52 New Horror Comics That Should Be On Your Radar This Year

The writers of Morningstar, David' DB' Andry and Tim Daniel are teaming with artist Alex Sanchez (Godzilla Vs.The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers II) for a series from Mad Cave Studios that aims to show fans of aquatic horror what the comics medium can do.

It's set in a world where climate change has devastated the surface world, and a pocket of humanity survives underneath the waves in a massive nuclear submarine. The vessel's science officer is forced to make some difficult and dangerous decisions when two brothers warring for command and an alien infiltrator put the submarine in dire peril.

In 2025, Godzilla will get some belated 70th birthday wishes from some friends he hasn't seen in a long time—the iconic heroes of Marvel Comics. In the '70s, Marvel published a number of Godzilla comics, and they'll revive that tradition in March with a six-issue crossover mini-series of one-shots that team the King of Monsters with different, iconic Marvel heroes.

Each issue will be set in a different era, allowing for some fun pairings. For example, current Fantastic Four writer Ryan North will team with legendary Marvel artist John Romita Jr. to kick things off with Godzilla Versus the Fantastic Four, a story that teams King Ghidorah with the ravenous, planet-devouring entity known as Galactus and Godzilla with Galactus' former herald, the Silver Surfer.

The Skybound arm of Image Comics has some great offerings for horror movie fans, including an official Creepshow comic and several new stories starring the iconic Universal Monsters. Their latest arrives in March when writer/artist Faith Erin Hicks (The Nameless City, The Last of Us: American Dreams) kicks off the four-issue mini-series, The Mummy.

It revisits the classic 1932 film from a different perspective; that of Helen Grosvenor (portrayed by Zita Johnson in the film) who is mysteriously drawn to an early 20th century Egyptian dig site that will soon be haunted by the titular monster.

The titular youngsters of this Image Comics one-shot from Garth Ennis (Preacher) and artist Dalibor Talajic are most definitely not all right. It’s set in a world where, in one terrifying moment, every child below the age of one disappeared, replaced by deranged hyper-violent adults. The book follows a couple who set out to discover what happened as they try to survive the night.

Last month, FANGORIA readers got a sneak peek at the covers for this six-issue Image comic series from writer Tyler Boss and artist Adriano Turtulici. It’s a Giallo-influenced tale about a writer haunted by his past success and the bloody violence of the new novel he’s working on as the novel's events mysteriously start to happen in real life.

Sports horror is a sub-genre explored a few times in film and even less in comics. Writer Joe Harris (Rock Stars) and artist Russell Olson (A Phone Call Away) are looking to change that with this new five-issue mini-series from Mad Cave Studios that combines “America's Pastime” with supernatural horror. It follows the journey of an aspiring baseball player who's given a chance to become a superstar with the advent of night baseball in the 1920s.

The creative team behind Plastic and its sequel Plastic: Death and Dolls, writer Doug Wagner and artist Daniel Hillyard, reunite for another serial killer saga from Image Comics. This five-issue mini series follows an aspiring clothes maker with some killer designs—literally! That's because they're made of human skin.

Remember how I mentioned the freedom of comics? Well, it's on full display here in this four-issue Image Comics published mini series from creators Mike Marlow, Zach Howard (Wild Blue Yonder), Steve Ellis (High Moon), and Nelson Daniel (Pacific Rim: Blackout). It chronicles the 1980s set exploits of the titular cryptid rum runner who's trying to stay one step ahead of cops, hunters, sinister squirrels, ghosts, and a secretive, high-tech cabal.

Novelist, comic writer, filmmaker, and FANGORIA contributor Benjamin Percy has been showing his love for Marvel Comics and relentless alien hunters with mini-series that put Marvel heroes in the crosshairs of the Predators.

In 2023, he pitted Wolverine against a multitude of Yautja. In 2024, he sent the Predators to Wakanda for a battle with the Black Panther. In 2025, Percy teams with artist Marcelo Ferreira (The Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt) for a story that finds the Predators stalking Marvel's most iconic hero, Spider-Man.

