101 of the Creepiest Horror Comic Covers Ever Printed

 

Escape from Broadmoor (1948) Is A Strong & Spooky Crime Thriller Short

 

It's THAT Day Again

 No more posts tonight. Annual busy night as I go out fighting supernatural evil and strange creatures.

Weekly Rewind! Ep146: Marvel Legends Invincible Star Wars Fortnite DC Tick TMNT ThunderCats News!

 

Comic Bits 4

 

A4

80pp

colour and black and white

Perfect bound

£12.00 Until December 1st 2026 then £20.00

https://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper/comic-bits-4/paperback/product-nv555mq.html?page=1&pageSize=4

Celebrating the British Platinum, Golden, Dark and Silver Ages of Comic Art and the long forgotten masters of comic book art and in this issue we look at George H Heath, Jack Greenall, Hugh Stanley White and John R Turner who are mostly forgotten. Their work from the 1930s to 1960s shaped the face of British comics.

And lost or forgotten characters? We hve those. Who remembers Dick Gordon The Bat-Man? Cyclone? Even though he was a long lasting character who remembers The Falcon? If that isn't good enough how about delving into the early 19th century and the first indisputable pop culture icon Dr Syntax. Educational and entertaining Comic Bits 4 is for the comic historianb as well as lovers of comics.

panellogy 580 - comics by german cartoonists

 

As An Angel I Shall Be Monitoring Sales.....I Will be an angel, right?

 I had a bit of a debate with someone last night. I write "debate" but it seemed to be all one-sided from the person concerned. You see, he had been discussing with others on some forum my books. Now h had never bought any of them and neither had those discussing this with him.

What they decided was that myu claim that when I finally cease this mortal coil my books are gone was pure bovine excretia.

I will state here what I stated to him: my family has absolutely no intertest in my comic work nor in my wildlife books/work. It has been made clear that a skip or, most likely a fire, will get rid of my "paper mountain". That's it. There is no massive business gold mine and no one will gety any monery from sales and I will be dead anyway so beyond caring.  My solicitor has the authorisation to close my online bookstore when my toes curl. End of story.

I'm sorry, folks but that's how it goes. It is all print on demand (POD) so no stock held in boxes. Gone. Finito. Even selling 100 copies of a book will still mean it is very rare. About 2019 (I think) a fella wrote on a blog that "POD books are great investments because there will never be thousands of copies floating around. Invest now for a payoff later" and he actually did!  One copy of each book -my biggest sale in a long while.

I explained all of this to the fella who appeared to be getting more over heated and then I quit the chat. Seriously, he and his chums (there was obvious discussion going on as I was answering his questions!) decided that there must be boxes full of my books that would survive me and that the store would never close. Not sure how I would make money from that sitting on a cloud somewhere😏

Comics is a funny old business and some 'comic fans' are...."odd"

Cinebook Ltd Newsletter 226 - October 2026

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NEWSLETTER 226 – OCTOBER 2026 Dear Reader, This month, we have two very different titles for you – yet both of the highest quality as usual! First we bring you the second half of Redbeard’s latest adventure, after Hunter of Men last month. When the dreams of freedom of escaped slaves collide with the harsh realities of 18th century life in the Caribbean, it makes for an exciting and tragic adventure. What path will Redbeard, a former pirate, choose? Meanwhile, Yakari must deal with a wolverine driven to new heights of anger by the pranks of a colony of flying squirrels. Sure, the predator isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he’s big, crafty, and revengeful. Outwitting him will require some work – even some teamwork! October with Cinebook – exciting stuff for all!   Previous Month’s Bestsellers 1 Blake & Mortimer 31 Threat from Atlantis 2 Blake & Mortimer The Complete Collection Volume 6 3 The Bluecoats 20 Bloomers and Bone Saws 4 Yoko Tsuno 21 The Celestial Boat 5 Redbeard 4 Hunter of Men On Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November, we will be at Thought Bubble, the Yorkshire Comic Arts Festival in Harrogate, UK! You can find us at tables A20 to A22 in Redshirt Hall, Harrogate Convention Centre. We’ll have comics for all tastes and ages, and the best deals a comic lover can dream of. New to European comics? Long time fan of bandes dessinées? Either way, we’ll have something for you! Redbeard 5 Stefano Carloni & Jean-Charles Kraehn The Island of Illusions Having rescued his daughter, who’d been kidnapped to blackmail his father Redbeard, Eric joins him on the island where the ‘maroons’, runaway slaves, have sought refuge. Their plan is still to find Baba, who left the crew to assist the maroons, but in no time they find themselves caught in the locals’ infighting … Read more Yakari 24 Derib & Job The Wolverine’s Revenge A wolverine, having been the victim of a prank by a group of young flying squirrels, swears to get revenge. Soon, he kidnaps one of the young squirrels – who happens to be a cousin of Linden’s, Yakari’s beaver friend. The wolverine’s plan is to torture his prisoner by starving him, then gobble him whole to acquire his ability to glide through the air … Read more Redbeard 5 The Island of Illusions Yakari 24 The Wolverine’s Revenge Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November 2026: Cinebook will exhibit at Thought Bubble, the Yorkshire Comic Convention, in Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival Comic Bits Online – Terry Hooper Lucky Luke by … Appollo and Brüno – Dakota 1880

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) | FULL FILM in 4K | Hammer's Swashbuckling Vampire Classic

 

The Charlton Comics Docu-Movie

 Back in May I asked whether anyone knew what happened with the Charlton Comics docu-movie. Nothing had been heard since 2019 and every avenue I have tried has led to...nothing. 

comic bits online: Was The Charlton Comics Documentary Ever Made?

