EMBRACE YOUR FEAR . . . THE SPIRIT OF THE SHADOWS DRAWS NEAR! Oni Press has announced the most visually stunning and hauntingly heartfelt superhero-horror hit of 2026: Spirit of the Shadows #1 – a stunning new five-part series drawn from the darkest recesses of the imagination of co-writers Nick Cagnetti and Daniel Ziegler and featuring the first full-length artwork by Nick Cagnetti since his dazzling debut with 2022’s Pink Lemonade. 

Once, Erik Leroux was a mortal musician, selflessly devoted to his music and his true love, Katrina . . . until his sudden death plunged his soul into the carnival-like torments of the Spirit World beyond our own. Now, reborn as a phantom with fleeting memories of his life among the living, and forever cursed to bear the arcane costume his corpse wore to the grave, Erik will claw his way back from the infernal planes to uncover the mysteries of his own life . . . and avenge the dark sins that transformed him into the SPIRIT OF THE SHADOWS!

Spirit of the Shadows is an eye-popping new addition to the canon of creator-owned superheroes – with an astonishing artistic style and heart-wrenching verve all its own! Spirit of the Shadows #1 ascends from the underworld and into comic shops everywhere on January 28th, 2026 – featuring covers by Nick Cagnetti David Lafuente, Karl Kerschl, and Matt Lesniewski!