This series from writer Cullen Bunn, artist A.C. Zamudio (Death Follows), and published by Dark Horse gives readers a seat at a secret, sinister gaming table where magicians, demons, and demigods gamble for the fate of the world. It's all part of an underground poker style tournament using mysterious tarot like cards. Humanity's representative in the contest is a streetwise gambler who's never played with stakes such as these.

Justin Richards and Val Halverson, the creative team behind Vault Comics' Finger Guns, reunite for this five-issue mini series from Mad Cave Studios that fans of Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon will especially dig. It adds a Creepypasta style twist to the Slasher sub-genre. The title character is Riley; a horror-obsessed podcaster who's looking to help her favorite slasher return to notoriety while also learning the basics of the bloody trade.

If you're new to comics you'll be delighted to know that the first Saturday in May is when the annual Free Comic Book Day Celebration happens. It's a day when your local comic shop will have a multitude of special free comics for their customers. The stores have to pay money for these books though. So, if you can, please help support them by picking up some other things as well.

One of the most intriguing free offerings for horror fans is this book that kicks off IDW's new line of horror comics. It features first looks at the line's upcoming original titles: the sequel to Patrick Horvath's Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees (a comic best described as the TV show Dexter meets Richard Scary's Busy Town books), a new 30 Days of Night series from co-creator Steve Niles and Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia). It also features sneak peeks of two upcoming oversized horror one-shots by writer/artists Sean Peacock's Blood Honey and Gavin Fullerton's (The Closet) Tuatha.

This book features original comics, but it's worth noting that IDW Dark will also publish a number of new licensed comics based on Paramount horror titles like The Twilight Zone, A Quiet Place, Sleepy Hollow, Event Horizon and Smile. IDW is expected announce release dates for those books in 2025.

Trending

All The New Horror Movies We Can't Wait To Watch In 2026

Our next Free Comic Book Day offering is for people who missed the initial books in Oni Press' resurrection of legendary horror publisher EC Comics and those excited to see what Oni does next with the EC brand.

That's because it recollects the first appearance of Blood Type, a bon vivant vampire created by Corinna Bechko (Green Lantern Earth One) and Jonathan Case (Green River Killer), who will go on to star in EC/Oni's first ever solo series, which will be released in 2025.  It also contains reprints of popular stories from Oni's ongoing EC anthologies and a look at the next wave of EC Comics titles.

For the past several years, IDW publishing has shown that Godzilla's colossal size makes him perfect for the budget-free medium of comics with an offering of fun, widescreen style, and wildly creative comics. On Free Comic Book Day, they're leveling up their King of the Monsters line and giving new readers a perfect jumping-on point with Godzilla: The New Heroes, a comic that creates a brand new universe of Godzilla stories.

This book contains a 10-page prelude story establishing the continuity of the new Godzilla universe and a preview of upcoming titles featuring new takes on classic characters like Mechagodzilla and G-Force.

Fans of classic noir and monsters will want to check out this Dark Horse published mini series from writer James Robinson (Starman) and artist Jesus Merino (Superman) which pits a werewolf private detective against a mummy crime boss/casino owner and a team of vampire cops.

If you prefer your horror in anthological form writer Mark Russell (Cereal) and a team of artists that includes Juan Doe (Wolverines), 

Ryan Alexander-Tanner (The Nib), Alberto Ponticelli (Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.), and Jok (The Body Trade) have a comic just for you! This is a six-issue mini series published by Mad Cave Studios where each installment is a standalone story that blends sci-fi with existential horror.

Writer Frank Tieri continues his take on Godzilla through history with this brand-new, standalone series, perfect for new readers, that blends classic Kaiju action with the alien invasion horror of the 1950s. Artist Angel Hernandez (Transformers) brings to life this IDW published tale that pits its titular character against the Xiliens; the extraterrestrial menace of 1965's Invasion of Astro-Monster and 2004's Godzilla Final Wars.

In Image Comics' Exquisite Corpses, two of the biggest names in horror comics, writer James Tynion IV and writer/artist Michael Walsh are teaming up with a murderer's row of fellow horror comics creators for a unique, bloody, fearful, and fun collaboration.

