Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter #2

The second chapter of David Dastmalchian, Lukas Ketner, and Lauren Affe's four-part Dark Horse series delivers a cover that perfectly captures its delightful blend of creature-feature horror and scrappy charm. A vampire-costumed woman in a red cape raises a pistol while fending off a lurching monster, with a massive cat coiled menacingly at her side and a spooky rural house looming in the murky background — the rogues' gallery medallions along the left edge identifying Steven the werewolf, The Cat, and a mystery figure marked "????" suggest the ensemble is gloriously weird. At $3.99, this 2019 issue promises the kind of monster-hunting adventure that wears its love of classic horror on its sleeve.