DARK SPACES HOLLYWOOD SPECIAL (2023)

All aboard THE HOLLYWOOD SPECIAL, the 1942 luxury train touring the United States to support the war effort. On board is fading star Vivian Drake, doing her part to boost morale and finally give the tabloids something other than her nose-diving career and shambles of a family life to write about. But when the Special pulls into the coal-mining town of Minersville, PA, amid the collapse of a mine, Vivian finds herself facing every failure and bad memory she’s bottled up in the form of what the miners found in the dark—the thing they call the Mismatch Man, who feeds on pain and regret. And Vivian’s got both in spades.Writer Jeremy Lambert (Doom Patrol, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), artist Claire Roe (Bury the Lede, Batgirl and the Birds of Prey), and colorist Jordie Bellaire (Detective Comics, Hellblazer) bring you an all-new entry into Scott Snyder’s Dark Spaces line of white-knuckle thrillers, a character-driven tale of memories, mines, and the things we do our damndest to sweep under the rug.

There’s a monster lurking outside of Minersville, and he’s tired of hiding. Everyone thinks Viv’s crazy. Delusional. That she didn’t see what she saw. Everyone, that is, except the locals. Vivian copes the best way she can—with a visit to the local watering hole—but it’s what happens after that changes everything. The Mismatch Man is hungry, you see…and Vivian’s many wounds have never healed.

Deep in the dark of the mine, Vivian has found an impossible thing that has no place being there: a fully operational diner in the middle of the cavern, where the jukebox songs are all her favorites and memories abound. It's a place where Vivian is on display, like it or not, and every buried thing comes to the surface. Here, she is forced to confront her worst memories... and the Mismatch Man himself.

Molly is still missing. The train tracks are repaired, and Vivian and Lou can leave Minersville and never look back. It's what they would have done a mere fortnight ago. But now... now things are different. And if they don't leave, it just might cost them everything.

We all wear masks…but Vivian has a thousand, all of them have come back to haunt her and most of them are more monstrous than you could ever imagine. The haunting memory of Vivian’s ex-husband threatens to destroy Vivian’s psyche, along with her desperate search for Molly. Lou tries to find Vivian but instead finds himself drowning in his own past, facing demons he hoped to NEVER see again.

Trapped in the kaleidoscopic terror of her best and worst memories, actress Vivian Drake must make a horrible choice if there’s any hope of overcoming the worst parts of herself to save Molly, defeat the Mismatch Man, and get back to her life. Otherwise, only death and desolation await her. The epic conclusion to the critically acclaimed Dark Spaces: The Hollywood Special miniseries is here!