader of the Bloody Cocks, the most ruthless criminal syndicate in Seoul. Eisner Award-winning writer DEREK KIRK KIM (THE LAST MERMAID, Same Difference) and rising star artist JACOB PEREZ (Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) invite you to the shadowy back alleys of Seoul, South Korea, for a thrilling, mind-bending crime caper unlike any other!

 

5 Sheep Comic Review: Super Creepshow Special #1from Skybound Entertainment

Super Creepshow Special #1
Series: Creepshow
October 8, 2025
Writers: Dan Watters, Ryan Stegman, Ed Brisson
Artists: Riley Rommo, Andrei Bressan, Carmine Di Giandomenico
Colorists: Andres Mossa, Inaki Azpiazu, Adriano Lucas
Letterer: Pat Brosseau
Cover A: Pye Parr
Image Comics
Lunar Code: 0825IM0309
Age Rating: M
Page Count: 40
THIS ULTIMATE CREEPSHOW EXPERIENCE IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST-READ!

Join the Creep in a special celebration of superheroes new, old, and very, very disturbed in what’s possibly already being called the most important comic book of the year!

First, Dan Watters (Batman: Dark Patterns, Destro) and Carmine Di Giandomenico (Absolute Superman) plan a funeral for the world’s greatest superhero, but his return might be the worst thing that could ever happen!

Then, Ryan Stegman (X-Men) and Riley Rossmo (The Moon is Following Us) introduce the world to the Grave Ghost, a superhero who must solve the case of...his own death!

Finally, Ed Brisson (Wolverine: Old Man Logan) and Andrei Bressan (Dark Ride) unleash the chilling tale of what happens when a super serum gets injected into someone who may be more super VILLAIN than hero.

I've always been a fan of comic horror shorts. Creepshow is right up there with Tales from the Crypt. The cover of Super Creepshow #1 caught my eye immediatley. It's simple but powerful and having the punny Creep striking a superhero pose...

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If you want to create superhero-horror stories, you should get artists and writers who create superhero comics. Regular Creepshow comics are 32 pages, but Super Creepshow is 40 pages, allowing the writers to give their characters depth and create emotional horror alongside the usual situational horror in the stories.

Using familiar superhero tropes, the writers send their heroes down a darker path of destruction, made more awful because had no control over their fate. The artists did a fantastic job of conveying the emotional horror, along with the gore we all expect, in a Creepshow comic.

I enjoyed this issue. Thanks for providing a Halloween-worthy issue.

5 "super" sheep

 

SharonS

Comics: Die: Loaded from Image Comics

 ROLL FOR INITIATIVE—DIE RETURNS WITH A NEW CAMPAIGN FROM KIERON GILLEN & STEPHANIE HANS THIS NOVEMBER

They’ve finished with the game.
The game isn’t finished with them.

Select praise for the Die series:

“Gillen subverts high fantasy adventure tropes with an infusion of creepy horror, resulting in an exploration of arrested adolescence and the effects of childhood trauma made truly haunting by Hans' realistic illustrations and Cowles' gloomy color palette.” —Library Journal

“Makes for a heady combination of fascinating worldbuilding, compellingly broken characters tearing each other apart (sometimes emotionally, sometimes literally), and vivid, striking artwork.” —io9/Gizmodo

"A deliciously dark Phantom Tollbooth-like journey told through a lens of broken humanity and a deconstruction of the role-playing game's roots. I am entranced." —Matthew Mercer, Critical Role

“Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans are a powerful merging of talents. Feels like a well-oiled team that’s been working together for years. Image Comics continues to innovate.” —Rick Remender, Deadly Class, The Sacrificers, Grommets

“Wonderfully nerdy and emotionally complicated and… utterly beautiful.” —The Hollywood Reporter

“A smart, gripping story about fantasy, gaming, aging and things that can’t be said.” —Al Ewing, Immortal Hulk

“A remarkable Jumanji-esque story for fantasy fans.” —GrimDark magazine

“If ever you’ve played a TTRPG and thought, ‘I’d love to just live in this world,’ this series is for you.” —The Comics Beat

Bestselling We Called Them Giants juggernauts Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans will return to the twisted RPG realm of Die in an all-new story arc, Die: Loaded. The brand new campaign will invite fans back to the British Fantasy Award winning, three-time Hugo Award nominated Image Comics series this November.

A year after the hellish game world events of Die #20, the players reunite in Die: Loaded to gather for Chuck’s wake. They’ve finished with the game. But the game isn’t finished with them. Get ready to roll initiative. Who’s going to DIE this time?

Over the course of its original run, Die topped Image Comics' sales charts, with multiple distributor-level sellouts and strong reorder activity fueling its rise. Often described as “goth Jumanji,” the series has gained a cult following since its 2019 debut and helped spark a wave of RPG-inspired storytelling.
This year, eagle-eyed fans caught a glimpse of new art from the series’ Die: Loaded return story arc displayed prominently on the Image Comics booth wrap at San Diego Comic-Con.

