Hello Darkness (2025)

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.

Descend deeper into the darkness… but WATCH OUT! It’s even more of the most frightening stories by today’s top horror storytellers!The hot sun beats down on the desert, but when night falls, what lies waiting in the dust for an unsuspecting cowpoke?In a cabin after the end of the world, is the promise of company a comfort or a curse?When Something is Killing the Children, Erica Slaughter must piece together the events of many a story to tell what is real.From the past to the future to the uncomfortably now, Hello Darkness taps into our fears both primal and present!Featuring "The War" parts 5-7 by Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys) and Becky Cloonan (Wonder Woman, Somna); "SIKTC: A Monster Hunter Walks into a Bar" parts 3 and 4 from the Eisner Award-winning team of James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (Something is Killing the Children); "The Search" by Sarah Andersen (Fangs), "The Christmas Log" by Steve Orlando and Adam Gorham, and many more!Collects Hello Darkness #5-8.

Turn out the lights...if you dare!The darkness grows in more of the most frightening tales by today's top horror storytellers.Gangsters, grannies, and ghouls, oh my! Master of horror R.L. Stine and beloved artist Francesco Francavilla spin a yarn of the gripping Life and Death of Lucas Dreamwalker! The Boulet Brothers' Dragula's titular brothers and artist Max Fuchs bring their unique sense of humor to horror with Granny Hags from Hell! No matter the fear: isolation, invisible monsters, soul-sucking demons, dating apps, teachers, tech, and more, you’ll find something that sends shivers up your spine!Featuring stories by R.L. Stine & Francesco Francavilla, Sarah Andersen, The Boulet Brothers & Max Fuchs, Chuck Tingle & Chris Shehan, Genevieve Valentine & Ming Doyle, Cullen Bunn & Daniel Bayliss, Jordan Thomas & Shaky Kane, David Hazan & Stefano Nesi, Sarah Andersen, Robert Hack, and more.Collects Hello Darkness #9-12.

Creepy is back. And it brought friends.The celebrated horror anthology Hello Darkness returns with another chilling curation of original tales from the genre’s most devious minds!In this fourth volume, R.L. Stine and Francesco Francavilla team for a haunting old west tale "The Life and Death of Lucas Dreamwalker," Gigi Murakami warns against all work and no play in “When I’m Dead,”  and a new horrific phenomenon is unleashed in "Collywobbles" from Pat McHale, Brandon Melvin, and Gavin Fullerton.Whether you fear what's under the bed or what's buried in the past, these stories promise just one thing: You’ll never sleep the same again.Featuring stories by a who’s who of top creators including R.L. Stine, Francesco Francavilla, Anwita Citriya, Gigi Murakami, Pat McHale, Brandon Melvin, Gavin Fullerton, Steve Orlando, Federico Sorressa, and many more.Collects Hello Darkness #13–16.

It’s time to feed your fears.Prepare for a full spread of all-new horrors from the darkest hearts in comics! In the fifth volume of the acclaimed horror anthology Hello Darkness, an unspeakable hunger awakens in “The Pothole” by Tyler Crook, while Zack Kaplan and Dennis Menheere explore a crime that memory itself refuses to bury in “Recollect.” Horror takes the field as Sam Humphries and Eleonora Carlini unleash the demonic baseball epic “Cassie,” while reality fractures in Rocky OBK’s haunting, liminal tale “Sauna 24.” With stories to satisfy even the most nightmarish of appetites by today’s top creators, including Dennis Menheere, Tate Brombal, Piotr Kowalski, Jorge Corona, Lauren Knight, and more.Collects Hello Darkness #17-20.