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Lucas Dreamwalker Steps Out from the Pages of Hello Darkness

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How many times can you be killed in a dream before you die? Legendary horror scribe R.L. Stine and award-winning illustrator Francesco Francavilla explore that very question as the mystery of Lucas’s third death is foretold in this pulpy, noir, somnambulist adventure in The Life and Death of Lucas Dreamwalker #1!

Originally published in the hit BOOM! Studios horror anthology series Hello Darkness, this oversized one-shot collects all three parts of the nightmarish saga into one thrilling read!

The Life and Death of Lucas Dreamwalker #1 will be available in comic shops May 27, 2026. 

Hello Darkness: Good Bones and Other Sordid Tales #1 arrives in February 2026

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From the vaults of BOOM! Studios’ acclaimed horror anthology Hello Darkness comes a curated collection overflowing with grimy, gritty, and gory grotesqueries by bestselling writer Steve Orlando and a certifiable rogue’s gallery of incredible artists in the new special one-shot Hello Darkness: Good Bones and Other Sordid Tales #1.

When BOOM! first reached out about being part of Hello Darkness, it was the exact kind of surprise I needed—the kind that kicks you in the ass. I’d dipped my toe into horror a bit but never took the dive. When they believed in a strange story like ‘The Foster’, it was too good to be true. And then the call came again and again, I was knocking on all the wood I could find—luckily, I have pine floors. So now, to be honored with a Hello Darkness one-shot and debut a new story with ‘Good Bones’? It’s the best kind of hallucination made real. These are stories I care about—inspired by creators like Gogol, Carpenter, Bulgakov, and Cronenberg! I am so proud of the work in this book, built with an incredible cadre of the dream artistic collaborators—and I can’t wait for you folks to see it all in one place!

-Steve Orlando

Featuring familiar stories, as well as a brand-new terror in “Good Bones” illustrated by the up-and-coming Dillon Snook.

Hello Darkness: Good Bones and Other Sordid Tales #1 will be available in comic shops February 11, 2026.

Hello Darkness Good Bones and Other Sordid Tales #1

Preview: Hello Darkness #11

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Hello Darkness #11

(W) R. L. Stine, Robert Hack, David Hazan, Genevieve Valentine (A) Dan Watters, Various (CA) Miguel Mercado
In Shops: Jun 11, 2025
SRP: $5.99

The bestselling, critically acclaimed horror anthology continues with new hair-raising, eye-popping, stomach-churning tales drawn from the deepest well of nightmares. In “You Can’t Make a Silk Purse From a Sow’s Ear” by Jenna Cha, a sickly man tries to reconcile his awful condition with his past as a perfect, prize-winning baby. Beware of letting your eyes linger on the wrong thing too long-you might see “The Devil in the Corner of Your Eye” by Genevieve Valentine and Ming Doyle! A witch must use every trick in her book to save her coven from a crew of vicious witch hunters in “Train Veins.” And more!

Hello Darkness #11

Discover Chuck Tingle’s First Ever Story in Comics this July in Hello Darkness #12

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BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at Hello Darkness #12, the horrifying continuation to the ongoing anthology series featuring the comics debut of USA Today Bestselling author and Hugo Award Winner Chuck Tingle with artist Chris Shehan, in the short story “Out”. This newest issue will be available in comic shops July 9, 2025. 

Also included in this terrifying issue, “Tiny Little Men” by Dave Wielgosz and Riley Rossmo, “We Welcomed Them With Open Arms” by BRIXIDE, “You Can’t Make a Silk Purse from a Sow’s Ear” by Jenna Cha, and the conclusion to “Something is Killing the Children: A Monster Hunter Walks into a Bar” by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera, plus more madcap mayhem from Robert Hack’s “I Can’t Take You Anywhere”! 

Hello Darkness #12 features a main cover by Miguel Mercado, and variant covers by Jenny Frison, Martín Morazzo, Dan Panosian, and a limited BOOM! Studios Direct Reserve exclusive variant by Jenny Frison!

Hello Darkness #12

Preview: Hello Darkness #10

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Hello Darkness #10

(W) Genevieve Valentine, Becky Cloonan, R. L. Stine, Robert Hack, David Hazan (A) Francesco Francavilla, Robert Hack, Stefano Nesi, Ming Doyle (A/CA) Miguel Mercado
In Shops: May 07, 2025
SRP: $5.99

R.L. Stine and Francesco Francavilla conclude their hair-raising journey through different eras in “The Life & Death of Lucas Dreamwalker”!

Who’s that rapping, rapping on the apartment door? Why it’s David Hazan and Stefano Nesi with a modern twist on a Poe classic in “Evermore”!

Beware of letting your eyes linger on the wrong thing too long-you might see “The Devil in the Corner of Your Eye” by Genevieve Valentine and Ming Doyle!

Plus more madcap mayhem from Robert Hack’s “I Can’t Take You Anywhere”!

Hello Darkness #10

From the pages of Hello Darkness comes The War by Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan

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From the pages of the hit BOOM! Studios horror anthology series Hello Darkness comes The War from Eisner-winning creators Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan, on shelves July 30, 2025.

