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Written by Cavan Scott, drawn by Corin Howell, colored by Triona Farrel, and lettered by AndWorld Design, Shadow Service is a strong offering from Vault Comics that has the chops to be an ongoing series Let's dive into this fourth issue, which follows up on an insane cliffhanger in Shadow Service #3 that saw the lead character Gina willingly get possessed[...]

Two issues in, The Autumnal may just be the best series that Vault Comics has ever published Written by Daniel Kraus, drawn by Chris Shehan, colored by Jason Wordie, and lettered by the best in the biz, Jim Campbell, this character-driven, purposefully paced horror comic has felt like vintage Stephen King by way of Ari Aster[...]

Credit: Vault Comics Shadow Service #3 isn't going to let readers down, but it does have a problem with structure and consistency The issue is front-loaded with exposition, which doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing, but it falters a bit with Gina's reaction to what she's seeing There's really nothing revealed here that is more[...]

Now he is creating his own comic, writing and lettering Hollow Heart, with his co-creator on Tet, artist Paul Tucker, from Vault Comics Described as "a queer monster love story about the choices we make between giving our loved ones what they want and giving them what we think they need." Hollow Heart marks the[...]

Credit: Vault Comics The Autumnal #2 continues almost directly from the ending of the first issue, putting Kat and Sybil in a situation that is almost as horrifying as the image at the funeral parlor (that's all I'll say about it — for real, read it) in a much quieter, more emotional way Kat, knowing she's[...]

The Autumnal is the new horror series from Vault Comics Nightfall imprint/event, which every year debuts new horror series from September through December This series by writer Daniel Kraus, artist Chris Shehan, colorist Jason Wordie, and letterer Jim Campbell is hard to ignore because of its eye-catching cover, so let's dive in and see how it reads. The Autumnal #1[...]

Credit: Vault Comics Heavy #2 does a great job putting the reader in the lead's shoes Bill is tasked with being partners with Slim, the psychopathic, "covetous, gratingly pansexual Irish bastard" who paid to him Bill and his wife killed, and it starts about how you'd expect Bill loathes Slim for what he has done and[...]

Vault Comics has a new #1 hitting the streets with Giga, a story about humanity after a world-changing war between robots known as "Giga." Let's get it. Giga #1 cover Credit: Vault Comics For those interested in mecha and futuristic sci-fi, Giga #1 will satisfy in every way For those hoping to read an interesting and well-rounded story, Alex[...]

It's Vault Comics time Right now, Image Comics, Boom Studios, IDW and Dynamite have extended the returnability of their comic books to comic book stores This allows retailers to order their books in confidence, able to return them if they don't sell Which is the kind of thing the comic book direct market was not[...]

Vault Comics is back with a new series from writer Sebastian Girner, artist John Bivens, colorist Iris Monahan, and letterer Jeff Powell. The Devil's Red Bride is described in the first issue's solicitation as a "love letter to samurai fiction" that follows Ketsuko, a woman with a blood-drenched backstory and, it seems, possibly an even more violent future. The Devil's Red[...]

Cavan Scott has a Writer's Commentary on Shadow Service #2, published by Vault Comics Have you got your copy to hand? Then we are away. And we're back for another issue of black magic and black ops When we last saw Gina, she was trapped in a witch bottle, the prisoner of a mysterious organization In[...]

The first issue of Vault Comics' Shadow Service left off with the lead character in a tricky situation Does this second issue resolve the cliffhanger in a way that keeps the stakes high? Shadow Service #2 cover Credit: Vault Comics Shadow Service #1 was a good start to this series that kept the reader at arm's length from[...]

Credit: Vault Comics Here's the good in Engineward #3: The story finally gets moving in this issue, with Joss leading an expedition to uncover details about the ghoulem's head that they uncovered This leads to some beautiful scenery drawn by Eisma, which has been the core attraction of this series since the start. There is a genuinely interesting[...]

Vault Comics are publishing A Dark Interlude, the meta-sequel to White Noise Studio's Ryan O'Sullivan and Andrea Mutti's meta-comic, Fearscape to promote the book they are also adding a 1:15 cover by Caspar Wijngaard and a 1:30 foil version of that cover But then they did another thing, by letting the star of both comic[...]

A Dark Interlude is the meta-sequel to the meta-comic book Fearscape about an author, Henry Henry, dealing with the literal consequences of his creations by Ryan O'Sullivan and Andrea Mutti, published back in 2018 by Vault Comics How meta is it? The solicitation for the first issue reads; After the stunning success of Fearscape, comes A[...]

