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Preview: The Scream! Halloween Special 2026

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The Scream! Halloween Special 2026

UK RELEASE DATE: 28th October £5.99
US RELEASE DATE: 28th October $9.99
COVER: SALVADOR LAVADO

In this issue:

THE DRACULA FILE // REALPOLITIK by Alex Paknadel (w) Alejandro Aragon (a) Jason Wordie (c) Jonathan Stevenson (l)
THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR // CONVERSATIONAL REALITY GENERATION by Zac Thompson (w) Mattia Monaco (a) Maco (l)
CONSENT IS KEY by Zoe Tunnell (w) Chloe Brailsford (a) JP Jordan (c) Jodie Troutman (l)
THE BOG BODY by Oliver Gerlach (w) Vic Malhotra (a) Maco (l)
BISHOP’S END // LIGHTS OUT by Michael Gorman (w) Babs Tarr (a) Kyle Fewell (c) Maco (l)

Preview: Speed Racer: Tales from the Road – Frankenstein’s Dragster #1

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Speed Racer: Tales from the Road – Frankenstein’s Dragster #1

(W) Chris Robinson, Brandon Thomas, Zoe Tunnell (A) Guillermo Sanna, Alessia De Sio, Vic Malhotra

Speed Racer: Tales from the Road is an all-new quarterly release featuring a one-shot tale and backup shorts that expand the universe of Speed Racer!

In this issue’s spine-chilling feature, a ghastly scavenger feeding on wrecked racers haunts the streets… until its car-nnibalistic feeding frenzy puts it on a collision course with Speed Racer AND Racer X! Don’t miss the debut of a BRAND NEW RACER in this story by Eisner-winner Chris Robinson (Werewolf Frankenstein) and celebrated artist Guillermo Sanna!

Plus: short stories from writers Brandon Thomas (Excellence, Horizon) and Zoe Tunnell (Blade Maidens, Godzilla Valentine’s Day Special) featuring Trixie Turnwell and more!

Cover of 'Speed Racer: Tales from the Road - Frankenstein's Dragster' featuring Speed Racer's car and a giant dragster with a menacing face.
Colorful comic book cover featuring a high-speed car chase with a police car and a racing vehicle from 'Speed Racer: Tales from the Road', highlighting dynamic motion and vibrant colors.
A comic page featuring a dramatic racing scene with colorful cars, including a purple one and a sleek, white racing car. Characters discussing ghosts and racing excitement, with a graveyard in the background.
A comic book panel featuring a chaotic car chase scene with colorful vehicles, comic sound effects like 'SKRUNCH' and 'KRONCH', and characters visibly expressing concern amidst the action.
A comic panel featuring a conversation between two characters about a racing incident. One character, looking at a car part, discusses the significance of a special mirror. The other character, shown in a cap, addresses the first character while sitting at a computer. There's a race car displayed in the background.
A comic panel titled 'Kindness for Weakness' featuring a confrontation. A man in a suit expresses urgency, while another man in a military outfit prepares for an action. The panel includes expressions of tension and violence, with sound effects indicating physical confrontation.
A dynamic comic book scene featuring a character in a hat and suit using a device while gliding past a futuristic car, set against a nighttime urban backdrop.
A comic panel featuring various characters engaged in a meeting. One character, a woman with pink hair, looks frustrated and distracted. Other characters, including older men and a woman, interact with her, discussing issues related to a project. The dialogue highlights themes of time management and business frustrations.
A group of people discussing marketing strategies around a table, with one person presenting data on a screen showing social media statistics and celebratory graphics.

Preview: Zero Instance #3

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Zero Instance #3

Co-Written by Frank Barbiere and Stephen Rhodes
Art by Eoin Marron
Colors by Lauren Affe
Letters by Taylor Esposito
Covers by Vic Malhotra
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Braxir—the escaped game boss—learns to manipulate humans like NPCs, exploiting phones, drones, and intelligent systems to bend reality to his will. Rhys and Ellie begin to suspect the truth: their friend may be trapped inside the game. The clock is ticking, and the lines between simulation and reality are starting to blur.

