BOOM! Studios has revealed a new look at Something is Killing the Children #1, an all-new original series from GLAAD Award-winning author James Tynion IV and artist Werther Dell’Edera about a close-knit community rocked by a series of murders and the first appearance of Erica Slaughter, a mysterious figure who rides into town claiming she can stop the brutal murders turning their community upside down.
But the local police and authority figures don’t know what to make of this dangerous outsider who claims to believe the local kids and their rumors of monsters in the woods. Can they trust this so-called “monster” hunter with their children’s lives? Or is Erica Slaughter an unhinged killer who’ll only bring more tragedy into their community?
Something is Killing the Children #1 will be available for sale September 4, 2019.
Description: A close-knit community rocked by a series of murders and the first appearance of Erica Slaughter, a mysterious figure who rides into town claiming she can stop the brutal murders turning their community upside down. But the local police and authority figures don’t know what to make of this dangerous outsider who claims to believe the local kids and their rumors of monsters in the woods. Can they trust this so-called « monster » hunter with their children’s lives? Or is Erica Slaughter an unhinged killer who’ll only bring more tragedy into their community?
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Price: $3.99
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Werther Dell’Edera
Cover Artist: Werther Dell’Edera
Synopsis: Children are dying in the town of Archer’s Peak and the ones who survive bring back terrible stories. A strange woman named Erica Slaughter has appeared and says she fights these monsters behind the murders, but that can’t possibly be true. Monsters aren’t real… are they?
(W) James TynionIV (A/CA) Werther Dell’Edera, Miquel Muerto
Things in Archer’s Peak are only growing worse. Erica Slaughter is on the hunt, but the children are still dying. Angry and afraid, the inhabitants turn their suspicions on the stranger in their midst, the woman who arrived just as the killings began. Will Erica be able to save the town, or will the very people she is trying to protect turn on her?
In Shops: Nov 20, 2019
SRP: $3.99
Description: The FBI has come to the small town of Archer’s Peak, allegedly to help stop more children from being killed. But when the Sheriff’s department turns their investigation to Erica Slaughter, the FBI is more interested in getting in the way. As the horrified townspeople watch Erica arm herself for a war they can’t see, tensions rise to their breaking point in this penultimate issue.
Description: The time for investigation is over. The hunt begins, as Erica Slaughter brings the fight to the monster of Archer’s Peak… but is James ready to confront the monster that killed his friends?
(W) James TynionIV (A/CA) Werther Dell’Edera, Miquel Muerto
Erica may have slayed the beast terrorizing Archer’s Peak, but the town is far from safe. As James recuperates from the horrible events of the last issue, Tommy also struggles to find his place in the new status quo of his life
In Shops: Mar 18, 2020
SRP: $3.99
Description: Erica Slaughter can never rest. The dust of Archer’s Peak has barely settled before the monster hunt takes her to a new town. And in Archer’s Peak, life will never be the same; James struggles to put his life back together, while Tommy begins to think of a life outside the town he was raised in.
Description: Erica’s employers, the mysterious Order of St. George, have taken control of Archer’s Peak and sealed it off from the outside world. But can they hope to quarantine the damage caused by the monsters… and Erica Slaughter?
(W) James Tynion IV (A/CA) Werther Dell’Edera, Miquel Muerto
With the her mysterious employers looking to recall and reprimand her, Erica’s running out of time to save the town of Archer’s Peak. Do the answers lie with the mysterious young girl found in the monster’s lair who no one can identify?
In Shops: Aug 12, 2020
SRP: $3.99
Description: When Erica’s Handler forces a confrontation on the street of Archer’s Peak, Erica must decide where her loyalties lie – to her employers, or to the people who need her?
Erica’s gambit to save Archer’s Peak has failed. Now, the town is under the full control of the Order of St. George. And if the spread of the monsters can’t be contained, then the Order might move to eradicate the entire area…
Something is Killing the Children #11
Written by James Tynion IV Pencils Werther Dell’Edera Colored by Miquel Muerto Cover by Werther Dell’Edera Variant Covers by Jenny Frison, Bengal, and Martin Simmonds Design by Dylan Todd Release Date : October 21, 2020
Description: Time is running out for Erica to save Archer’s Peak, both from its monster infestation and from the occupation of the Order of St. George. Will Erica be forced to finally stop being a lone wolf and accept help from unlikely allies?
Description: The monsters in Archer’s Peak have surrounded the school where Tommy and the townsfolk make their last stand. Even if the House of Slaughter can save them, will the price of their help be too high?
Description: The Order of St. George needs a scapegoat to hide the existence of monsters from the world. Erica’s actions will determine what is to become of Archer’s Peak, and ultimately, the House of Slaughter.
Covers by: Werther Dell’Edera, Jenny Frison, Toni Infante.
Description: The story you demanded begins here: the origin of Erica Slaughter! What shocking events brought Erica to the House of Slaughter? And what did she have to do to join the Order of St. George? The secrets are revealed here for the first time in this perfect jumping-on point for new readers.