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Event Horizon: Dark Descent #5
Event Horizon: Dark Descent #5
The spectacular finale of the scariest sci-fi story ever told! The spaceship Event Horizon has been to Hell, but will it come back? After their captain’s death, the last crew members make a last-ditch attempt to destroy the ship’s gravity drive. It’s perhaps the only thing capable of hurting Paimon! But…what is this angelic presence felt aboard the ship? Horror masters Christian Ward and Tristan Jones tell the final chapter of the crew of the Event Horizon!
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Published February 4, 2026
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February 9, 2026
Well, at least that's done with...
April 1, 2026
I enjoyed the original film, so it was pretty much a guarantee I’d like this.
March 8, 2026
Turns a Classic Cosmic Horror story, into an ordinary monster tale.
First, if you bought this series to finally see exactly what happened during the Death Orgy, you’ll be sadly disappointed. This comic adds nothing to the story, but a generic demon monster.
Event Horizon didn’t need a physical demon or monster to convey it cosmic horror tale.
First, if you bought this series to finally see exactly what happened during the Death Orgy, you’ll be sadly disappointed. This comic adds nothing to the story, but a generic demon monster.
Event Horizon didn’t need a physical demon or monster to convey it cosmic horror tale.
February 6, 2026
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5
Event Horizon: Dark Descent #5
Writer: Christian Ward
Artist: Tristan Jones
Dark has it come! Space can be a nightmare, and this finale proves it. The creative team pushes every boundary they’ve built over the series and delivers an ending that feels both inevitable and shockingly apocalyptic.
The final chapter of Event Horizon: Dark Descent is a full‑throttle plunge into cosmic terror. With Captain Kilpack gone and the crew reduced to a desperate few, the last survivors make one final attempt to destroy the gravity drive—the cursed heart of the Event Horizon and the only thing that might wound Paimon. The tension is suffocating, the stakes absolute, and the atmosphere thick with dread.
What elevates this issue is the intrusion of something new aboard the ship: an angelic presence that complicates everything the crew—and the reader—thought they understood about Hell, divinity, and the ship’s impossible journey. Ward and Jones twist the mythology into something grander and more unsettling than simple good versus evil. It’s cosmic horror with theological teeth.
Jones’ art is a nightmare symphony of flesh, machinery, and impossible geometry, while Ward’s writing lands every emotional and existential blow. Together, they craft a finale that honors the original film’s legacy while expanding it into something far more mythic and terrifying.
A spectacular, skin‑crawling conclusion to the scariest sci‑fi story ever told. Five stars, without hesitation.
Happy reading from The Void 🚀🪐📚
Event Horizon: Dark Descent #5
Writer: Christian Ward
Artist: Tristan Jones
Dark has it come! Space can be a nightmare, and this finale proves it. The creative team pushes every boundary they’ve built over the series and delivers an ending that feels both inevitable and shockingly apocalyptic.
The final chapter of Event Horizon: Dark Descent is a full‑throttle plunge into cosmic terror. With Captain Kilpack gone and the crew reduced to a desperate few, the last survivors make one final attempt to destroy the gravity drive—the cursed heart of the Event Horizon and the only thing that might wound Paimon. The tension is suffocating, the stakes absolute, and the atmosphere thick with dread.
What elevates this issue is the intrusion of something new aboard the ship: an angelic presence that complicates everything the crew—and the reader—thought they understood about Hell, divinity, and the ship’s impossible journey. Ward and Jones twist the mythology into something grander and more unsettling than simple good versus evil. It’s cosmic horror with theological teeth.
Jones’ art is a nightmare symphony of flesh, machinery, and impossible geometry, while Ward’s writing lands every emotional and existential blow. Together, they craft a finale that honors the original film’s legacy while expanding it into something far more mythic and terrifying.
A spectacular, skin‑crawling conclusion to the scariest sci‑fi story ever told. Five stars, without hesitation.
