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Event Horizon Gets a Sequel Comic as Well as Final Reprints of the Prequel Series

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Almost 30 years after its maiden voyage, the cult-classic horror movie Event Horizon has returned. IDW Publishing has announced all four of the currently released issues of the prequel series have sold out, and a brand new series, set many years after the events in the film, is set to debut in April, 2026.

From the brilliant mind of Eisner Award-winning writer Christian Ward comes Event Horizon: Inferno. After captivating fans with the twisted prequel series, Ward returns to reveal what happens 200 years after the unforgettable events of the movie while amping up both the shocking terror and gripping action with artist Rob Carey.

Issues of the prequel series Event Horizon: Dark Descent from Ward, Tristan Jones, Pip Martin, and Alex Ray keep selling out. To meet the demand, IDW Publishing has announced the last and final reprints of the first four issues of the hit horror series. These new printings will be the last chance for readers to get single issues of the incredibly popular series. Fans who miss out will not be able to obtain a physical copy of the terrifying tale until the collected trade paperback edition arrives next summer.

Pre-orders for all four new and final printings are due December 15. Be sure to contact a comic shop before this date to guarantee copies. All four new printings go on sale February 4, 2026, which is the same day the final issue of the chilling series also arrives in shops.

30 Days of Night: Falling Sun #1 Brings the Vampires Back to Barrow for More Terror

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30 Days of Night: Falling Sun #1

The town of Barrow has moved on. Those who remember the vampiric terror of two decades past would rather not talk about it. Those who don’t remember don’t believe the stories. Ignorance will be their downfall, because a dark memory is stirring in the heart of Romania and it has set its sights on Barrow, the death place of Vicente. While vampires seek revenge for their fallen leader in Alaska, troubled teen Jalen James seeks sanctuary. After fleeing gang violence in Los Angeles, Jalen needs a fresh start. But he’s unlikely to find it as the sun falls… 30 Days of Night: Falling Sun #1 kicks off a new chapter for the vampire series attempting to balance a story for new readers and long time fans.

It’s been a while since we’ve seen an original 30 Days of Night series. Launched in 2002 by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, it took the novel idea of a vampire story taking place in Barrow, Alaska and advantage of the prolonged night, 30 days, that area experiences. It spawned multiple volumes, films, crossovers, and more building a cult fandom. It’s back with 30 Days of Night: Falling Sun #1, written by Rodney Barnes with Niles consulting on the story.

Barnes does a decent job of balancing a series with a lot of history so that it can be enjoyed by new readers while also playing to longtime fans of the series. For new readers, you just need to know there was a vampire attack on this town and there are some survivors. The new readers will be more into the villain and their motivation. It does a delicate balance between the two and pulls it off.

But, it’s the focus of Barnes’ story that really stands out. We’re introduced to Jalen who has experienced trauma in his hometown of LA and has run to Barrow to escape it. Mix that with the survivors still living in the town who have their own trauma to deal with. With what I understand of the villain as well, the story has a mix of individuals all haunted by their pasts and those pasts are driving their current reality.

The art by Chris Shehan is nice. With color by Xenon Honchar and lettering by Alex Ray, 30 Days of Night: Falling Sun #1 has a style that feels rough and nightmarish, a fitting style to the story. The comic has a dreamlike feel at times and has no problem dipping its toes into the blood and gore you’d expect from this type of story. There’s so minor issues for that as blood is drank from rather odd things and the flow of it doesn’t quite make sense. While not hurting the story, it could give readers pause. But, overall the art style matches the genre and story quite well.

30 Days of Night: Falling Sun #1 is one of the early titles for IDW’s horror line IDW Dark and should be a fun return for longtime fans of the property. It has a lot going for it with some nice underlying themes and a debut issue that new and longtime fans can both enjoy. If you want a vampire comic to dive into as the nights get longer and weather colder, 30 Days of Night has returned just in time.

Story: Rodney Barnes Story Consultant: Steve Niles Art: Chris Shehan
Color: Xenon Honchar Letterer: Alex Ray
Story: 7.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 7.75 Recommendation: Read

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Event Horizon: Dark Descent #2 plunges the crew, and readers, further into the horror

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Event Horizon #2

After activating the experimental gravity drive aboard the ship, the crew of the Event Horizon are transported to an outer-space hellscape that defies comprehension. Already, this new realm is making some of the crew behave…strangely. And still, the worst is yet to come, as the king of this hell is about to make his entrance! Event Horizon: Dark Descent #2 continues to build off the visual horrors of the original film.

There are a few films that have trouble watching. When there’s extreme gore and body horror, I tend to wince and often struggle to get through it. Hellraiser and Event Horizon are two that I’ve watched and dread watching again. So, I went into the first issue of Event Horizon: Dark Descent with a slight PTSD of the film and slight tenseness knowing my experiences from watching the movie. I was able to make it through the comic, though with unease. Event Horizon: Dark Descent #2 continues that unease as to crew is plunged into hell and are confronted by the demons within.

Written by Christian Ward, Event Horizon: Dark Descent #2 focuses on the maiden voyage of the ship and what happened to it and its crew before the events of the film. With the drive activated, they have found themselves in hell surrounded by cosmic horrors and their own horror within. Quickly the crew succumbs to it all and that could be the only gripe of the comic. Yes, we know that something terrible happened, but there’s little tense build up to all of that and the second issue dives right into much of the crew being driven mad. It’s not a build up of visions or haunted by ghosts of their pasts, it’s just straight up madness at times resulting in their self harming with a popular one being gouging out their eyes. It’s quick to get to gore.

But, it’s not everyone, and that’s what’s interesting. There are some crew focused and not impacted, as far as we know. Instead they want to figure out what has happened and do what they can to get back to safety. It’s the levelheaded having to deal with the madness that will make what’s to come rather interesting.

The art by Tristan Jones delivers the carnage with color by Pip Martin and lettering by Alex Ray. There is some solid, and disturbing imagery, with eyeballs hanging out and the bloodshed by crew. The comic’s art drives right up to the line of butchery that might distract. There’s gore. There’s some crazy stuff. But, it’s not quite to the level where you need to look away at the abject horror of it all. The look overall is a dirty style that fits the horror aspect of the comic and delivers an unease in the visuals.

Event Horizon: Dark Descent #2 is an interesting issue that dives right into the madness we all knew was coming. We only have hints as to what happened to this crew and there still some things yet to come that we know about. Overall, the comic feels like it’s doing a solid job of expanding this version of hell and the world of Event Horizon.

Story: Christian Ward Art: Tristan Jones
Color: Pip Martin Letterer: Alex Ray
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Buy

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Event Horizon: Dark Descent #1 captures the horror of the film

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An all-new cosmic horror story set in the universe of the terrifying cult-classic film! The Event Horizon was a revolutionary spaceship designed for one mission: faster-than-light travel with a top secret and experimental gravity drive. But upon activating the device, the ship journeyed across the borders of HELL ITSELF. In a nightmarish realm of torments beyond imagining, Captain Kilpack and the first crew of the Event Horizon must resist all manner of demonic forces including Paimon, the eyeless King of Hell, and their own descents into madness and bloodlust, if they’ve any chance of escaping back to their own world. Abandon all hope and board the Event Horizon.

Story: Christian Ward
Art: Tristan Jones
Color: Pip Martin
Letterer: Alex Ray

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