Published by: Outerspace Spider Comics
Written by: Drew Edwards
Art and Inking: Jeff Wood
Famous Monsters Story - Art and Inking: Terry Parr
Reviewed by Sidra Roberts
Outerspace Spider Comics is an online comics publisher
that we, the Collector Times Staff who were there, ran
into at Uncommon Con. I ended up with an ashcan of
their book, Halloween Man. If you want to check out
Halloween Man go to their webpage at
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Halloween Man is a book about a guy named Solomon
Hitch, who gets superhero powers after being drained
by a vampire and brought back to life by a mage.
Halloween man is a cute mix of wit and of tributes to the
horror greats. The little details like the vampire
wearing a "Give Blood" button truly define the humor of the book.
Solomons girlfriend Lucy, while she looks 1950ish,
is far from the shallow heroine. I think what really
makes this book special is the fact that it plays
jovially off of horror stereotypes and doesnt parody
itself in the process.
The art works magically with the story, giving it
this wonderful coherency. In many ways it lampoons
the old horror pulps, but at the same time
maintains the pulp horror comic feeling. You should
really go check it out for yourself.