Happy reading from The Void 🚀🪐📚
June 19, 2026
The second she mentioned spooky science I knew where this was going and deflated. Yeah yeah yeah - for a movie about perverted religion, hell, gore, and violence, it makes sense to insert the opposite. But dude. ಠ_ಠ Come on. It's Event Horizon. If we don't need eyes, we certainly don't need hope. It works as a plot device and an allegory but it's EVENT HORIZON. The hints in the movie about what happened to the crew lead one to imagine worse than this series delivered. These were just people manipulated as toys. That also takes a chunk of the Lovecraft element away since the Devil/Demon is purposefully pulling the strings and when using humans to achieve his goals. That's not cosmic levels of horror. As a comic about Event Horizon, it's a swing and a miss. As a space in hell gore comic, it has the EH hype and interesting moments. I wouldn't have given this series a single look without the Event Horizon name attached. That's disappointing. (And since I'm only now reading it, I already have Inferno on order.)
Perhaps spoilery, but it's like basic quantum entanglement, soooo - in spooky science, two particles are entwined no matter the distance between them. Any change immediately affects the other. Always. What the comic doesn't add to the explanation is that the two particles cannot possess the same state. If one is "on" then the other is "off". They should have included that since it's the critical part of studying the particles in the first place.
Perhaps spoilery, but it's like basic quantum entanglement, soooo - in spooky science, two particles are entwined no matter the distance between them. Any change immediately affects the other. Always. What the comic doesn't add to the explanation is that the two particles cannot possess the same state. If one is "on" then the other is "off". They should have included that since it's the critical part of studying the particles in the first place.
February 11, 2026
It was ok.
Not the worst but not that great. The series started strong. But it seems as if they lost the plot midway through issue #3 and #4. If you removed "Event Horizon" from the series, its a pretty generic and formulaic plot. I don't think its sales would be high if this was marketed by any other name. I like the effort to give fans something they actually wanted in bringing EH back to life. I hope there is a part 2 cause I love this movie so much.
Not the worst but not that great. The series started strong. But it seems as if they lost the plot midway through issue #3 and #4. If you removed "Event Horizon" from the series, its a pretty generic and formulaic plot. I don't think its sales would be high if this was marketed by any other name. I like the effort to give fans something they actually wanted in bringing EH back to life. I hope there is a part 2 cause I love this movie so much.
February 10, 2026
The ending felt a bit rushed, and maybe a bit too simplistic, but given that this is a prequel to the Event Horizon film we know perfectly well the story doesn't end here. Still, I wish the climax had lingered just a bit longer. Oh well, time to rewatch the movie while I wait Christian Ward's sequel, Inferno, to drop in April.
February 11, 2026
We really didn't need this comic. It was so meh. Nothing really stood out. Not the characters, not the pacing, not the plot, not even the artstyle.
The Cover B that you see at the end is fantastic! Art by Darick Robertson and colors by Diego Rodriguez. I wish that the comic as a whole looked like that. At least then I would enjoy with my eyes.
The Cover B that you see at the end is fantastic! Art by Darick Robertson and colors by Diego Rodriguez. I wish that the comic as a whole looked like that. At least then I would enjoy with my eyes.
May 13, 2026
El comic me dejó igual que la película,sigo sintiendo que no tiene sentido que haya una dimensión enel espacio que es "el infierno" y con un demonio que todo lo sabe y que te atormenta hasta enloquecerte. Al final hasta rearma la nave. Esto debió tirar al horror cósmico en lugar de algo tan humano y mundano.
February 4, 2026
Pretty darn scary! Need to re-watch the movie. Moody as all get out!
February 6, 2026
Loved this series, and thought the final issue showed some great character development.
February 9, 2026
Its okay
Not exactly an ending of a prequel story to the movie that really answers questions in a satisfying manner. I guess that's expected.
Not exactly an ending of a prequel story to the movie that really answers questions in a satisfying manner. I guess that's expected.
March 9, 2026
Really limped across the finish line. I loved the first couple issues, but then it steadily declined, until this "WGAF" finale.
March 14, 2026
Great art but....what was that story? kudos to the writer his characters but he must have written this based on watching the film's trailer once. It wasn't awful it just didnt feel like what we know of Event Horizon's maiden doomed crew.
UPDATE: I've lightened up a bit on this it has a lot of things going for it, just because it's not what you expected doesn't make it bad and it was good enough to get a follow up, Event Horizon: Inferno coming soon.
UPDATE: I've lightened up a bit on this it has a lot of things going for it, just because it's not what you expected doesn't make it bad and it was good enough to get a follow up, Event Horizon: Inferno coming soon.
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