DOC HORROR, HALLOWEEN GIRL, AND THE GUNWITCH RETURN IN DAN BRERETON’S “NOCTURNALS: THE SINISTER PATH”

An exquisitely hand-painted tale from Dan Brereton’s Eisner-nominated supernatural-noir series NOCTURNALS.

Happy Halloweeniversary! Dark Horse Comics and award-winning cartoonist Dan Brereton (Giantkiller, The Psycho, The Last Battle) celebrate 31 spooky years of Brereton’s hand-painted supernatural-noir comic series with Nocturnals: The Sinister Path. This miniseries is written and illustrated by Brereton and lettered by Lois Buhalis (X-Men, Spawn, Blacksad), and will be the first time Nocturnals: The Sinister Path will be available in single issues, as it was previously published in graphic novel format in 2017 by Big Wow Art. The first issue will include two pages of character introductions, a new cover by Brereton, and a variant cover by Sean Gordon Murphy, with every issue also featuring new pinups and two brand-new story pages.

A war is being fought for the soul of Pacific City. It’s a war fought by monsters, both human and supernatural. But luckily, some of the monsters are on our side. The Nocturnals—a band of misfit vigilantes led by Doc Horror, his supernaturally-gifted daughter Evening (aka Halloween Girl), and an armed revenant known as the Gunwitch—are all that stand against the eldritch criminal underworld of Pacific City.

The death of the mysterious Judge Hemlock opens a macabre power vacuum in the eldritch underworld. But when the Nocturnals investigate the occult-enshrouded Hemlock house, what they find will lead them down a twisted and deadly sinister path.

“Someone recently described Nocturnals as being like a really good dream,” said Brereton. “That’s pretty close to how I feel about it—a good dream you’re completely immersed in, you don’t want it to end—and when you wake up you want back in. Being able to go back again and again over the last three decades is the best feeling.”

Celebrate Halloween early this year when Nocturnals: The Sinister Path #1 (of 4) releases in stores on September 3, 2025. It is now available to preorder from your local comic shop for $4.99.

If you enjoy Dan’s work and Nocturnals, check out Nocturnals 31, a new art book, currently available on Kickstarter!

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