It's here! Your updated list of the new horror comics coming your way this year. A new year is a great time to try something new, and 2026 is shaping up to be a fantastic year for new horror comics. If you’re already aware of how fantastic comics are as a medium for horror stories, you're in good company. If you’ve yet to pick up a horror comic, stick with me here for just a bit to learn more about why comics are a fantastic medium for tales of terror and how to get started reading them.

The primary reason comics are such an exciting and fun vehicle for horror is that they afford creators a certain freedom. They don’t have to abide by many of the restrictions placed on film and television; things like budget, time constraints, audience expectations, and the safety of cast and crew.

That means comics can tell bold original tales and take familiar horror franchises in exciting new directions. Below, you’ll find a list of 28 brand new and accessible original horror comics as well as new releases featuring existing characters and properties, like Universal Monsters, the Predator, and a Smile prequel.

(For more: check out our list of all the new horror movies releasing in 2026.)

Before you dive into them, though, a quick word about the nature of comic stores. New comics are only solicited up to three months in advance. This initial list covers only new horror comics released in January-March. If you’re interested in any of them, let your comics retailer know and they’ll pre-order those titles for you.

New Horror Comics Releasing This Year: January – March 2026

Pig Wife - January 13

PIG WIFE (Credit: Top Shelf)

This 536-page debut graphic novel from writer/artist Abbey Luck and publisher Top Shelf Productions is a tale of horror, humor and heart. It begins with a teenage girl being dragged to a remote mining town by her mom and stepdad, who are there to settle the estate of her recently deceased aunt. Once there, a vicious fight forces her to take shelter in an abandoned mine. She becomes trapped and soon discovers she’s not alone.
Knull - January 14

KNULL (Credit: Marvel)

The titular character of this five-issue miniseries from Marvel Comics, writers Al Ewing (Venom) and Tom Waltz (Wolverine: Blood Hunt), and artist Juanan Ramirez (Eddie Brock: Carnage) is the monstrous god-like entity who rules over the alien symbiotes of the Marvel Universe.

Knull made his big screen debut in 2024’s Venom: The Last Dance (played by Andy Serkis). The series begins with Knull trapped and imprisoned, but it’s hard to keep a homicidal, space god down— especially when there’s a weapon of unimaginable power waiting out there to gift him his revenge.
Bloodland - January 14

BLOODLAND (Credit: Ignition Press)

In this 12-issue “political horror” series, published by Ignition Press, writer B. Clay Moore and artist Mack Chater (the creative team behind the neo-noir comic, Last Flight Out of Wichita) take readers to a world where a desperate and corrupt US president has found the perfect tool to extend his illegally extended term; an alliance with a cabal of European vampires.

Leading the charge against this unholy junta are a vengeful army veteran and a retired pro football player looking to build a resistance movement to reclaim the nation’s soul.
Dungeons of Doom - January 14

DUNGEONS OF DOOM (Credit: Marvel Comics)

This three-issue horror anthology series from writers Benjamin Percy (Hellverine) and Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Infernal Hulk) and featuring art by Carlos Magno (Captain America), Robert Gill (Deadpool/Wolverine), Justin Mason (The Thing) and Georges Jeanty (Godzilla Vs Avengers) unleashes the monstrous secrets of the villainous Doctor Doom ( who’s set to make his MCU debut in December’s Avengers: Doomsday).

It’s set in the aftermath of a recent storyline, which finds Doom’s high-tech castle abandoned and ripe for plundering. Several nations send teams to claim that technology, but an explosion launches them into a labyrinthine underground prison. Lurking behind the prison’s many doors is a collection of horrors the castle’s former master had been concealing.
Touched By A Demon - January 21

TOUCHED BY A DEMON (Credit: Dark Horse Comics)

Writer/Artist Kristen Gudsnuk (Making Friends) delves into the world of an infernal being with big dreams in this four-issue horror-comedy series from Dark Horse Comics. It’s the story of a redemption seeking demon who travels to the mortal realm, where he offers up his services as a life coach.
Malevolent - January 28

