Marvel scaring up Satan for ESSENTIAL HORROR
Who’s Marvel Comics got on tap to spotlight in this October’s ESSENTIAL edition? Could it be … Satan?
Nope. It’s THE SON OF SATAN. Pulling a rabbit out of the obscure hat, Marvel will collect the exploits of Daimon Hellstrom and his sister Satana in ESSENTIAL HORROR: VOL. 1. Why it’s not called ESSENTIAL SON OF SATAN is a little beyond me, since Marvel Comics generally don’t sit side by side on store shelves with LEFT BEHIND novels. Seems like the title would be more scandalous decades ago when the comic series began, when rock ‘n’ roll was still considered evil.
But I digress. ESSENTIAL HORROR is promised to feature “exorcists, cyclists, nihilsts and ice demons,” to reveal to secrets of ancient Atlantis and to guest-star the Human Torch, the Thing and, yep, Spider-Man. The anthology collects the first eight issues of SON OF SATAN, along with GHOST RIDER #1-2; MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #12-24; MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #14; MARVEL TEAM-UP #32, 80-81; VAMPIRE TALES #2-3; THE HAUNT OF HORROR #2, 4-5; and MARVEL PREMIERE #27. Look for it just before Halloween, natch.
[...] FRIDAY >> 6.2.06 Adding insult to week-in-review injury, BOOKGASM’s crack team of critics piled it on to round out the week. Not deterred at all by KILLRAVEN, Rod previewed Marvel Comics’ October release of ESSENTIAL HORROR: VOL. 1. I really love those horror titles. The vampires were great and you can never write off the Son of Satan. Perfect to take off the autumn chill. [...]