The series is set in a world where, every five years on Halloween, America's wealthiest families gather 12 of the deadliest people to play a game in a small town; last killer standing wins. Meanwhile, the townspeople caught in the crossfire must survive the night.

Tynion and Walsh wrote the series bible for Exquisite Corpses and for the book;s 13-issue “first season” they'll collaborate with Adam Gorham (Hellhunters), Becca Carey (Absolute Wonder Woman), Che Grayson (Dark Spaces: Good Deeds), Claire Roe (Dark Spaces: The Hollywood Special), Gavin Fullerton (The Closet), Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), Marianna Ignazzi (Catwoman), Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian), Tyler Boss (You'll Do Bad Things), and Valentine De Landro (Bitch Planet).

The post-Afterlife and Frozen Empire adventures of the new generation of Ghostbusters continues in this new mini series from Dark Horse, writer David M. Booher and artist Aviv Or (Crystal Heart). This time, the team must contend with the ghost of the legendary pirate Captain Kidd and his machinations for New York City.

The press release for this Image comic series by writer Marguerite Bennett (Witchblade) and artist Eleonora Carlini (Captain Marvel) describes it as Carrie meets Fatal Attraction. It follows a ruthless mom who turns the appearance of a possible killer in her gated community into an opportunity to make a name for herself and eliminate her rivals.

This six-issue Mad Cave Studios mini series from writer Peter Milligan (Shade the Changing Man) and artist Val Rodriguez (Deep Roots) transports readers back to 1349 and an England ravaged by the Black Death. There, they'll meet a knight returning from war who prays for the life of his dying son to be spared. That prayer is answered not by God but by an entity looking to cut a deal; Death.

This eight-issue horror mystery mini series from writer/artist Zander Cannon (Kaijumax) and Image Comics tells the story of a man who becomes something else when he falls asleep. And when he wakes up, he's covered in blood. Unravel the mysteries of Sleep this May.

If you're a fan of exorcism stories, you'll want to check out this new Boom! Studios published series from horror novelist Gus Moreno (This Thing Between Us) and artist Jakub Rebelka (Cyberpunk 2077). It begins with the exile of a disgraced priest to a South American town where he's forced to apprentice a mysterious and controversial clergyman whose exorcism methods might predate the Church. The duo's first assignment sends them to a remote island being ravaged by multiple demonic possessions.

In titles like I Hate This Place and Where Monsters Lie, writer Kyle Starks showed off his ability to seamlessly blend horror and humor. In this mini-series from Dark Horse Comics, he teams with artist Patrick Piazzalunga (Monsters are My Business) for a story that promises more of his signature blood and belly laughs. That's because it chronicles the exploits of two rival serial killers competing to see who can achieve the state record for the biggest body count. 

When a giant kaiju-style monster menaces a city, there's a good chance that many people and things are going to be devoured. But what happens to them after? Especially the people who are still alive?

This new four-issue Dark Horse Comics mini-series from film director Grant Sputore (I am Mother) and writer Ryan Engle (2018's Rampage and 2022's Beast), which features art by Jay Martin (Lost Boy), seeks to answer those questions. It follows a group of passengers on a bus devoured by a monster who quickly discovers that they're not alone in the belly of the beast.

FANGORIA readers got a first look at Paul Azaceta's (Outcast) stunning artwork for The Seasons. This comic, penned by Rick Remender (Deadly Class) and published by Image Comics, combines the whimsical wonder of a Hayao Miyazaki film with the surreal horror of David Lynch. It follows four sisters struggling against the sinister, supernatural carnival that fractured their family and threatens their home.

Fans of The Purge series and other death match-style horror tales like Battle Royale will want to check out writer Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (Mary Shelly: Monster Hunter) and artist Martina Niosi's five-issue mini-series, Kill Train, from Mad Cave Studios.

It's set in a dystopian, near-future world where New York City has implemented a brutal and bloody method to control a population explosion, The Kill Train, an extermination program where a random subway train is chosen, and all its passengers are slaughtered by the end of the line. It follows a struggling single mother who suddenly discovers her commute has become a Kill Train.

