Read a New Halloween-Themed Marvel Comic Every Day This October

Embrace the supernaturally spine-chilling spirit with Halloween comics!

Every Monday throughout the month of October, you can visit Marvel.com for a new week’s worth of creepy comics to read! Individually selected by Earth’s Mightiest Show hosts Lorraine Cink and Langston Belton, these issues will feature the greatest, most haunting horror stories from across Marvel history.

We begin the 31 Days of Halloween with seven spellbinding stories to read from today, October 1, through October 7. Readers, beware!

1. BLOODSTONE #1

What do you do when you discover that your dad was the legendary monster hunter, Ulysses Bloodstone–and that he died doing what he loved best? You take up the mantle and kick some major monster butt! Learn to ward off Halloween fright from the new master monster hunter, Elsa Bloodstone!

2. MAN-THING by R.L. Stine

Who knows fear better than scary story guru R.L. Stine? Read up as the beloved writer brings his special brand of horror to one of Marvel’s greatest ever monsters: Man-Thing!

3. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #689

Another night, another bloodthirsty vampire chasing Matt Murdock and a banged-up Spider-Man! Morbius the Living Vampire is on the loose in this blood-curdling issue!

4. MARVEL ZOMBIES HALLOWEEN #1

Trick or treat, give the Marvel Zombies your brains to eat! Read this one-shot special issue for a chilling take on the Marvel Universe’s greatest heroes.

5. ASTONISHING X-MEN #2

Psylocke, Rogue, Old Man Logan, and the rest of their impromptu team travel to the astral plane in pursuit of the dastardly Shadow King. But on the astral plane, not everything is as it seems, and reality is only as reliable as what you think it is…

6. ASTONISHING X-MEN #4

“Now where is this skull gonna go…” Read this mutant tale as Psylocke, Bishop, and Angel are all that stand between a mind-poisoned Logan and a mountain of corpses.

7. EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #13

The real scary thing is that somebody didn’t brush thoroughly… An ancient evil stirs in the periphery of Limbo, consuming mystical realms, and little does Magik suspect that the X-Men’s newest charge is drawing it straight to X-Haven! Get into this terrifying page-turner now!

Have you ever read any of these titles? What ghoulish delights should Marvel include next week? Tell Nerdbot about it in the comments!

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Loryn Stone

Loryn Stone has dedicated her life to the written Word of the Nerd. Her writing has also been published on other pop culture websites such as Cracked, LoadScreen, PopLurker, and Temple of Geek. Her debut young-adult novel "My Starlight" (a contemporary love letter to fandom, friendship, anime, cosplaying, love, and loss) is out now by Affinity Rainbow Publications. When she's not writing, Loryn's other interests include collecting robots (Megazords, specifically), playing bass, and blasting metal.

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