Spread Compendium

by Justin Jordan, Kyle Strahm (illustrator), Felipe Sobreiro (illustrator)

Genres: Horror, Comics

608 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2025

About the author

Justin Jordan is an American comic book writer. He is known for writing and co-creating The Strange Talent of Luther Strode, Spread, Dead Body Road, Deep State, Dark Gods and Savage Things. He has also written Green Lantern: New Guardians, Superboy, Deathstroke and Team 7 for DC Comics and the relaunch of Shadowman for Valiant Entertainment.

In 2012, he was nominated for the Harvey Award for Most Promising New Talent.

Reviews

[Scott Rhee · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Lone Wolf and Cub" meets "The Walking Dead" meets John Carpenter's "The Thing", "Spread" is a post-apocalyptic horror series by Justin Jordan that---despite an extraordinary amount of gore and cannibalism and people doing pretty horrible things to other people---has a surprising amount of pathos and heart. I literally devoured this compendium (which collects the entire run of 25 issues) in one sitting. Good, gory stuff.

[Nick Pachella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good story. Very similar to The Last of Us.
I am not a fan of the narration that happens on top of the actual text, similar to Saga. It can be difficult to follow two text threads at once.
It was a short series so it didn’t go into much detail about how the Spread started or how it functioned. Also made the ending of No’s sacrifice seem less profound, especially since that was not what saved them, not sure really why it receded….
Also do not like when the big badie, Rovello, gets killed with a knife in the back ala game of thrones…
Would give it 2 stars but the artwork bumped it to 3

[Alex G · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating read. Interesting dynamics between all the important characters, especially the "antagonist" and protagonist. Loved the ending. While it feels complete, I would've loved a dozen or so more issues to fully comprehend the spread. But I suppose its beauty lies in our lack of understanding. Neither the characters nor the readers ever really got to know the truth.

[Tiago Pessoa · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Quin Lancaster · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basically the horror parts of The Walking Dead plus the important kid from Saga. Not quite as impactful as either of them, but the monsters are sufficiently gory!