Ah, I bought this a little bit ago, but am so disorganized I'm not sure I've read this before now? From 2017, DC House of Horror #1, featuring stories by Keith Giffen and others, pencils by Kyle Baker, Howard Porter, Bilquis Evely, Rags Morales, and others.
How often does DC do these now, quarterly? This one's got eight horror spins on classic characters, all plotted by Giffen. I'm guessing a zombie one by chapter six! Let's see: "Look! Up in the Sky!" is a slasher story with baby Superman as the unstoppable killing machine. In "Man's World" Ouija board hijinks lead to a girl becoming possessed by the spirit of Wonder Woman...in this case, a man-killing harpy.
"Crazy for You" has a former Arkham worker turned serial killer by the ghost of Harley Quinn, which may or may not be all in his head. There's a lot in "Batman's" head in "Last Laugh," then yes! Zombies, in "Blackest Night" as Green Lantern has to deal with the fastest zombie dead.
"Stray Arrow" features a vigilante-turned-serial killer Green Arrow and his pretty bird prisoner; while "Unmasked" has another serial killer stealing faces, the beast Leviathan, and a district attorney trying to make sense of it all. And finally, Howard Chaykin draws "The Possession of Billy Batson," in which a 50's greaser-looking Billy is repeatedly cajoled to say the name.
No spoilers, but there is not a happy ending in this lot. I know some prefer their horror stories that way, but I prefer the monster get got and the final girl get away at least on occasion.
You had me @ 50's greaser Billy Batson, ha ha.
ReplyDeleteWait, a killer Superbaby. Isn't that pretty much the movie Brightburn in a nutshell, just two years earlier?