Cover of 'Zero Instance' Issue 3 featuring a muscular character in a dynamic pose with a dark background and bold title.
Cover page for 'Zero Instance', featuring the title prominently, with credits for the writers, artists, and letters in a modern design.
A muscular man with short hair and a beard stands in a messy kitchen, holding a phone to his ear with a serious expression. Papers and a laptop are scattered on the counter, displaying a profile with the name 'Ben'. The kitchen has an unkempt appearance, with various items, including an open cupboard and cluttered surfaces.
A comic panel depicting a young man on the phone looking concerned, a young woman with glasses responding to him, and an older man standing nearby, all discussing a friend's alarming situation.
A comic panel showing a woman knocking on a door, expressing concern about a mutual friend named Chris, while a man inside responds that he thinks Chris is in trouble.
A comic book panel depicting a conversation between two characters in a car, with a city skyline and sunset in the background. The characters discuss a past event involving a missing person and express concern over the situation.
A comic panel featuring a tense conversation between two characters in a car, discussing a tracking app.

Preview: Zero Instance #2

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Zero Instance #2

Written by Frank Barbiere and Stephen Rhodes
Art by Vic Malhotra issues #1-2 and Eoin Marron issues #3-5
Colors by Lauren Affe
Letters by Taylor Esposito
Covers by Vic Malhotra
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Chris is missing. Rhys tries to keep it together, but something is off. Spencer, the game’s reclusive designer, is tracking a code anomaly he believes escaped the server. Meanwhile, something wearing Chris’s skin is exploring the rules of reality and discovering just how fragile our world is.

Zero Instance #2

Preview: Zero Instance #1

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Zero Instance #1

Written by Frank Barbiere and Stephen Rhodes
Art by Vic Malhotra issues #1-2 and Eoin Marron issues #3-5
Colors by Lauren Affe,
Letters by Taylor Esposito
Covers by Vic Malhotra
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A routine raid in a popular MMO video game takes a deadly turn in Zero Instance, an exciting new five-issue sci-fi horror thriller comic book series from acclaimed storyteller and video game writer Frank Barbiere (Astonishing Times) and award-winning game writer and comics newcomer Stephen Rhodes, making his creator-owned debut with the series. Featuring art by Vic Malhotra issues #1-2 and Eoin Marron issues #3-5, colors by Lauren Affe, letters by Taylor Esposito and covers by Vic Malhotra, Zero Instance starts with a bang as the final boss escapes the screen and bleeds into the real world.

For Rhys, Everon Online is the one place where everything makes sense. So when his raid group achieves the impossible — a world’s-first kill on the game’s legendary final boss — it should be a triumph. Instead, something goes wrong in the final moments, and the fallout follows them offline. A sci-fi thriller about what we bring back with us from the worlds we escape into.

Zero Instance #1

The Scream Halloween Special 2026 Brings Vengeful Violence This October!

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October 2026 will see the return of the Eisner-Nominated horror anthology Scream! Featuring a gruesome cadre of twisted storytellers, The Scream! Halloween Special 2026 will show you the true meaning of fear across 48 ghastly and grotesque pages! With comics from a murderously good lineup of top creators including Alex Paknadel, Babs Tarr, Zoe Tunnell, Zac Thompson, and Vic Malhotra, Rebellion presents five new horror stories to keep you screaming this Halloween!

Scream! has been delivering chills to once-innocent readers for over forty years, horrifying generations of comic fans with tales to make your squirm with pleasure and disgust!

In The Dracula File, Alex Paknadel and Alejandro Aragón reunite for a new story with Jason Wordie and Jonathan Stevenson which puts extra venom into the modern-day exploits of the legendary blood-sucking fiend.

Cower as Zoe Tunnell, Chloe Brailsford, JP Jordan, and Jodie Troutman team for Consent Is Key. What happens when your sleeping hours are monetized for labor? It’s the true horror story of 21st Century capitalism!

