A great dive into some more esoteric corners of the Marvel Universe with a wide variety of stories and characters. Read it...if you dare! Read Full Review

Crypt of Shadows is well worth the price of admission, telling a combination of one-off stories and tales that seed future continuity. It's a shame this is only a single issue, as Marvel proves there's no lack of talent and creators that could tell well-rounded stories across the publishing year. Read Full Review

Each section feels more like a selling point than a story meant to showcase someone. While each artist who lends their talents to these tales present some seasonal stories, they don't actually capture the success of other horror anthology comics. Read Full Review

An excellent compilation of spooky themed stories even worth reading for fans of these types of stories in general and not just superheroes. Read Full Review

Crypt of Shadows delivers more hits than misses and is a fitting way to ring in Halloween for Marvel fans. Read Full Review

Crypt of Shadows #1 is a mixed-bag anthology with a few hits but mostly misses. On the whole, the art is solid, and the stories pull together an eclectic collection of ideas, but several stories suffer from not enough page space or not enough writing quality. Read Full Review

I thought this was a pretty mediocre anthology. I liked the last story, at least.

It's a Catch-22 of an anthology, where obscure characters who aren't popular enough to float long stories get clumsy, too-short strips that won't win them any new fans. (Plus some Elsa Bloodstone and some of Adam Warren being his creepy self with Laura Kinney.) There's some nice art along the way, but this is thoroughly unengaging.

When I heard this was coming out, and that Laura Kinney (Wolverine) was going to be in it, I was onboard! Unfortunately, the end result was sadly lacking in both the interesting and scary!

One thing that I thought worked especially well was the bridging scenes with Victor Strange, brother to the deceased Doctor, as well as emcee for each of the anthology's tales.

The first tale, "The Crypt of Shadows", is a ghost story giving us a taste (no pun intended) of Blade's daughter Brielle. Al Ewing hardly ever disappoints, and he doesn't here, helping this anthology to earn a 3.

Next on the docket was "Werewolf By Moon Knight", from Rebecca Roanhorse. I really wanted to like this one, but it felt like it was more of a set-up for some upcoming rather than a story in the anthology!

"Skin Crawl", from Chris Cooper, was a forgettable Morbius tale! So forgettable that I can hardly recall what the story was about!

Then we had "Down Came the Rain", an Elsa Bloodstone tale by Chris Condon. This one was fun! I'm always down for some Elsa adventuring, and Condon's story does not disappoint! Another one that contributed to the 3, rather than giving this anthology a 1!


"Endless Slaughter in the Infinite Swamp" was Adam Warren's Laura Kinney story for the anthology! And, it was the biggest disappointment for me! The writing she was given did not present us with the character that we have gotten to know! Dis-a-point-MENT!!

I don't know if the print version had all six stories, but the digital version was missing "Neither Big Nor Bad", by Danny Lore! I doubt it being there could have saved this one for me! more

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CrazyforRAMU - Apr 8, 2023

"Neither Big Nor Bad" was the ghost story with Brielle.

Dr. WøøfWøøf - Apr 8, 2023 (edited)

Thank you for catching that! Grape job

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