Panel-bound poltergeists: 6 horror comics to read with the lights on

Spooky season creeps closer, and what better way to get ready than to curl up with a chilling horror comic? Featuring tantalizingly fearful tales brought to life with terrifyingly detailed artwork, these selections on the Libby app are sure to get you in the mood for those dark, foggy nights and creeping horrors we love this time of the year.

Wytches by Scott Snyder and Jock

Desperate to escape following a haunting trauma, the Rook family finds themselves in Litchfield, New Hampshire looking to start anew. But they soon find that a haunting presence waits for them just inside the woods—something ancient… and hungry. Penned and drawn by industry veterans Scott Snyder and Jock, Wytches is a terrifying tale of eldritch monsters preying on the innocent as much as an exploration of the deepest fears parents face when raising children through traumatic experiences.

Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera

As a child, a monster killed her parents and best friend. As an adult, she hunts them down. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters.

This series explores the secret world beyond our own and the monsters that lurk there. After surviving an attack as a child, Erica retains her ability to see monsters (a gift that most children lose as they age) and is inducted into the shadowy Order of St. George, who takes its secret mission very seriously—serious enough to kill for. Explore this harrowing work in the long running series or its spin-offs, House of Slaughter and Book of Slaughter.

The Red Mother by Jeremy Haun and Danny Luckert

The last thing Daisy sees before blacking out is her boyfriend being dragged into the darkness. Now missing an eye, Daisy begins seeing strange sanguine visions of a terrifying entity amidst an unsuspecting populace and unsettling encounters with those claiming that “Mother” can see her—and needs her. Who is “Mother” and what does she want? Can Daisy solve the mystery of her visions before they plunge her into an unknown world? Writer Jeremy Haun and artist Danny Luckert examine “the dangers that hide in plain sight—and the consequences of digging beneath the surface…”

The Autumnal by Daniel Kraus and Chris Shehan

This dark, chilling tale tells the story of Kat Somerville, who, along with her daughter Sybil, travels back to her childhood home of Comfort Notch, New Hampshire to bury her estranged mother. Setting foot into a hometown she barely remembers uncovers buried memories and haunting realizations, but nothing could prepare Kat for what secrets she would reveal by delving into the town’s past—and her own. Filled with chilling prose and haunting artwork, The Autumnal reminds us that sometimes the past is best left buried.

Blackest Night by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis

Terror sweeps across the DC universe as an ancient Green Lantern prophecy comes to fruition. Nekron, a malevolent force of cosmic proportions, has inducted the Black Hand into the newly formed Black Lanterns and has resurrected the DC universe’s dead heroes and villains into its swarming Black Lantern Corps. Can the remaining DC universe stand against the black tide of death? Will the various other Lantern Corps put aside their differences to save themselves? Featuring dark twists, chilling artwork, and a heroic finale that leads into a further mystery, Blackest Night is an interesting take on superhero horror.

Grim by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano

Jessica Harrow cannot remember how she died, but that hasn’t stopped her from helping others cross over into the afterlife as a reaper. But when she’s unexpectedly seen by the living—something that’s supposed to be impossible—Jess’s afterlife is thrown into chaos as she is pursued by a ruthless entity called The End. With a strange conspiracy unfolding around them, will Jess and her fellow reapers be able to deal with The End—and maybe even find the missing Death—before they’re purged from existence?

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