DC Horror Presents...

by Leah Kilpatrick, David Dastmalchian, Cat Staggs (illustrator)

From the most disturbed and rotten minds in horror comes DC Horror Presents…anew collection of gruesome stories set in the DCU, penned in blood by some of yourfavorite creepers! These shorts take DC’s heroes and villains and put them into themost intense, spine-tingling tales imaginable. Definitely not for the faint of heart—which is why this book is rated 17+.Featuring stories by the Boulet Brothers (Dragula), David Dastmalchian (Late Nightwith the Devil) and Leah Kilpatrick, Aaron Sagers (Paranormal Caught on Camera),LaToya Morgan (The Walking Dead), Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum (Minor Threats),Brendan Hay ( Secrets of the Mogwai) and Steven Kostanski (PsychoGoreman), horror comics legends Francesco Francavilla ( The Black Mirror)and Patrick Horvath (Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees), and more, so get ready…it’s gonna be wild tonight—flesh to flesh and bite to bite!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror, Dc Comics, Batman

96 pages, Paperback

Published August 19, 2025

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.1 stars

A lot of the stories in this horror anthology were pretty bad but the few that were good were very good. I found the ones played for laughs were the best, particularly the Matter-Eater Lad tale that closes out the book.

[Alex A · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anthology of short, very quick reads. Good because they don't stick around too long, but bad because they don't have too much space to develop enough. Interesting concepts in many but celebrity writers don't often have a firm grasp on comics writing to pull things off.

Overall, the art was good to great, which isn't too common in these DC anthologies.

As a complete package, issue #2 was the standout.

Scores /5 for each story:

'Love You To Pieces' - Dastmalchian, Kilpatrick, & Staggs = 2.5
'Untitled' (Doom's Doorway) - Boulet Bros. & Mapa = 1.5
'Living Doll' - Morgan, Derenick, & Barna = 1.5
'Superstitious Lot' - Sagers & Kelly = 4
'The Chthonian Dawn' - Francavilla = 4.5
'The Brooding Public' - Horvath = 5
'The Diamond that Steals Back' - Oswalt, Blum, & Earls = 3
'A Matter of Life and Undeath' - Kotanski, Hay, Faerber = 4

[Alex Sarll]

The best library of characters in comics. Talent from across and beyond the medium, given licence to go wild with them. So the real horror here is how few of the stories are any cop at all. David Dastmalchian has done comics before, and well, but here can only co-write an uninspired serial killer/mad scientist squib; I normally like Francesco Francavilla's art, but in this he traps a Batman who looks like a kid playing dress-up* in the world's roomiest coffin. And the Matter-Eater Lad story barely nods to horror, coming across more as gross-out comedy. The only ones I'd halfway recommend are Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum and Danny Earls** doing a Catwoman story which, if not wholly coherent, at least has the vibes down; and Patrick Horvath coming up with some suitably apocalyptic consequences for Adam Strange's slipshod approach to hygiene.

*Obviously Batman is fundamentally a kid playing dress-up, but even I don't think he should be drawn that way.
**Who turns out to have been a professional footballer before he became a comics artist. I do like to see a redemption narrative.

[Mariano · Rating 2 out of 5]

Intentan ser historias de terror, pero están escritas como historias de superhéroes. En el contexto de este universo que aparezca un monstruo no es terror, es otro día en el universo DC. Ahí deja de funcionar el mecanismo.

Donde sí funciona? Hay una sola de las historias que sí funcionan: la de la parejita que se mete en el estudio de televisión, porque no hay superhéroes. La del pingüino ponele que mas o menos también.

El resto podrían ser historias que salen en las series regulares porque todas tienen un "extra" en la estructura que las lleva al formato superhéroe. La de Batman que empieza encerrado en un ataúd es clarísimo ejemplo de esto.

Para mi acá falló 100% la edición, no los autores.

[Arindam Sen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really wish writers give it their all when it comes to anthologies. Especially when they're writing such short stories. The problem here is that the batting average is truly poor. However the highs, are so high, it makes you feel the other writers just phoned it in. If you find the single #3 just buy that. It contains a Francavilla story and a really nasty body horror story featuring Adam Strange, written and drawn by Patrick Horvath in his signature happy-go-lucky watercolour style. It will freak you the fuck out!

[Cameron · Rating 2 out of 5]

I always wish they could do more horror stuff with superhero’s. Unfortunately these stories always come out a bit basic, PG rated. More stuff like Batman: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth. I suppose Marvel and DC have a certain public imagine to uphold so they can’t go ultra disturbing like I’d like, but still fun little horror stories.

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked this up for the Fall/Halloween season.
Quick little Horror stories set in the DC universe. But don't let the cover fool you...
Superman is only in one panel of one story.
It's enjoyable. Worth the time if you like DC and Horror.

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hit or miss collection of shorts with far to many of them either to short or with odd cliffhanger/question mark endings inappropriate for the format.

[Kalynne · Rating 3 out of 5]

1 good issue, 3 ok issues

[JW · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better than expected.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Creepshow, but with DC characters.

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

a short collection of short horror comics.

[Vincent Fuentes · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was creepy great

I just loved this collection of times when life takes a wonderfully dark and crazy turn.
The art fantastic story just as amazing