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This Con Season, Nothing’s Contained as Dread the Hall H returns this July

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It starts on the show floor. Grab your badges, Dread the Hall H is back! The beloved annual spin-off of the best-selling Dread the Halls returns with 48 pages of convention horror, satire, and chaos from Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated writer Jordan Hart and Syzygy Publishing founder Chris Ryall!

It’s summer convention season again, and Dread the Hall H is back with your VIP pass to 48 pages of convention-related horror stories! Attending this show are Chris Ryall, CP Wilson III, and Tom Williams, who tell connected panel-breaking tales of the con-variant craze gone amok; along with Jordan Hart and Luana Vecchio, who reveal the true terror of A-List actors getting their on-screen characters’ powers; and Hart and Marianna Ignazzi, who introduce the world to the super-powered protector of all con-goers—the CONcluder!

This issue features interior art by Luana Vecchio, C.P. Wilson III, Marianna Ignazzi, and Tom Williams that grounds the rapid descent from spectacle to something harder to shake. One story destabilizes spectacle, and another leans into obsession, and all the while, the show floor is coming apart amid the madness!

There’s also a collectable cover lineup that includes Maria The Wolf, Luana Vecchio, Jordan Hart, plus a 1:10 sketch photo/variant by Tony Fleecs and 1:20 variant from Zach Howard, which incorporates all seven elements from Hall of Fame editor “Carmine Infantino’s 7 Things Guaranteed to Sell a Comic” (gorillas, motorcycles, dinosaurs, cities on fire, purple skies, time rifts, ‘cryin and dyin’), turning the issue into a weird, overstuffed relic you pulled off the convention floor.

But the extended issue doesn’t stop there (pun incoming): “Conland,” a Candyland-style board game illustrated by Chris Anderson, turns waiting in line into an entire experience, stretched out until it stops feeling like a joke. Not to mention, fake product one-page comics riff on ‘70s Hostess ads, just slightly off and a little too specific, but maybe aware enough to feel like they weren’t meant to be found. 

Sitting between horror anthology, satire, and shared experience, Dread the Hall H 2026 will resonate with anyone who’s stood in line, chased exclusives, or watched fandom tip into something else entirely. Fans of Ice Cream Man and The Department of Truth will find plenty to latch onto here.

Dread the Hall H 2026, a 48-page, full-color, one-shot, arrives July 22, 2026.

Preview: Dread the Hall H

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Dread the Hall H

(W) Chris Ryall, Jordan Hart (A) Nelson Daniel, Piotr Kowalski, Chris Anderson, Jimmy Kucaj (CA) Maria Wolf, Nelson Daniel, Jordan Hart
In Shops: Jul 16, 2025
SRP: $6.99

It’s comic convention season! And what better way to celebrate comic cons than this extra-length anthology filled with con-related horror stories! Last year, they skewered all things Christmas on the pages of DREAD THE HALLS, and now writers CHRIS RYALL and JORDAN HART, alongside artists NELSON DANIEL, PIOTR KOWALSKI, JIMMY KUCAJ, and CHRIS ANDERSON, bring terrifying convention tales to life! Covers by MARIA WOLF, a convention-line wraparound by NELSON DANIEL, and a “con-badge” incentive cover by JORDAN HART! The perfect and perfectly terrifying comic to read while waiting to get into that massive convention hall!

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Explore the Horror of Comic Conventions in Dread the Hall H this July

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‘Tis an event of dreams, nightmares, and the kind of con-crushing exhaustion that lingers for days—the convention’s Hall H is the stuff of legend.

Readers survived the jingle-jangle of Dread the Halls over the holidays—now, it’s time to face the beastly horrors of Hall H! 

From the twisted minds of Jordan Hart and Chris Ryall comes Dread The Hall H, a horror anthology from Image Comics’ imprint Syzygy Publishing that rips open the madness of comic conventions and unleashes the terrors lurking within. Get ready—this summer, the fandom isn’t the only thing screaming!  

This terrifying, hilarious, and all-too-relatable convention horror anthology boasts a powerhouse lineup of artists—including Nelson Dániel, Piotr Kowalski, Jimmy Kucaj, and Chris Anderson. In this extended issue, readers are thrust into the deepest, darkest corners of convention culture—where fandom reaches feverish extremes. From the desperate overnight line camps where die-hard fans trade sleep for a chance at all the gory glory, to the ruthless frenzy of exclusive merch hunts, to the shadowy forces controlling the ultimate backstage access, no part of the con is safe. And at the heart of it all lies the most infamous room in history… Hall H, where the real horrors wait in the dark.

With covers by Maria Wolf, a convention-line wraparound by Nelson Dániel, and a “con-badge” incentive cover by Jordan Hart, Dread The Hall H is the perfect, terrifying read to keep you entertained while you wait to get into that highly-anticipated and massive convention.

Dread The Hall H arrives in comic shops on July 23rd.

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