Step away from the light and into the dark corners and seedy back alleys of the Marvel Universe. Not for everyone -- and definitely not for kids -- these are the stories that go too far. Here, anything can happen. You have been warned. | |
BLACK MASS by Various | Gatefold The Witching Hour is approaching, with the terror of Hallowe'en coming to feast on your flesh and devour your eternal soul. Black Mass is our celebration of all things wicked, featuring a diverse plethora of writers delivering new stories of horror guaranteed to make you watch over your shoulder when darkness falls. |
THE HAUNT OF HORROR by Various | Gatefold From the horrifyingly frightful to the strangely bizarre, this is home for the men and monsters thought long forgotten in the pages of destiny. Upon entering the Haunt of Horror make sure you tread lightly -- here there be monsters. |
APPARITIONS by Michael Franzoni | Gatefold On the edge of the shadows, lies the veil, a mysterious boundary between our world and the spirit realms. Within society, there are those who can pass through this veil, who consort with the spirits. And when tragedy interrupts the life of Andrea Cicero, she finds herself among those who can traverse that veil. But can the allure of the spirits allow her to solve the murder of her brother, or will their tempations swallow her soul? Walk the threads with her and see what dark tidings lie in store. | BLADE by Dino Pollard | Gatefold There are worse things than vampires in the night. The man known only as Blade learned that lesson the hard way during his years as a vampire hunter, watching as each of his fellow hunters and comrades fell one by one by one to the creatures of darkness. Now, utterly alone, will Blade allow himself to be consumed by the nightmares within and without...or will the night claim him first? |
BROTHER VOODOO by Meriades Rai | Gatefold My name is Jericho Drumm, and New Orleans is my city. But that's not the New Orleans of Mardis Gras, crawfish etouffee and Creole women in short skirts with legs so fine they make your eyes sting; it's the New Orleans where it's always raining, where the neon flickers and curls like smoke, where the streets flood with sorrow and ghosts and blood, and a hell of a lot worse besides. My name is Jericho Drumm, otherwise known as Brother Voodoo. And it's my job to stem the tide to keep you all from drowning. | CLOAK & DAGGER is Open | Gatefold Yin and yang. Darkness and light. Evil and virtue. Young Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen were homeless runaways on the streets of New York when a man offered them saftey and security. Betrayed, the teens were used as guinea pigs for a new synthetic heroin drug, unlocking strange abilities locked inside their genetic codes. Now, the duo offer salvation for those that live on the streets. They are the alpha and the omega. They are Cloak and Dagger. |
DEFENDERS by Munn & Rasbury | Gatefold Gathered by Satana, daughter of the Devil himself, the Defenders are all that stand between Earth and the creatures behind the dimensional wall. But how can the group stop the coming apocalypse when they can't even get along with each other? | DOCTOR STRANGE by Mike Rasbury | Gatefold Our world exists as two halves of a whole; the light, where common mortals dwell and the dark, where the supernatural undercurrent thrives and Hell is a comforting solace to lost souls. Chosen to traverse both light and dark, Heaven and Hell in quest to preserve this volatile order, he is the Sorcerer Supreme; he is DOCTOR STRANGE! |
DRACULA LIVES by Curt Fernlund | Gatefold They are the embodiment of evil, nightmarish creatures spawned from the Darkhold as a plague on humanity. Mankind is nothing but food for the vampire, for they are inhuman killing machines with absolutely no remorse for their innocent victims. Who could possibly stake claim as the leader of such a violent and unnatural race? His name is Dracula...Lord of Vampires. | FOOLKILLER by Chris Munn | Gatefold When the world begets too many fools, nature always provides a Foolkiller. This is the mantra of Greg Salinger, the vigilante killer of fools. Society and the law have labeled him insane, but Greg knows the truth - he's the only sane man on Earth, and sooner or later everyone will meet their end at the barrel of his gun. |
GHOST RIDER is Open | Gatefold Hell rides on two wheels, bringing vengeance to all that spill the blood of an innocent...or at least that's the rumor heard by every biker in the northeast U.S. John Blaze knows the stories all too well, though he unsuccesfully tries to forget his time as the Spirit of Vengeance. He wants nothing but to be with his children and live his life in relative peace...but what does he do when the Ghost Rider comes riding back into his life? |
HOWLING COMMANDOS by Mike Rasbury | Gatefold Werewolf. Zombie. Mummy. Vampire. Alien swamp creature. The definition of new-age G.I. Joes. When SHIELD has a high risk mission to execute, they send in the expendable Universal Monster Squad to do the heavy-lifting, or, as the case may be...wholesale slaughter. |
MAN-THING by Josh Reynolds | Gatefold Ted Sallis became Man-Thing. Man-Thing in turn became guardian of the Nexus of all Realities. A cycle preordained long ago and which Sallis fell into obligingly. And that was supposed to be the end of that particular story. But it wasn't. A darkness is coming, complete and overwhelming, from the spaces between reality. Between it and us stands only a mindless muck-monster and a gathering of strangers. Hopefully, they will be enough... |
MOON KNIGHT by Tom Moses | Gatefold Marc Spector died on the sands of Egypt, only to be brought back by the touch of the god Khonshu as an avenger of the night. Plagued by doubt, tragedy, and mental illness, the man known as the Moon Knight is trying very hard to hold onto his family...even if it costs him everything else he holds dear. |
MORBIUS by Josh Reynolds | Gatefold Michael Morbius is tortured by a disease, an affliction caused by his own hand that has turned him into a grim mockery of a man. Cursed with the unyielding thirst for human blood, he is a living vampire created by science...and now this doctor that dedicated his life to helping others has found himself become the ultimate harbinger of death. There are only two ways to stop his vicious cycle: a cure, long-sought and a quickly fading fantasy, or suicide. |
TERROR INC. is Open | Gatefold Terror Inc. is a freelance mercenary organization with an unparalleled success rate. No target is too big or too small, too young or too old, and while expensive you are also guaranteed full satisfaction. Please contact our founder and only agent with any questions, and with a dismembered body part as his muse he will give you what you need. For Terror killing is a business -- and business is very, very good. |
WEREWOLF BY NIGHT by Chris Munn | Gatefold Jack Russell is a slave to the night, cursed to become something he hates every time the full moon rises into the sky. He thinks he knows the origin of his curse, the beginning of his journey into the life of lycanthropy. Unfortunately for him, the answers he thought he had couldn't be further from the truth... and the answers he's now seeking could prove to be ones better off not knowing. |
WITCHES by Megan Curtis | Gatefold A young girl who has experienced more than any twenty six year old should have to see. A resurrected vampire whose new path runs inconsistent with that of her old. A demon who can possess all the power in the world but chooses to fight against it. A sorceress who has given up one battle to engage in another. Different lives converge...these are the Witches. |