Vault Comics is one of those smaller creator-owned comic book publishers, literally down the dial While other similar publishers huddle in the As – you know, AfterShock, Ahoy, AWA, Ablaze, Action Lab etc – Vault strikes out, just past Valiant But it appears they are gearing up to a launch figure for their new comic[...]

Credit: Vault Comics Vampire: The Masquerade #2 introduces Prince Samantha ("not Princess," as lead character Cecily reminds Alejandra, the newly sired vampire that she has taken under her wing The Prince's presentation at the front of an issue creates an intriguing metaphor based on a painting she has crafted, using tempera paint made from egg yolk[...]

Picture Of Everything Else will be published in Vault Comics in December, Watters's second debut of that month Here's everything else that Vault Comics has lined up for the month. PICTURE OF EVERYTHING ELSE #1 CVR A MOHAN Picture Of Everything Else in Vault Comics December 2020 Solicits OCT201644 (W) Dan Watters (A/CA) Kishore Mohan As the 20th century dawns,[...]

Vault Comics has been putting out some intriguing sci-fi and fantasy debuts this year, so how does Heavy #1 measure up to their impressive, and growing, catalog? Heavy #1 by Max Bemis and Eryk Donovan Credit: Vault Comics Heavy #1 is heavy on mythology, and there's a lot of this very unique world to explain to readers[...]

Vault Comics has rescheduled two of their ongoing series after shutdown, with Sera & The Royal Stars #10 being lined up for the 16th of December There hasn't been an issue of the series by Jon Tsuei and Audrey Mok since #7 in May, and #8 is scheduled for the 21st of October and #9[...]

REVIEW: Engineward from Mann & Eisma could become great sci-fi epic if the reader is given the chance to invest in the characters.

Cavan Scott has a Writer's Commentary on Shadow Service #1 from Vault Comics He writes; Hello! Thanks for joining me at the beginning of an adventure This book has been coming a long time, ever since I was a kid who fell in love with both James Bond and monsters, although not necessarily in that order[...]

A couple of recent releases caught my eye, Dark Horse Comics' Blacksad: Collected Stories and Vault Comics' Vampire: The Masquerade #1 I thought I'd give them a look. Blacksad: Collected Stories Sometimes, there's not much to say about a comic except that it's particularly good and deserves the praise it gets Blacksad is that comic, and Dark[...]

Credit: Vault Comics Shadow Service #1 is a horror noir that feels halfway between the "I'm damned to be a private investigator, and here's why my life led me this way" style of Veronica Mars and the creepy, dripping, mysterious horror of Scott Snyder and Jock's Wytches The mythology built by Cavan Scott is interesting, though it's Corin Howell and[...]

Dark Interlude by Ryan O'Sullivan and Andrea Mutti – the sequel to Fearless – is launching from Vault Comics, alongside I Walk With Monsters by Paul Cornell and Sally Cantirino alongside Vault's November 2020 solicitations. DARK INTERLUDE #1 CVR A KRISTANTINA (MR) VAULT COMICS SEP201542 (W) Ryan O'Sullivan (A) Andrea Mutti (CA) Ariela Kristantina After the stunning success of Fearscape,[...]

Now, Vault Comics, known for their creator-owned content, has a new comic book series based on the game with the main story by writer Tim Seeley, known for the classic horror comic Hack/Slash, and artist Devmalya Pramink, and a back-up tale by X-writer Tini Howard and Black Howard with artist Nathan Gooden[...]

Vault Comics are launching their new series Giga, by White Noise Studios writer Alex Paknadel and artist John Le, as well as Devil's Red Bride by Sebastian Girner and John Bivens. As well as continuing issues of Heavy, Autumnal, Hundred Wolves, Engineward, Money Shot and more in Vault Comics October 2020 solicitations. GIGA #1 CVR A LE VAULT[...]

Heathen Volume 1 (by Natasha Alterici and Rachel Deering) is one of Vault Comics' breakout successes The team, now with artist Ashley A Woods, currently works on volume three, still through Vault Heathen stars Aydis, an outcast Viking, and her mission to bring down Odin Or is it? Alt cover to Heathen #1 by Jen Bartel I[...]

The rarity of an indie comic, especially an indie comic not published by Image, was highlighted by a tweet from Vault Comics Editor-in-Chief Adrian F Wassel, who discussed the risk of a 12-issue run while marketing that book While tweeting about Vault's Engineward, written by George Mann and illustrated by Joe Eisma (more on Joe later),[...]

Vault Comics, known for its focus on sci-fi and some of the best-designed covers in comics, released the first issue of Engineward this week The series, which received an ambitious twelve-issue order from the indie publisher, is written by George Mann He is known for, among other speculative fiction, as a prolific Doctor Who writer. Joe Eisma joins Mann in[...]