MALEVOLENT (Credit: Image Comics)

This new, ongoing sci-fi horror series from Image Comics reunites the co-creators of the apocalyptic horror comic, Spread: writer Justin Jordan and artists Felipe Sobreiro and John Bivens. It’s set in a future world where the gates of hell are open, and demons ravage the Earth. Humanity has some hope, though in the form of a sentient weapon that can kill demons, but will she eliminate her creators as well?
Spirit of the Shadows - January 28

SPIRIT OF THE SHADOWS (Credit: Oni Press)

FANGORIA readers got a preview of this Oni Press published collaboration between comic creator Nick Cagnetti (Pink Lemonade) and filmmaker Daniel Ziegler (Elodie). It’s a five-issue, phantasmagorical miniseries that follows a deceased musician reborn as a ghost, clad in a garish and arcane costume, who must both uncover the mysteries of his past life and avenge the sins that led to his undead existence.
Ripcord - February 4

RIPCORD (Credit: Ignition Press)

This past October, FANGORIA partnered with publisher Ignition Press to announce this new grindhouse, Ozsploitation-style horror series from writer Cullen Bunn (Deluge) and artist Aneke (Bylines in Blood). It’s set in a world devastated by the Ripcord drug, which transforms users into mindless, frenzied killers, and follows a desperate woman into the Australian Outback in search of her missing sister.
Barbarian Behind Bars - February 11

BARBARIAN BEHIND BARS (Credit: Mad Cave Studios)

The Fantasy and grindhouse exploitation genres collide in this new five-issue miniseries from Mad Cave Studios and the creative team behind Maniac of New York, writer Elliott Kalan and artist Andrea Mutti.

The story begins with the Barbarian, a magical axe-wielding warrior, mysteriously appearing in our world and decapitating someone. He’s promptly thrown into a dangerous maximum security prison where he must rely on both his skills as a warrior and his court-appointed public defender to survive.
EC Tortured Hearts - February 11

EC TORTURED HEARTS (Credit: Oni Press)

Oni Press celebrates Valentine’s Day EC Comics style with this one-shot, horror anthology featuring terrifying, twisted tales of romance and love gone horribly wrong by writers Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), Tini Howard (Hack/Slash: Resurrection), Blake Howard (Vampire: The Masquerade), Ann Nocenti (Daredevil) and Amy Roy (EC’s Epitaphs From the Abyss).

Bringing their bloody tales of blooming and wilting romance to life is an art team that includes Sebastián Carol (Hulk: Maestro), Fabiana Mascolo (Cyberpunk 2077), Dan McDaid (EC’s Outlaw Showdown), and Arjuna Susini (Lamentation).
Hello Darkness: Good Bones and Other Sordid Tales - February 11

HELLO DARKNESS (Credit: Boom! Studios)

Readers new to comics might not be aware of Boom! Studios' ongoing anthology series, Hello Darkness, but this special one-shot of curated stories by writer Steve Orlando (Scarlet Witch) is a good way to catch up on some of the creepiness they missed. Plus, it’s the debut of a brand new story titled Good Bones, with art by Dillon Snook (Dead by Daylight).
The Crown: A Tale of Hell - February 11

THE CROWN: A TALE OF HELL (Credit: Dark Horse Comics)

Mike Mignola’s crimson, demonic, paranormal investigator, Hellboy, has been punching out all manner of supernatural menaces since the early ‘90s. His adventures have inspired a whole universe of related titles, which can make starting Hellboy comics from the beginning intimidating for new readers.

Fortunately, Mignola, his brother Todd, artist Warwick Johnson-Caldwell (Our Encounters With Evil), and publisher Dark Horse Comics are offering new and longtime fans of Hellboy a different way to get to know the character, through the machinations of his infernal, biological family!

