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Vault Comics Breaks the Bat With Annual Horror Event, Nightfall

Published Thu, 13 Jun 2019 11:34:29 -0500

Last updated Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:17:06 -0600

Vault Comics has announced plans for Nightfall, which is not, as the name implies, about Bane breaking Batman's back. That would be Knightfall, with a K, though we can see how you might get confused.

Instead, Nightfall will be an annual horror event at Vault, with the publisher launching new series under the Nightfall banner in the fall months each year. The first Nightfall comic will be The Plot, by Tim Daniel, Michael Moreci, and Joshua Hixson. A graphic tells us there will be at least one more Nightfall series launching this year as well.

Check out the press release below, for more info on both The Plot and Nightfall.

Vault Comics is thrilled to unearth NIGHTFALL, an annual fall event focused on tales of horror.

Every year as the weather turns brisk and autumn sets in, NIGHTFALL comes. As Vault continues its usual line, select new series introduced from September to December will bear the Nightfall icon, promising genuine horror. NIGHTFALL series will release like any other Vault periodical, concluding based on the title's planned length.

Vault Editor-in-Chief, Adrian Wassel, says of NIGHTFALL, "For a little over two years, Vault's mission has been to bring you the best in science fiction and fantasy. But there's no denying our affection for the macabre has wormed its way into many of our series. Nightfall—even more than an annual event—is a badge. It tells readers and retailers which of our stories will be truly terrifying. Sure, they might contain some sci-fi or fantasy, but if you crack open a Nightfall cover, your skin will crawl."

"NIGHTFALL will begin as annual event, bringing you some delightfully dreadful comics from some truly remarkable creators each fall," says Vault CEO & Publisher, Damian Wassel. "But, like every initiative we launch at Vault, we have some big, as yet unspoken plans for Nightfall, to bring our readers more of that late-October feeling horror fans crave."

Tim Daniel, Vault's E.V.P. of Branding and Design adds, "NIGHTFALL is all about allowing us to maintain our core focus while embracing our love of horror. Every title under the NIGHTFALL banner will receive the same strict care and attention our readers have come to expect."

The first title under the NIGHTFALL banner will be The Plot, co-written by Tim Daniel (Fissure, Enormous) & Michael Moreci (Wasted Space, Mall) and drawn by Joshua Hixson (Shangai Red).

"This is the most emotional book I've ever written," says Moreci. "It's everything I love dearly about horror, where the scares come from the characters and their intense personal journeys. This is horror you feel chilling your bones. It's horror that lingers when you try to sleep at night."

Artist Joshua Hixson says, "The best kind of horror confronts us with our buried secrets and darkest thoughts—all that we try to keep dormant. The Plot drags those to the surface and forces us to look. It's everything I love about horror, and everything I love about drawing it."

The Plot #1 will receive a Vault Vintage Cover B by Nathan Gooden and Tim Daniel, an homage to Bernie Wrightson's classic House of Secrets #92 cover (DC Comics). The official synopsis for The Plot #1 can be read below:

"In order to receive…first you must give. When Chase Blaine's estranged brother and sister-in-law are murdered, he becomes guardian to McKenzie and Zach, the niece and nephew he hardly knows. Seeking stability for the children, Chase moves his newly formed family to his ancestral home in Cape Augusta—which overlooks a deep, black bogland teeming with family secrets."

The Plot #1 hits shelves in September, 2019.

For more information, visit www.vaultcomics.com/nightfall.