‘Something Is Killing The Children’ Story ‘A Monster Hunter Walks Into A Bar’ Gets Collected By BOOM!

Just in case you thought Something Is Killing The Children wasn’t a long enough title, get ready for Something Is Killing The Children: A Monster Hunter Walks Into A Bar. The story, originally serialized in BOOM! Studios’ anthology Hello Darkness, will be collected in one issue.

Written by James Tynion IV with art by Werther Dell’Edera, the one-shot follows a group of people who were saved by monster hunter Erica Slaughter reminiscing about their dark adventures.

The book features a main cover by Dell’Edera, with variants by Ben Stenback, Jenny Frison, and Puppeteer Lee.

SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN: A MONSTER HUNTER WALKS INTO A BAR #1 will be available in comic shops on October 8, 2025. You can check out three of the covers below.

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