This one-shot from Image Comics by writer Adam Glass and artist Bernard Chang (The creative team behind DC Comics' 2016 Teen Titans series) is being described as 28 Days Later meets The Ruins. It follows a group of friends who climb aboard a train after backpacking through Asia.

Unbeknownst to them, one of their number has been infected with a bioweapon that will transform them into a murderous monster. Making matters worse is that if the train reaches Europe, it will kickstart World War III.

We need comics and horror stories for all ages. The Horror Master, John Carpenter, and his wife Sandy King understand that. That's why their company, Storm King Comics, has an imprint called Storm Kids. The next release from that line will be for kids (and adults) who enjoy films like ParaNorman.

It's called The Ghost Whiskerers, written and drawn by Thomas F. Zahler (My Little Pony). It's the story of a young boy who moves into a new town and a haunted house. He also discovers that his beloved cats have the job of shepherding spirits into the afterlife—and they need his help!

This series is from DSTLRY; a newer publisher releasing individual comics in a larger, 48-page, prestige style format with thicker cover stock. It's from writer Stephanie Phillips (Grimm, Harley Quinn) and artist Marc Laming (Star Wars).

The titular inspiration is a real-life British Royal Navy research vessel that sailed around Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia. In this modern-day story that DSTLRY describes as “perfect for fans of Lord of the Flies and Yellowjackets,” a tourism company has launched a luxury cruise recreation of the Endeavour, which quickly turns into a nightmare for seven children who suddenly find themselves alone on the titular craft and adrift at sea.

This four-issue mini-series from Dark Horse Comics is the first in their True Weird line of comics that delve deep into the mysteries of cryptids. Making things even more exciting is they've enlisted James Tynion IV (The Nice House on the Lake, The Department of Truth) and his independent production house, Tiny Onion, to tell these stories.

Horror fans unfamiliar with Tynion's work are in for a treat. He's one of the best and most prolific horror writers working in comics. Collaborating with Tynion on this story that delves back into the 1700s and explores the sinister and supernatural origins of the Pine Barrens' Jersey Devil are co-writer Steve Foxe (Dark X-Men) and artist Piotr Kowalski (Where Monsters Lie).

Zatanna is a DC character created 60 years ago who's probably best known for her fishnets, backward spell casting, and assisting Batman and the Justice League with supernatural matters. This new six-issue mini-series from DC Comics' “All In“ initiative and writer/artist Jamal Campbell (Far Sector) takes the character back to her roots as a sorceress turned stage magician. When one of her crew is kidnapped, Zatanna must contend with the machinations of a ghostly adversary and ancient curses.

In 2024, Cullen Bunn (another one of comics' best and most prolific horror writers) and artist Danny Luckert showed readers that superheroes and horror stories can go together like peanut butter and chocolate with their harrowing, high-stakes graphic novel Beyond Mortal, which pitted a universe of original superheroes and villains against monstrous, eldritch, Cthulhu mythos style gods.

In 2025, they return to that world with a four-issue mini-series starring a brand new character. Her name is Jump Scare, and she's the superhero horror fans have been waiting for. That's because she dispenses her own bloody brand of Slasher style justice with the ability to conjure any weapon from any horror movie she's ever seen—and she's seen a ton of horror movies!

This three-issue mini-series from writer Ram V (The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, Detective Comics) and artist Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer, Catwoman) stars an aspiring plutocrat whose ailing mentor invites him to come live in a high-rise Manhattan apartment building. Once there, his dream of becoming part of the elite becomes a nightmare because behind the doors of this building dwell secrets and monsters connected to both him and his mentor.

Boom! Studios' press release for this new comic from writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle (Maw) and artist Lisandro Estherren (Redneck) describes it as “Equal parts feminist rage and rural folk horror.” It’s about a woman who lives on an isolated farm who gives birth to a Nephilim; an offspring of angels and humans that wield evil supernatural powers. As the child turns 18, the mother receives what appears to be a heavenly vision calling upon her to strike down her monstrous son.

