Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter #1

Lukas Ketner offers some great visuals throughout the issue and the character designs are full of expression. Read Full Review

All of that said, Count Crowley still remains a mystery. What happened to the original Count Crowley? Why is the host of a TV show about whack horror movies doubling as a monster hunter? What happened to Jerri and her brother in Cleveland? These questions and many more will be answered in the months to come in Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter. 4.5/5! Read Full Review

Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter #1 does a brilliant job of telling a great story that embraces its time period and leaves the reader wanting more of this Dark Horse gem. Read Full Review

Count Crowley Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter #1 is a book I strongly recommend you pick up and bury yourself in. Read Full Review

I was thrilled to see a classic style horror comic in the era of blood, gore, and just in-your-face slasher horror. I cannot wait to read the rest of this series" especially with Friar Fear (I hope this is an ongoing series with this guy; let's bring back creepy horror comic hosts!!). Read Full Review

Count Crowleys creative team makes the reader feel like a kid watching a bad horror theater program of the eighties with hosts such as Svengoolie or Elvira, Mistress of the Night. The host cutting in on the movie to crack bad jokes and doing little skits. The worse the movie was the more fun the show. This first book is an enjoyably chilling intro to this fun campy romp. Read Full Review

David Dastmalchian's Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter may be a much more meta, much less fantastical approach to the wild horror concepts that Dark Horse has been known for over the years, but it's still a very enjoyable introduction to what could be the publisher's next great, twisted hit. Read Full Review

A love letter to 1980s horror kitsch, Count Crowley: Reluctant Monster Hunter #1 is the Lois Lane/Jessica Jones mashup that you didn't know you needed. Read Full Review

Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter might have a few bumps along the way, but the retro monster tale straight out of your VCR is a fantastic and original love-letter to classic horror that freaks and ghouls alike will enjoy. Read Full Review

"Count Crowley" is equal parts homage, heart, sadness, and scares. Read Full Review

Despite some messy opening pages, "Count Crowley" #1 is a fun and pulpy start to what's a love letter to classic creature horror, and a promising debut from a first-time comic writer. Read Full Review

MartyMcFloatin

Oct 28, 2019

Jerri Bartman is an alcoholic News Reporter who ends up losing her job after she get drunk before conducting an interview. Since the television station is family owned her brother decides to give her another opportunity hosting late night horror flicks. At first she refuses, but after seeing all her bills piling up she decides take the given opportunity. She gets into costume hits the bottle & then gets on TV and tells the people watching what she think of them & what she thinks of the movie they're about to watch as only she can. The comic ends with a cliffhanger that even I can't explain, but just know I'm waiting on the next issue.