If anyone has any information please let me know as more than a few people want their money back. If you know the two producers please pass this along to them.

Thanks

Dodgem cars, Marrows and Stone Monuments

 Well, it seems I opened a can of worms withthe Anglo-Marvelman-Marvel deal. It's very complicated BUT it appears Anglo did not own the rights to the character. Let sleeping dogs lie (but maybe an article for Comic Bits 5?).

Anyway, reading Marvelman 358 was fun. "Marvelman In Blackpool" is aboutr as British as you can get...apart from a story about stolen marrows.  Don't get me wrong because I have had my characters duke it out with someone in Weston-Super-Mare as well as the Cheddar Gorge, Bristol Downs and mt Cabot's Tower and the Bristol Suspension Bridge.

I was shocked back in the late 1980s when the German publisher of Watcher magazine hadno idea about Externsteine...he even had the name re-lettered as "Extern Stein". I think it is important that if you are producing a story based in Germany or Britain that you at least know the places you intend to include.

Or is that just me?

One person asked me a few years back: "That looks exactly like Exztersteine and Herman's Denkmal -how do you know about those?"   Well, my family ion Germany lioved in that area. We referred to the monument as "Oncle (uncle)  Herman" and, well, I am 54% German so I know my German history!

Yeah, getting too serious about locations is boring and takes you away from the marrow stealers and dodgem cars -rather like the fun of the Narri Narro festival in Germany in the past.

Just enjoy fun comics.

Merriwether Not All Monsters Are Evil

 

Tales of Terror 6

 

 56pp

A4

Black and White

£10 UK (outside UK check store for cost)

https://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper/tales-of-terror-6-2026/paperback/product-gjzzjv7.html?page=1&pageSize=4

Contributors: Terry Ford, Darron Northall, Terry Hooper, Ben R Dilworth

The Annual Black Tower feast of Horror is here! The Reverend Merriowether ("God's Demon thumper") faces evil in two tales: Bastet and Varney the Vampyre! Will the Right Reverend succeed in his goal to wipe "the horrible things" from the Earth? Lady Silana, Tarot, Kotar and Sabuta combine forces in the now legendary mini epic: The Curse of the Lycanthrope" but fear not if one epic story was too little from his monastery retreat Ben R Dilworth brings us three tales of lycanthropy: Wolf. Werewolf and Wolf: Scream Life and what more could you ask for? Oh, a peek into The Black Files of Q Bureaux? An old case from 1898 maybe? Okay, babies you got it! All tales introduced by Black Tower's own stalwarts in the fight against vampires, werewolves, demons and...we'll not mention the psilocybin mushroom tea. Really.

NEW COMIC BOOKS RELEASING OCTOBER 28TH 2026 MARVEL COMICS PREVIEWS COMING OUT THIS WEEK #comics

 

NOT in comic shops

Pierre Labbat

22 pages

Black and White

£8.00

https://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper/charcoal-1/paperback/product-84m9ee7.html?q=&page=1&pageSize=4

Labbat is back!

Charcoal is a long awaited new book written and illustrated by the mystery comic pro people are guessing about but never guess right. Then again if you held up a photo of him people would still look blankly and ask "Is it...."

Charcoal is a classic drawing medium made from carbon It lets artists create deep blacks, soft shades, and bold lines. It is great for quick sketches, portraits, and big landscape drawings. Why am I telling you this? To show of that I did art at some point in my life and I wanted to0 show off dammit!

"Footie is Life" "Corporal Religion" "Angel's Share" and more. ("more" is NOT a clue....?) For lovers of street level Independent comics and zines this one is for you!

Story Terry Hooper-Scharf

Art Terry Hooper-Scharf, Thorroe Prey, P. Beard, Tomas Scharf

Pages

188

Binding Type

Paperback Perfect Bound

Interior Color

Black & White

Dimensions

A4 (8.27 x 11.69 in / 210 x 297 mm)

£15.00 UK  see online store for outside UK price

https://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper/black-tower-super-heroes-the-ultimate-game/paperback/product-95d9z68.html?page=1&pageSize=4

 The mystical traveller of the realms, The Thinker, meets a stranger while travelling along the Path of Counter Actuality. But this stranger is a different type of traveller: he is Illuyanka and he has been charged with on sworn duty –to destroy specific Earths in the multiverse.

Finding that Illuyanka is partial to gambling the Thinker risks all by challenging him to a cosmic game pitting heroes against various challenges: they lose then their Earth dies. The Thinker has no doubt that with all of his knowledge he can win. But Illuyanka is not what he seems.

A story that throws in as many super heroes and villains as you could ever want plus an Earths parallel crossing storyline that will have you wondering who the real bad guy is!

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