FANGORIA readers got a preview of this graphic novel from John Carpenter’s Storm King Comics, which adapts George A. Romero’s thought to be lost 1975 film. The movie, which was later found, restored, and brought to Shudder in 2021, tells the story of an elderly man trapped in a surreal, nightmarish amusement park that dehumanizes and tortures seniors. The adaptation is written by Jeff Whitehead and illustrated by Ryan Carr (whose work appeared in the recent David Lynch tribute issue of FANGORIA).

In this folk horror miniseries from writer Ray Fawkes (Underwinter), artist Rimanti Nurdarina and publisher Mad Cave Studios, a woman who has been recently released from prison discovers her father has traveled to a mysterious, isolated town hidden in the New Mexico desert. Mad Cave’s press release states that the series blends the psychological terror of Midsommar with the gripping dread of The Wicker Man.

This six-issue sci-fi horror miniseries from writer Chris Condon (That Texas Blood), artist Jeffrey Alan Love (The Thousand Demon Tree) and published by Image Comics, takes readers back to 1962. The story is set in the aftermath of a nuclear bomb test that goes awry and unleashes a contaminant into the atmosphere that turns people “rotten.” It follows the test’s only known survivor, an army private, on a quest to find somewhere safe

Marvel Comics' Black, White & Blood anthology series has taken some of the company's most exciting and deadly characters and put them in stories featuring the titular palette. This July, it's the Yautja's turn with the launch of the four-issue Predator: Black, White & Blood miniseries. Each issue features multiple stories and creative teams.

Issue #1 has three tales. Writer Joe Kelly (Deadpool) and artist Álvaro López (Beware the Planet of the Apes) take readers to the Australian frontier where a young Predator stalks a convict colony.

Writer Eliot Rahal (Cult Classic) and artist Brian Level (Spirits of Vengeance) blend sci-fi horror and sword and sorcery with a tale that introduces the Predator into Arthurian legend. Sarah Gailey (White Widow) and Fran Galan (Carnage) explore the Yautja's code of honor with a story about a Predator crashing an international weapons industry conference.

The press materials for this four issue miniseries from Image Comics and writer-artist David Marquez (Miles Morales: Spider-Man) describe it as The Last of Us if the story followed the source of the destruction. From my perspective, it appears to be more of a post-apocalyptic take on Carrie in that it follows a 13-year-old girl who wakes up in a city devastated by a massive explosion she caused, and is subsequently hunted by rival forces wielding fantastic powers.

The writers of last year’s holiday horror anthology comic, Dread the Halls, Jordan Hart (The Cabinet) and Chris Ryall (Tales of Syzpense), team up with artists Chris Anderson (Revealer), Jimmy Kucaj (Dread the Halls) and Nelson Daniel (Road Rage) for a new Image Comics one-shot collection of horror stories. This one is set in the titular gargantuan auditorium of the San Diego Convention Center, which is best known for hosting big announcement panels at the annual San Diego Comic-Con.

Earlier this year, Marvel Comics and Toho International kicked off a collaboration that saw Godzilla clash with Marvel’s iconic heroes in a series of one-shots that happened at different points in those heroes’ histories.

On July 16, that partnership continues with the launch of this five-issue miniseries from writer Gerry Duggan (Falling In Love on the Path to Hell) and artist Javier Garron (The Uncanny X-Men) that finds the King of Monsters coming for the entire titular Universe. Heroes and villains will be forced to work side-by-side to survive and try to end Godzilla’s international and interdimensional rampage.

In this four-issue miniseries from Dark Horse Comics, by writer Christopher Monfette (Star Trek: Picard) and artist Miguel Martos, a cowboy arcanist hunts America’s heartland in search of ghosts, gods, demons, horrors, and tall tales.

In this five-issue miniseries, writer/artist Rubine (The Expanse: Dragon Tooth) and Mad Cave Studios will transport readers to the seemingly quiet, small town of Cravenwood, where a conspiracy-obsessed teen will discover something sinister bubbling below the town’s seemingly innocent surface. Her search for a missing classmate leads to a mysterious social app that seems to be taking over the town, and many-eyed monstrosities lurking in the shadows.