Alongside this spectacular new issue, will be The Die RPG Quickstart Game Guide, by Gillen and Hans—released simultaneously in November—for fans interested in trying out the Origin Award winning Die RPG in a standalone and inexpensive format. It includes everything needed to play—rules, characters and a multi-session scenario fans need to play. Just add dice, friends, and a desire to get sucked into a game.

Die: Loaded #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 12:
Cover A by Hans
Cover B by Peach Momoko

Readers interested in catching up or binge-rereading the Die series so far can read it digitally or find it in print format at local comic book shops, independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones.

Available in trade paperback:
Die Volume 1 (collects issues #1-5) - ISBN 9781534312708
Die Volume 2 (collects issues #6-10) - ISBN 9781534314979
Die Volume 3 (collects issues #11-15) - ISBN 9781534317161
Die Volume 4 (collects issues #16-20) - ISBN 9781534319264

Available in hardcover:
Die (collects issues #1-20) - ISBN 9781534323445

Graphic Novel: Under York from Image Comics

FIVE POWERFUL COVENS OF WITCHES CONTROL NEW YORK IN THE UPCOMING GRAPHIC NOVEL UNDER YORK PAPERBACK HITTING SHELVES THIS NOVEMBER

New York's destiny is written in its depths
Acclaimed French writer Sylvain Runberg (Watchdogs, Warship: Jolly Roger) and superstar Harvey Award winner Mirka Andolfo (Sweet Paprika, Unnatural) deliver a fascinating tale—where urban fantasy takes root in the bowels of the world's most famous city—in Under York. This thrilling new graphic novel will hit shelves this Winter from Image Comics and will be the first US printing of this early work by Andolfo.

Under York
Series: Under York
(ISBN: 9781534335660)
Wednesday, November 26

Image Comics
Two universes—the mundane, bustling streets of a New York City that we know and its secret, magical counterpart known as “Under York”—collide in the destiny of a young witch on the run.

Alison Walker is a promising young painter in Manhattan. But she has a secret: she's also a witch. Alison and her family belong to the world of Under York, a mysterious, underground New York where five powerful covens of witches have reigned for centuries. These families with their strict codes of life, practice magic as powerful as it is dangerous.

Once hunted and driven underground, the covens have not vanished—they've adapted. Today they quietly manipulate the world that once cast them out. Their vengeance? To steer the fate of the very society that tried to erase them. This is the world Alison Walker was born into. A world she thought she’d escaped for good. But some powers can’t be outrun forever… and sooner or later it will catch up with her.

Coming Soon: Mommy Blog #1 from Image Comics

DEXTER MEETS THE STEPFORD WIVES IN UPCOMING SUBURBAN SATIRE HORROR MOMMY BLOG

Bestselling writer Marguerite Bennett (Witchblade, writer/creator of Animosity) and artist Eleonora Carlini (Captain Marvel, Vicarious) comes an unsettling black comedy in, Mommy Blog. This thrilling satire will hit shelves in May from Image Comics.

Mommy Blog reveals the horror that can lurk even within the hearts of a suburban mom! Think: Real Housewives meets Fatal Attraction in this disturbing domestic thriller perfect for fans of Jamie S. Rich and Joëlle Jones’ Lady Killer.

"If readers want something funny, cruel, scathing, and just a damn good time, MOMMY BLOG is for them," said Bennett.

Carlini added: "Drawing from Marguerite’s script was stimulating and fun. I loved Astrid from the very first pages—there’s something about her that I feel speaks to every woman. I could relate to her, both in the pain she keeps silent and the anger she expresses. I believe readers will love her too."

Mommy Blog one-shot (Lunar Code 0325IM270) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, May 28.

Mommy Blog #1
May 28, 2025
Lunar Code: 0325IM270
Writer: Marguerite Bennett
Artist: Eleonora Carlini
Image Comics
In this scathing, brutal, outrageous black comedy, Astrid is an aspiring social media "super mommy" keeping tabs on her glamorous gated community after the disappearances of several neighborhood children. Certain a predator is afoot, she turns all of her cunning, creativity, sugar, and spice to catching the killer—and if her rivals for "Mommy of the Year" get caught in the path of the chainsaw, well, you have to break a few eggs to make a cruelty-free omelette, don't you?

From writer MARGUERITE BENNETT (WITCHBLADE and writer/creator of Animosity) and artist ELEONORA CARLINI (Captain Marvel and Vicarious) comes this unsettling black comedy that shows what horror can lurk even within the hearts of a suburban mom! It's Carrie meets Fatal Attraction! From NINTH CIRCLE, bringing you the BEST horror by the industry's TOP creative talent!

Image Comic Graphic Novel Love Everlasting will be adapted for film from Sony Pictures Entertainment

The epic, time-bending Eisner and Harvey Award nominated graphic novel series, Love Everlasting by Eisner Award winning writer Tom King (Batman, The Vision, Mister Miracle) and fan-favorite artist Elsa Charretier (November, The Infinite Loop) will be adapted for film from Sony Pictures Entertainment. According to last week’s exclusive scoop at DEADLINE on the news, “Room helmer Lenny Abrahamson attached to direct and Jane Goldman writing the script. Emma Watts and Element’s Ed Guiney are producing.”