This two-issue miniseries focuses on Hellboy’s brothers, Gammon and Lusk, as they battle for control of the demonic city known as Pandemonium. The struggle becomes a three-way war when their mother, who also has designs on the throne, escapes her infernal prison.
Bleeding Hearts - February 11

BLEEDING HEARTS (Credit: DC/Vertigo)

In this new series from DC/Vertigo, writer Deniz Camp and artist Stipan Morian (the team behind the Image Comics series 20th Century Men) introduce readers to a different kind of zombie. Their protagonist’s name is Poke, and he’s a beloved member of a community of fellow shamblers in a zombie dominated world.

His world is turned upside down, though, when his heart mysteriously begins to beat again, and the first humans he sees look like friends instead of food.
The Thing on the Doorstep - February 18

THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP (Credit: Top Cow/Image)

This five-issue comic adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s classic short story of two best friends and the cosmic horror fueled murder that comes between them comes courtesy of writer Simon Birks (Antarctica), artist Willi Roberts (The Blood Below), and publisher Top Cow/Image Comics.
Smile For The Camera - February 18

SMILE FOR THE CAMERA (Credit: IDW Dark)

Writer Hannah Rose May (The Exorcism at 1600 Penn) and artist Miriana Puglia (Gargoyles) take the Smile film franchise back to 2005 with this official prequel miniseries from IDW Dark.

The story is set during Fashion Month in New York City and follows five international models who become fast friends during this grueling time period. Unfortunately for them, one of their members has crossed paths with the fiendish entity of the Smile films, which afflicts its victims with horrific visions.
Universal Monsters: The Phantom of the Opera - February 18

UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Credit: Skybound)

The Skybound imprint of Image Comics continues its line of books starring Universal Pictures’ horror icons with this new four-issue miniseries from writer Tyler Boss (You’ll Do Bad Things) and artist Martin Simmonds (The Department of Truth) that promises a twist on the classic story of Christine Dubois and the Paris Opera House Ghost that no one will see coming.
The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre - February 18

THE FLORIDA HIPPOPATAMUS COCAINE MASSACRE (Credit: Mad Cave Studios)

Animal attack and horror comedy fans will find a lot to love in this four-issue miniseries from Mad Cave Studios, writer Fred Kennedy (Dead Romans) and artist James Edward Clark (Tales to Enlighten), which traps a dashing, female drug enforcement agent in a Florida amusement park with the drug-fueled animals in the middle of a hurricane.
White Sky - February 18

WHITE SKY (Credit: Image Comics)

This Image Comics series from comics and video game veteran William Harms (Impaler, Mafia III) and artist Jean-Paul Mavinga should appeal to fans of properties like The Last of Us since it’s about a man and his daughter navigating an undead apocalypse. Their world hasn’t been ravaged by zombie hordes, though. It’s plagued by legions of spectral beings.
Is Ted Ok? - February 25

IS TED OK? (Credit: Mad Cave Studios)

In this six-issue miniseries, writer/artist Dave Chisolm (Spectrum) mixes compassion, psychological horror, and paranoid conspiracies. Its titular character is a man suffering from night terrors who works for a mega-corporation, obsessively draws the same figure over and over again while listening to the same music track on repeat, and only talks to a stray cat.

Sarah’s job is to spy on Ted to make sure he doesn’t harm anyone or himself. What happens when she discovers that the things troubling Ted might be real, powerful, and dangerous?
Predator: Bloodshed - February 25
Predator: Bloodshed - February 25

PREDATOR: BLOODSHED (Credit: Marvel Comics)

For centuries, the alien hunters known as the Yautja or Predators have scoured portions of the Earth in search of the best warriors to stalk and eliminate.

In this near future set five issue miniseries from Marvel Comics, writer Jordan Morris and artists Roland Boschi (The Holy Roller) and Ruairi Coleman (Infinity Watch: Universal Destruction) one Predator comes across a hunting ground rich with prey to test his mettle; an underground MMA style fighting tournament.
Lands Unknown: The Skinless Man - March 4

LANDS UNKNOWN: THE SKINLESS MAN (Credit: Dark Horse Comics)

This two-issue horror-fantasy miniseries from writer/artist Ben Stenbeck (Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. 1953) is set in a universe created by his frequent collaborator, Mike Mignola. In it, a traveler takes shelter from a storm in the home of a witch who recounts the tale of the relentless warrior and the gang of warlocks who tried to deceive him.
The Exorcism at Buckingham Palace - March 11

THE EXORCISM AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE (Credit: IDW Dark)

Last year’s The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, written by Hannah Rose May, gave the horror subgenre of demonic possession a fascinating twist by setting an exorcism story in the home of the US President.

