The Scream! Halloween Special 2026: Five New Horror Stories This October

The Scream! Halloween Special 2026 will see the return of the Eisner-Nominated horror anthology, featuring a gruesome cadre of twisted storytellers across 48 ghastly and grotesque pages! With comics from a murderously good lineup of top creators including Alex Paknadel, Babs Tarr, Zoe Tunnell, Zac Thompson and Vic Malhotra, Rebellion proudly present five new horror stories to keep you screaming this October!

The Scream! Halloween Special 2026 continues a tradition of delivering chills that stretches back over forty years, horrifying generations of comic fans with tales of pleasure and disgust! Editor Chiara Mestieri says of the news: "I am so excited to be back for another Scream! special, and with this murderers' row of creative teams, no less! It has been a blast to dive back into the shadows, and to dial up the shock, horror, blood and guts across these pages."

In The Dracula File, Alex Paknadel and Alejandro Aragón reunite with Jason Wordie and Jonathan Stevenson, putting extra venom into the modern-day exploits of the legendary blood-sucking fiend. Describing the story, Aragón says: "I've always seen this story as being about one simple idea: facing a terrifying truth is easier when someone believes you. At its heart, it's about the importance of not being completely alone."

Then, cower as Zoe Tunnell, Chloe Brailsford, JP Jordan and Jodie Troutman team for Consent Is Key. Tunnell explains: " We already live in an era of voracious capitalism and AI causing more doubt and confusion in what we are seeing and hearing than ever. How bad would it go when even your sleeping hours are monetized for labour? Your own choices made for you? All oh-so-helpfully guided by a major corporation that has Your Best Interests In Mind. They promise!"

Brailsford continues "Our story is about the exploitation of the body by corporations in the pursuit of capital. While income inequality grows every day, the poor have to take on lives of subjugation in an attempt to strive for the capitalist dream — that which unfortunately RELIES on poverty to work. It's the true horror story of 21st Century capitalism!"

The malevolent A.I. Max returns for more close-quarters carnage. Zac Thompson and Mattia Monaco invite you to once again enter The Thirteenth Floor. "This is a look at A.I. psychosis in a way that only The Thirteenth Floor can pull off," says Thompson. "When Maxwell Tower gets a new large language model upgrade, the building's caretaker Max is pushed to make some ethical and moral concessions in order to best serve the wellbeing of his tenants. Thus begins a depraved character study of a man whose only companion is an A.I. who can't say no - even when his behaviour becomes more and more disturbing…"

When a bog body surfaces during an archaeological dig, a PhD student's project of a lifetime turns into an obsession with death! Join Oliver Gerlach and Vic Malhotra as they wade into the depths of human nature. Gerlach reveals: "The Bog Body is about exhaustion and burnout and the horror of being consumed by your work until there's nothing left… and also about seeing how unpleasantly damp a story I can get away with!" Malhotra adds "Oliver sent over a story that has a perfect amount of terror and dread. Now it's my job to draw it in a way that's not too pretty, evokes the gnarly mood, and drags readers down into the depths of the deepest boggy waters."

Our grand finale brings together Michael Gorman and Babs Tarr. The quaint sleepy town of Bishop's End is in fact open for business, and any reports of haunts at the nearby petrol station are GREATLY exaggerated…

First published in 1984 and hosted by the mysterious "Ghastly McNasty", Scream! has proudly scared generations of readers. Its legacy includes legendary figures such as Alan Moore, John Wagner and Cam Kennedy, overseen by the legendary Barrie Tomlinson. The Scream! Halloween Special 2026 celebrates their work, with a captivating cover from Salvador Lavado that celebrates Ghastly himself!

It's the horror event of the year. If you're looking for true terror this Halloween, pre-order your copy of The Scream! Halloween Special 2026 today! Available via Lunar Distribution in the US. You won't regret it...