Tales from the Crypt meets The Twilight Zone—four tales of horror, lost souls and things that go bump in the night. A prestige format “One-Shock” featuring top creative talent just in time for the most horrific month of the calendar year, AFTER DARK is a collection of tales you’ll want to read with the lights on! A disparate tale from a possible future; a chance encounter with a mythical Black-Eyed Kid, a children’s fable gone awry; and a gut-wrenching last meal at the local diner. These horrific, bone-chilling tales are conceived and written by Cullen Bunn (DARK ARK, EDEN, Harrow County), Jim Starlin (Thanos, Dreadstar, SHOCK), Joe Pruett (BLACK-EYED KIDS, Cable, X-Men Unlimited), Fran Tieri (Wolverine, Harley Quinn, PESTILENCE) and drawn by Cliff Richards (10 YEARS TO DEATH, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Nikkol Kelenic, Szymon Kudranski (BLACK-EYED KIDS, Spawn) and Joe Eisma (Morning Glories, SHOCK).

He is a man without a name...without a memory. He is a man without a past…and apparently without a future. As he tries to discover the secret of his past and his name, he finds himself drawn into an ancient battleground which has its basis in the bloodthirsty rites of the supposedly extinct Aztec Empire. The violent sacrifical rituals of a sun worshipping tribe somehow hold a key to his past but he must delve deeper into those horrible ceremonies for the secrets, knowing that if he survives, he will have to live with the answers. Now on the streets of modern day Mexico City our Nameless man finds findself attempting to protect the thousands of forgotten street children that inhabit the sprawling metropolis. They are being abducted and used as human sacrifices to this ancient Aztec God. From the mind of Joe Pruett (X-Men Unlimited, Wolverine, Cable) and Phil Hester (Swamp Thing, Green Arrow) and artist Bruce McCorkindale (Green Hornet, Godzilla).

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Who is Dusty Star and what secrets lay in the outlaw streets of Bradstreet, the home of every low-life, scoundrel in the uncharted lands? Dusty begins to gather her posse and follow the clues to solve the mystery of her past and the answers to her future.

Jack Russell, the Werewolf by Night stalks a killer werewolf in the mountains while searching for a cure that will end his curse. The mal-formed Man-Thing, temporarily in possession of his mind, attempts to save a man from certain death at the hands of racist hunters. And Son of Satan battles a possessed child killer along with the murderous voices in his head...

Collects Uncanny X-Men #379-380, Cable (1993) #78, X-Force (1991) #101, Wolverine (1988) #149, and X-Men (1991) #99.Mutants are supposedly evolution's next step, but the High Evolutionary doesn't like where it's headed! All over the world, mutants are robbed of their powers, leaving X-Men and adversaries alike on the edge of defeat! But who is the Evolutionary's mysterious patron, and how is the disempowerment his next step? Plus: threats from the Acolytes, the Neo, and more! Guest-starring the New Warriors, X-Force and more than thirty years' worth of robots!

When heroes die they are welcomed to the enchanted island of Avalon, a land of unimaginable beauty, untouched by crime, unsoiled by bad weather, even immune to death. Only one hero has ever been born here. Her name is Megan, daughter of Arthur. Consumed by her father's wanderlust, Megan travels through the mystical mists surrounding the island in search of her missing father and her own self worth.

Heavy is The Head That Wears the Crown. Magneto, mutant radical and leader of a charged rebellion, emerges as the new sovereign of Genosha, an independent mutant state. But a civil war has erupted between the Magistrates and mutates…leaving Magneto in a diplomatic bind! Quicksilver and Rogue guest-star!

THE SCOOP: The X-Men's two wild cards unite in one unpredictable adventure! ? THE STORY: Bishop has been captured, and it's up to everyone's favorite ragin' Cajun to free him! There's only one problem: Bishop's captors are the X-Men! What dark forces are behind the X-Men's villainy? And can Gambit survive their combined power?

Setting his grand plan for godhood into motion, Apocalypse dispatches his agents to capture the world's most powerful mutants, the fabled Twelve: Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Iceman, Sunfire, Polaris, Cable, Bishop, Mikhail Rasputin, the Living Monolith and Magneto. Having himself planted the seeds of the Twelve legend, Apocalypse hopes to siphon their power, granting him omnipotency. Desperate to stave off his ascension, the X-Men must strike a temporary truce with Magneto to battle the warlord's forces as the Twelve are assembled -- and one longtime member seemingly sacrifices his own life to end the threat of Apocalypse once and for all! Collecting Uncanny X-Men 376-377, Cable 73-76, X-Men 96-97 and Wolverine 145-147.

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It's dark. You're alone. Then there's a knock. You open the door to find two seemingly normal kids. They ask to come in, to borrow your phone to call for a ride. You find yourself overcome with an intense fear that you can't explain. And then you notice their eyes... black... SOLID black. You want to run, but now they're inside. It's too late. They have you. Eisner Award winner Joe Pruett (X-Men Unlimited, Cable) is joined by artist Szymon Kudranski (Spawn, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice) for this terrifying new horror series.

In this one special volume, readers get several exclusive items: A special ZERO chapter of PAUL JENKINS' daring NEW AfterShock series-not to be printed or seen anywhere else! An exclusive prelude to Joe Pruett and Szymon Kudranksi's BLACK-EYED KIDS series. Previews of upcoming AfterShock series from top name creators! A look back to AfterShock #1 issues that you may have missed! Just in time for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! All of this and more in this specially low-priced issue!