The malevolent A.I. Max returns for more close-quarters carnage as Zac Thompson and Mattia Monaco invite you to once again enter The Thirteenth Floor.

When a bog body is discovered during an archaeological dig, a PhD student finds that the project of a lifetime becomes an obsession with death! Join Oliver Gerlach and Vic Malhotra as they wade into the depths of human nature.

And the grand finale brings together Michael Gorman and Babs Tarr, who’d like to inform readers that the quaint sleepy town of Bishop’s End is in fact open for business, and any reports of haunts at the nearby petrol station are GREATLY exaggerated…

It’s the horror event of the year – if you’re looking for true terror this Halloween, make sure you pre-order your copy of The Scream! Halloween Special 2026 today! You won’t regret it… 

Preview: Jinx Grim Fairy Tales (One-Shot)

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Jinx Grim Fairy Tales (One-Shot)

Script: Magdalene Visaggio, James III, Joe Corallo
Art: Craig Cermak, Evan Stanley, Eva Cabrera
Colors: Matt Herms
Letters: Jack Morelli
Cover: Vic Malhotra
Variant Cover: Francesco Francavilla
On Sale Date: 8/17
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

Teen Jinx Holliday is Riverdale’s go-to babysitter. The (often unruly) kids that she watches over always change, seemingly for the better. The key to her success? Her book of unique fairy tales, all of which tell a moralistic story—usually grim, gruesome ones that frighten the children with Jinx as the star of each and every one. What sinister, I mean, serious lessons will she teach her wards?

Jinx Grim Fairy Tales

Archie Horror returns with Jinx’s Grim Fairy Tales!

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Archie Comics is kickstarting Halloween early with the August release of Chilling Adventures Presents… Jinx’s Grim Fairy Tales. The one-shot anthology features a trio of stories hosted by a grown-up version of the classic Archie character Jinx Holliday, better known as Li’l Jinx, and it leads a full season of new horror releases to be announced in coming weeks. 

The issue opens with a framing story by Magdalene Visaggio and Craig Cermak in which babysitter Jinx keeps her unruly charges in line by sharing some especially grim moralistic fairy tales. Visaggio and Cermak also tell one of those sinister stories, “The True Story of Cantanella.” Li’l Jinx first appeared in Pep Comics #62 by Joe Edwards back in 1946. She earned her nickname by being born on Halloween and kept up an appropriately mischievous spirit in a decades-long comics run.

Writer/actor James III and Eva Cabrera contribute “Suzie & the Monkey’s Paw” to the anthology, which is rounded out by “Will the Real Sorcerer Please Stand Up?” by Joe Corallo and Evan Stanley. 

Jinx’s Grim Fairy Tales releases August 17 in comic shops nationwide, and will boast a cover by Vic Malhotra with an open-to-order variant cover by Archie Horror mainstay Francesco Francavilla.

Preview: Narcos #3 (of 4)

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Narcos #3 (of 4)

(W) Ryan Ferrier (A/CA) Vic Malhotra
In Shops: Aug 05, 2020
SRP: $3.99

Secrets are exposed in this thrilling penultimate issue! While Agents Murphy and Peña attempt to ferret out the mole in their midst, Raskow and Hirsch find themselves targeted by the Medell n Cartel. Bullets and blood will fly in this showdown between the DEA and Caballero’s budding army!

Narcos #3 (of 4)

Preview: Vampironica: New Blood #4 (of 4)

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VAMPIRONICA: NEW BLOOD #4 (of 4)

Script: Frank Tieri and Michael Moreci
Art: Audrey Mok, Joe Eisma, Matt Herms, Jack Morelli
Cover: Audrey Mok
Variant Covers: Vic Malhotra, Lisa Sterle
On Sale Date: 4/15
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

The clock is ticking on Veronica Lodge as she learns the terrible secrets hidden deep in her family’s history—and comes to understand that her horrifying past isn’t as distant as she’d like. Now, if she wants to keeps her family and friends safe, Veronica will face her most chilling challenge yet.

VAMPIRONICA: NEW BLOOD #4 (of 4)
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