Making the horror more immersive will be the inclusion of QR codes embedded throughout the issue. Scanning them will take readers to the protagonist’s social media page and grant access to secret documents and clues that delve deeper into the lore of Cravenwood.

In the debut issue of this series, IDW lays the cornerstone for their new shared universe of Godzilla comics. The book, written by Tim Seeley (Revival) and illustrated by Nikola Cizmesija (Batman and Robin), is set in a world where a 1954 experiment with a mysterious energy source awakened Godzilla and a multitude of monstrous, immortal kaiju.

In the present day, nations are still struggling with how to address the kaiju threat, except America, which has chosen to wage an all-out war against them. Their secret weapon? A young boy who can tap into the same enigmatic energy source that empowers Godzilla.

Marvel Comics' Werewolf By Night has a storied history that goes back 52 years, but this one shot, written by Michael Giacchino (the director of Disney+’s 2022 Werewolf by Night special) and featuring art by David Messina (Ultimate Spider-Man), which pits their lycanthropic protagonist against Dracula is designed to serve as a jumping on point for readers wanting to get to know or get reacquainted with the character. It also features a backup story by Jason Loo (writer of the current Werewolf By Night: Red Band series) that celebrates the character's history.

The unique nature of comics means they can deliver genre combinations you never knew you wanted. In Orla, a new miniseries from Mad Cave Studios, writer John Lees (The Nasty) and artist Sally Cantirino (I Walk With Monsters) do just that with a story that’s one part romcom and one part creature feature.

The titular character is a woman looking for love and trying to satiate the hunger of the monstrous man-eating entity that dwells within her.  So, she decides to use her monster to save other women by eliminating the scummiest men from the dating pool.

In the second installment of IDW’s shared Kai-Sai Era of ongoing Godzilla comics, writers Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan (Kill Your Darlings) and artist Pablo Tunica (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) take readers inside the titular place. It takes place off the Pacific Northwest in a region that was cordoned off after a devastating Godzilla attack, and there are rumors that it’s home to creatures that are half-human and half-kaiju.

After pitting the Predators against Wolverine, Black Panther, and Spider-Man, writer Benjamin Percy re-teams with artist Marcelo Ferreira (Predator Versus Spider-Man) for a new miniseries that unleashes the might of the Yautja on the entire Marvel Universe. In the story, the Predator King leads a massive hunt against the heroes and villains of Earth, and this time they’re armed with an arsenal made from one of the strongest metals in Marvel’s shared universe; Vibranium. 

In the press materials for the series, Percy promised, “That title? It's not misdirection. This one's gonna hurt. Your favorite heroes and villains will fall — even as others rise up against this extinction-level event.”

Director Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1997 film Event Horizon is a movie that developed a large cult following over the years. On August 20, IDW, writer Christian Ward (Blood Stained Teeth) and artist Tristan Jones (Aliens: Defiance) will reward the film’s fandom with this brand new story that brings space horror to the magical medium of comics, where budget constraints do not apply! It’s a prequel tale that chronicles the horrors the ship’s original crew confronted after they activated their craft’s experimental gravity drive.

Star Trek is one of the biggest science fiction franchises of all time, but over the course of its nearly 60-year history, it’s tackled horror a multitude of times and created some genuinely unsettling stories. In this miniseries from IDW, writer Robbie Thompson (Supernatural) and artist Travis Mercer (Batman/Superman World’s Finest) plunge the crew of the titular show into a sub-genre Star Trek, and the medium of comics is well suited to tackle Lovecraftian horror. 

The series begins with the USS Enterprise searching for a research team and instead finding an old robot that urges them to descend to the depths of the planet below, where ancient and monstrous life forms lurk.

The Skybound imprint of Image Comics continues its collection of miniseries starring Universal’s iconic monsters with this four-issue comic that brings the homicidal and megalomaniacal exploits of Jack Griffin (the protagonist of director James Whale’s classic 1933 film) to comics. James Tynion IV (Exquisite Corpses) is writing the series, and DaNi (The Low Low Woods) is providing art.