Critically acclaimed and lauded creators Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan unite to explore the modern fear of nuclear war and societal collapse in this dark and timely thriller.

In New York City, a group of friends watch their fears become reality as they face the immediate threat of nuclear war. Everyone has a different plan for survival as the end of the world…who will live? Who will die? And will any truly survive THE WAR…

The War #1 collects parts 1-3 of The War, originally published in the pages of Hello Darkness, as an oversized first issue with 37 pages of story!

The War #1 features main cover art by series artist Becky Cloonan, and variant covers by acclaimed illustrators Jay Shaw, Tula Lotay, and Trevor Hairsine.

Preview: Hello Darkness Vol. 1

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Hello Darkness Vol. 1

(W) Garth Ennis, Various (A) Becky Cloonan, Various (CA) Paolo Rivera
Rated T
In Shops: Apr 30, 2025
SRP: $19.99

Today’s top horror storytellers invite you deep into the gloomiest recesses of your nightmares, never letting you forget that… the darkness will always define us! From the trenches and tunnels of World War I to cushy Brooklyn apartments to lonely lighthouses, the darkness comes for us all. Modern fears of a collapsing society come for privileged Millennial yuppies in “The War” by Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys) and Becky Cloonan (Wonder Woman, Somna), while Erica Slaughter stars in an exclusive brand-new adventure of the Eisner award-winning Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera. Be very afraid as even more new horror tales are unveiled by Wes Craig (Deadly Class), Sarah Andersen (Fangs), Andy Lanning (Guardians of the Galaxy), Trevor Hairsine (DCeased), and more! Collects Hello Darkness #1-4.

Hello Darkness Vol. 1

Discover Another Bloody Chapter with a first look at Hello Darkness #10

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BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at Hello Darkness #10, the terrifying continuation to the new ongoing anthology series featuring what BOOM! Studios is known for–the best in modern Horror, Fantasy, and Mystery, not to mention the darkest stories yet from a murderer’s row of world class creators! Everything from primal fears to modern political horrors will be explored, in the classic style of Creepy and Eerie and the contemporary chills of Black Mirror.

Included in this horrifying issue, “A Friend of Mine” by Dan Abnett and Jeff Stokely, “Devil in the Corner of Your Eye” by Genevieve Valentine and Ming Doyle, “Granny Hags from Hell” by Dracmorda & Swanthula Boulet, and Max Fuchs, and part 5 of “Something is Killing the Children: A Monster Hunter Walks Into a Bar” by James Tunion Iv and Werther Fell’Edera, plus more madcap mayhem from Robert Hack’s “I Can’t Take You Anywhere”!

Hello Darkness #10 features a main cover by Miguel Mercado, and variant covers by Jenny Frison, Rebeca Puebla, Christian Ward, and a limited BOOM! Studios Direct Reserve exclusive variant by Jenny Frison! Hello Darkness #10 comes to stores on May 10, 2025.

Hello Darkness #10

Preview: Hello Darkness #9

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Hello Darkness #9

(W) Joanne Starer, Robert Hack, Sina Grace, Cullen Bunn (A) Robert Hack, Sina Grace, Khary Randolph, Daniel Bayliss (CA) Miguel Mercado
In Shops: Mar 26, 2025
SRP: $5.99

Cover your mirrors, your TV screens, and your chalkboards! There’s a new issue of Hello Darkness trying to get in!

Prepare for a monstrous new method of disciplining misbehaving students in “Teacher’s Pet” by Cullen Bunn and Daniel Bayliss! Don’t change that channel as a superfan finds himself on his favorite cult TV show where the dangers are real in “Cemetery Cove” by Sina Grace! Be sure to respect the dead as you’re invited to join a special shiva in Joanne Starer and Khary Randolph’s “A Time for Reflection” Plus it’s a madcap March in Robert Hack’s I Can’t Take You Anywhere and even more stories in the newest installment of the genre-defining horror anthology series!

Hello Darkness #9

Get a first look at Hello Darkness #9

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BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at Hello Darkness #9, the terrifying continuation to the new ongoing anthology series featuring the best in modern Horror, Fantasy, and Mystery, not to mention the darkest stories yet from a murderer’s row of world class creators! Everything from primal fears to modern political horrors will be explored, in the classic style of Creepy and Eerie and the contemporary chills of Black Mirror.

Prepare for a monstrous new method of disciplining misbehaving students in “Teacher’s Pet” by Cullen Bunn and Daniel Bayliss! Don’t change that channel as a superfan finds himself on his favorite cult TV show where the dangers are real in “Cemetery Cove” by Sina Grace! Be sure to respect the dead as you’re invited to join a special shiva in Joanne Starer and Khary Randolph‘s “A Time for Reflection” Plus it’s a madcap March in Robert Hack‘s “I Can’t Take You Anywhere” and even more stories in the newest installment of the genre-defining horror anthology series!

Hello Darkness #9 features a main cover by Miguel Mercado, and variant covers by Jenny Frison and Michael Del Mundo, a special BOOM! Studios 20th Anniversary variant by Goñi Montes, and a limited BOOM! Studios Direct Reserve exclusive variant by Jenny Frison!

Hello Darkness #9
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