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Read the following comic book anthologies:
- Archie Halloween Spectacular.
- Archie & Friends Thrills and Chills.
- Jinx: Grim fairy tales.
- Weirder mysteries.
From Archie comics; the first two all-ages, the latter rated Teen. Somewhat slim, but pretty fun, suitably spooky.
- Infinite Halloween.
- The multiverse who laughs.
From DC comics. Scary tales set in the DC Universe, often to its detriment —the first volume is 13 tales that feel like they would be much better without the superhero element (not to mention as a stand-alone). The second is possibly the apotheosis of fandom obsession with things they ultimately dislike —familiar DC stories, diving deep into decades of continuity, but all re-told as something of a gross-out contest.
- Tales from the darkside.
IDW adaptation of a failed tv revival from Joe Hill. As is typical of Hill a little too weird for Horror, yet firmly unwilling to let his tales be anything BUT horror, and thus too cynical for Fantasy.
- Creepshow.
Image revival of the famous anthology movies —much better, and the most successful anthology of this list, after the Archie ones —very much for adults in this case.
Fun little bunch for the end of the spooky season.
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