Like the urban legends and folklore frights of yore, the Headless Horseman is coming back to haunt you once more! Ignore the creaking footsteps, don't mind the whistling wind, pull your eyes away from the shifting shadows, and tiptoe through these spine-tingling stories. The Headless Horseman returns... and this year, he's coming for you!
The Headless Horseman Annual 2024 is a frightening, suspenseful and thrilling collection of tales from some of the best comic creators in the business. What Dark Horse is able to accomplish each Halloween season with these annuals is unmatched in the world of comics. Read Full Review
If you like horror, snatch up Headless Horseman Halloween Annual as it's a howling good and scary time. All five stories offer different kinds of horror tales, all of which offer something unique and hair-raisingly good. Read Full Review
This story has a great opening and premise, but it falls apart towards the end because it feels like there is more story to tell and no context to the world of it. I really wanted more. Read Full Review
Plot
This first anthology from Dark Horse Comics includes five horror stories from different creative teams described below:
“ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM” script, art and colors by LUKAS KETNER, lettering by FRANK CVETKOVIC: Hark The Hero of Ages is awakened to help the world in an area of fantasy, magic and goblins, but the hero of the story ends up being manipulated by the greed
“SOME WANDER” writer ANGELA SLATTER art by VALERIA BURZO, colors by LAUREN AFFE and lettering by FRANK CVETKOVIC: with only captions or notes from the narrator, a night of searching for Halloween treats awakens the thirst and hunger of predators.
“THE CHAPERONE” script by CHRISTIE PORTER and PHILLIP SEVY, art more