In this follow-up series from IDW Dark, she teams with artist Kelsey Ramsay (Godzilla Heist) for another tale of political intrigue, this time with a UK flavor. It begins with the British royal family being lost at sea, and a playboy/recovering addict becoming next in line to the throne.
51 - March 11

51 (Credit: Mad Cave Studios)

In this four-issue sci-fi, horror, comedy from Mad Cave Studios by writer Curt Pires (Lost Fantasy) and artist Jok (The Body Trade), the secrets of America’s most clandestine facility, Area 51, are released into the world after the President’s screw-up brother, Harvey, throws a party.

As a result, Harvey and his ragtag crew must go out into the world to reclaim all the stolen alien technology and horrors, while also contending with the agenda of the mysterious thief who broke into Area 51 and stole its secrets.
A Quiet Place: Storm Warning - March 11

A QUIET PLACE: STORM WARNING (Credit: IDW Dark)

The A Quiet Place film franchise expands into the world of comics with this new miniseries from IDW Dark, writer and layout artist Phil Hester (The Wretch), and co-artist Ryan Kelly (Lucifer).

The book introduces a new cast of characters and plunges them into a raging storm that will test their mettle and the senses of the series’ sound sensitive creatures. The comic won’t be entirely dialogue free, though. It features several flashbacks to the day before the creatures arrived on Earth.
Leonide the Vampyr: The House of Yonda - March 18

LEONIDE THE VAMPYR: THE HOUSE OF YONDA (Credit: Dark Horse Comics)

Readers initially met young vampyr Leonide in two standalone comics from Dark Horse, written by Mike Mignola and illustrated by Rachele Aragno (Yuletide). That duo reunited for this two-issue miniseries, the character’s first, which promises to reveal her horrifying history.
Dead Teenagers - March 18

DEAD TEENAGERS (Credit: Oni Press)

Prom Night and time loops are frequent elements of horror films, but this miniseries from writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle (Be Not Afraid), artist Caitlin Yarsky (EC’s Cruel Universe), and Oni Press combines them both into one creepy creation.

Dead Teenagers is set in 1997 and follows five friends who’ve been forced to relive a prom night that always ends in death for them, no matter what they do. This series twists the time loop formula: early in the story, the loop is broken by someone or something, and the book’s adolescent cast will be forced to confront the “most disturbing revelation of all.”
Super Creepshow - March 18

SUPER CREEPSHOW (Credit: Skybound/Image Comics)

Skybound/Image Comics have published a number of books inspired by the Creepshow films and television series, but this five-issue miniseries takes the horror anthology in a decidedly different, yet equally creepy direction.

That’s because Super Creepshow is a macabre take on the world of superpowers. Each issue features two tales by different creators. In issue #1, writer Kieron Gillen (Die) and artist Rossi Gifford (Wonder Woman: Black and Gold) offer up an arachnophobic take on spider based superpowers.

The second story in issue #1, from writer Ryan North (Fantastic Four) and artist Derek Charm, illustrates why super speed is the most dangerous power of all.
Event Horizon: Inferno -April

EVENT HORIZON: INFERNO (Credit: IDW Dark)

In 2025, IDW Dark expanded the world of the 1997 cult, space-horror film Event Horizon with a five-issue comic miniseries from writer Christian Ward that jumped backwards in time and showed readers what happened on the spaceship’s doomed maiden voyage.

This April, Ward teams with artist Rob Carey for a sequel comic that leaps 30 years forward from the film's events. The story follows a ruthless billionaire and the hapless recovery fleet he assigns to plunder the secrets of the Event Horizon from its wreckage orbiting Neptune.