Love Everlasting Volume 1 Paperback
by Tom King (Author), Elsa Charretier (Artist), Matt Hollingsworth (Artist)

Image Comics
February 14, 2023
A terrifying, time-loop. A bad romance. An unforgettable, genre-bending mashup from boundary-pushing creative duo Tom King and Elsa Charretier!

From multiple Eisner Award-winning writer Tom King and up-and-coming artist Elsa Charretier comes the first volume of a thrilling, genre-bending romance/horror mashup. Joan Peterson discovers that she is trapped in an endless, terrifying cycle of “romance”—a problem to be solved, a man to marry—and every time she falls in love she’s torn from her world and thrust into another tear-soaked tale. Her bloody, time-looping journey to freedom and revelation begins in this breathtaking, groundbreaking debut volume. Collects Love Everlasting #1-5.

Select praise for Love Everlasting:

“King (Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) and Charretier’s (Department of Truth, Vol. 3) gripping mystery subverts the romance-comic genre but still delivers genuine romantic melodrama.” —Library Journal (starred review)

“Charretier’s thick-line cartoony character design, reminiscent of Darwyn Cooke, perfectly depicts this genre crossover, and Matt Hollingsworth’s colors capture the eeriness, avoiding primary colors with suitably subdued secondary palettes for each chapter. This series launch piles on the thrills and leaves tantalizing questions open. Readers will be eager to see the next volume.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The expressive strokes of Charretier’s art here have nostalgic warmth, but they're more connected to the retro-modern cartooning of, say, Batman Adventures than actual art from any of those doe-eyed comics of yesteryear. This feels like then, but it's deeply rooted in now, which makes it the ideal aesthetic for this meta take... King’s interest, as it’s often been, is deconstruction, and the narrative necessarily takes some repetition to achieve it. However, certain chapters function as gripping romances on their own merits, even as they advance toward a conceptual, distressing, but ultimately compelling culmination." ―Booklist

"While much of the story is told in a dead-on, entertaining style that pays homage to the romance comics of the 1950s, the elements of mystery and horror that emerge make the book much more than a nostalgic indulgence. The writing is clever and builds tension throughout, while the art is impeccable in its blend of colors, linework, and style, covering settings from World War I era France to the Old West in America well. Rich themes and deep questions underpin Joan’s adventures, as about the true nature of love, the need for it, and the desire for independence and self-realization...Love Everlasting Volume 1 is a fascinating romantic horror story about a woman who shifts between lives." ―Foreword Reviews

 

Love Everlasting, Vol. 2 trade paperback (ISBN: 9781534398481, Lunar Code 0923IM359)
 

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Love Everlasting, Vol. 3 trade paperback (ISBN: 9781534330702)

Scary Godmother This Was Your Childhood Compendium TP, Vol. 1 from Image Comics + Preview

Image Comics is pleased to share a sneak peek (a-boo!) of the upcoming Scary Godmother collection.  

 

This bestselling, multiple Eisner Award winning comic by Jill Thompson (Wonder Woman, The Sandman) will be brought back to print—for the first time in over two years—from Image Comics as a complete, compendium trade paperback edition hitting shelves in October. It will also include new Scary Godmother stories.

The perfect read for fans of the campy, goth-influenced animation of Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Coraline, and Corpse Bride, Scary Godmother is a must-read, all-ages comic for the spooky season.

Available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, October 2 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, October 15.

Scary Godmother This Was Your Childhood Compendium TP, Vol. 1
October 2, 2024
Writer: Jill Thompson
Artist: Jill Thompson
Lunar Code: 0824IM339
ISBN: 9781534344464
Revisit the iconic, best selling, award winning, spooky cool, eccentric auntie, faerie scary witch from start to finish in this deluxe compendium that also includes new SCARY GODMOTHER stories!
Get on the nostalgia bus and journey back to the Frightside to revisit your Scary Godmother and her friends Mr. Pettibone, Bug-A-Boo, Hannah, Orson, Max and Ruby the Vampires, Harry the Werewolf, and more!

Just in time for Halloween, this compendium includes all of your favorite stories and brand-new adventures at the Scary Godmother’s house!

"This book deserves a prime place in every graphic novel collection." —Booklist (starred review)

10 page preview

 

  

Image Comics Press Release:
This fan-favorite series first launched in 1997 to critical acclaim, won Eisner Awards in “Best Title for a Younger Audience” and “Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior)” categories, and was adapted into two hit children’s films titled, Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular and Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy. The series was also featured in The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History by Hope Nicholson. The Scary Godmother series has seen a resurgence in popularity with the TikTok community in particular, driving rediscovery of the title.

Now longtime fans will finally have an opportunity to revisit the iconic, eccentric fairy-witch from start-to-finish when they board the nostalgia bus and journey back to the Frightside to revisit Scary Godmother and her friends Mr. Pettibone, Bug-A-Boo, Hannah, Orson, Max and Ruby the Vampires, Harry the Werewolf, and more.