Witch Doctor Previews
Witch Doctor #1 (of 4), on sale June 29, 2011 from Skybound Entertainment/Image Comics.
House M.D. meets Fringe in the first Skybound original from Robert Kirkman’s new comics imprint! Meet Vincent Morrow, a doctor looking for a vaccine… for the apocalypse! In this stand-alone first issue, a family needs Dr. Morrow’s help with their son’s illness: Demonic possession. But when Morrow attempts an experimental cure, he discovers the boy’s disease isn’t all spinning heads and pea soup — it’s like nothing you’ve seen before! Horror gets a brain transplant in Witch Doctor, the book Warren Ellis calls “Mental.”
$2.99, 32 pages. Diamond order code APR110397
Witch Doctor #2 (of 4), on sale July 20, 2011 from Skybound Entertainment/Image Comics.
Another foray into medical horror from Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Originals line! Is your baby really your baby — or is it a camouflaged monster that’s feeding on you while you sleep? An infestation of Cuckoo Faeries is spreading through the nurseries of Arkham, Oregon, and it’s up to Dr. Vincent Morrow, the Witch Doctor, to stop it! So why doesn’t he want to bother? Plus: Shark cage diving with sea monsters!
$2.99, 32 pages, full color. Diamond order code MAY110542
Witch Doctor #3 (of 4), on sale August 17, 2011 from Skybound Entertainment/Image Comics.
It’s Dr. Morrow’s biggest case yet: “The Patient From The Black Lagoon!” What’s the secret of the Deep Ones? How do they fit in with the Relapse, the Extinction Event that’s coming for humankind? And why are Morrow and his medical staff at each other’s throats? “Basically, I’m jealous. Bastards!” — Ben Templesmith
$2.99, 32 pages, full color. Diamond order code JUN110568.
Witch Doctor #4 (of 4), on sale September 21, 2011 from Skybound Entertainment/Image Comics.
It’s Dr. Morrow’s toughest challenge yet: a magical malpractice hearing! Mystics Without Borders wants answers. Why did the case of the “Patient from the Black Lagoon” go so wrong? What’s the biological secret of the Deep Ones, and their connection to the ‘Great Old Infections’? And how do you fight an epidemic that’s turning people into fish-people? Find out, in the finale of the debut miniseries from Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Originals line! “Witch Doctor has the potential to be the next great horror story in the comic industry.” – Bloody Disgusting
$2.99, 32 pages, full color. Diamond order code JUL110555.