Hunt for the Skinwalker #1
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Hunt for the Skinwalker #1

Writer: Zac Thompson Artist: Valeria Burzo Publisher: Boom! Studios Release Date: September 6, 2023 Cover Price: $4.99 Critic Reviews: 9 User Reviews: 1
7.6Critic Rating
6.5User Rating

Unidentified flying objects. Animal mutilation. Terrifying otherworldly cryptids. Countless strange phenomena. For more than 50 years, a remote ranch in the Uinta Basin has been the most significant nexus for the paranormal.

Inspired by one family's confrontation with the unexplainable and terrifying... and what happened when they invited the largest scientific investigation of the paranormal to their ranch.

Based on the 2005 groundbreaking, electrifying nonfiction book by Dr. Colm Kelleher and veteran investigative journalist George Knapp that revealed the captivating true history of Gorman Ranch for the first time, seizing more

  • 10
    Get Your Comic On - Dave Jones Sep 6, 2023

    Consider me suitably chilled. Whilst Hunt for the Skinwalker #1 isn't the full production, it does incredibly in laying the groundwork for what is to come. I need to find out the intentions of these visitors, the waiting is killing me!!!! Read Full Review

  • 9.0
    Capes & Tights - Justin Soderberg Sep 4, 2023

    Speaking of the art, Burzo's illustrations are fantastic. The character designs are well-crafted, and the creatures they encounter are genuinely terrifying. Hunt for the Skinwalkeris wonderfully colored by Jason Wordie and lettered by Joe Sabino.It's clear that a lot of thought and care went into every panel, making for a visually stunning comic book. Read Full Review

  • 8.5
    The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally Sep 6, 2023

    Burzo delivers some great art in the issue. The visuals are great and deliver on the suspense of the story brilliantly. Read Full Review

  • 8.0
    Monkeys Fighting Robots - Justin Munday Sep 6, 2023

    A solid start to this comic adaptation of the defining novel of modern paranormal research. Read Full Review

  • 7.0
    Comic Book Revolution - Kevin Lainez Sep 4, 2023

    Zac Thompson and Valeria Burzo work well together to showcase how the unexplained can be the launching point of something greater going on with Hunt for the Skinwalker #1. If you are a fan of paranormal stories this is a comic book to check out. Read Full Review

  • 7.0
    AIPT - Chris Coplan Sep 6, 2023

    When you're not learning, you're busy feeling all of the things. Read Full Review

  • 7.0
    ComicBook.com - Charlie Ridgely Sep 6, 2023

    Hunt for the Skinwalker doesn't deliver a perfect debut, but does it really have to? The good far outweighs the not-so-good in this first issue, and it's easy to see the potential of what the series might become in the months ahead. Read Full Review

  • 7.0
    Graphic Policy - Brett Sep 6, 2023

    Hunt for the Skinwalker #1 lacks up a build up and the tension you'd hope for this sort of story. Things happen rapidly and presented without question. It's a series of events as opposed to an ebb and flow of quiet, tension, and then catharsis. It feels like a visual Wikipedia entry, delivering facts above a narrative that would have us buy into the story and care what happens to the people within. Read Full Review

  • 5.0
    Multiversity Comics - Christopher Egan Sep 7, 2023

    The attempt to blend both horror comics with paranormal mystery docuseries simply never meshes the way the creatives hope it will. Read Full Review

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