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A funny mean streak runs through the promising coming-of-age thriller “Don’t Tell a Soul,” a horror story about two brothers whose abusive relationship is inevitably tested after they steal some money and trap a witness to their crime in a well. That mean streak is, as you might imagine, the emotional glue that keeps shy Joey (Jack Dylan Grazer) stuck to his vicious brother Matt (Fionn Whitehead), who pressures Joey into sneaking into an elderly neighbor’s home (while it’s being fumig...

In the introduction to the massive, gorgeously illustrated recent book The History of EC Comics, author Grant Geissman asks, “Why should there be a gigantic, weighty tome in celebration of these comics?” His answer: “Put simply, because this lesser-known company had an enormous impact on American pop culture, managing to be both commercially successful as well as boldly innovative. At its creative peak in the 1950s . . . EC reads like a ‘who’s who’ of mid-20th Century comic books....

ORPHAN & FIVE BEASTS #1 (OF 4) DARK HORSE COMICS (W) James Stokoe (A/CA) James Stokoe A brand-new kung-fu epic from James Stokoe, the creator behind Orc Stain and Aliens: Dead Orbit! Spurred on by her master’s dying words, the adopted warrior “Orphan Mo” seeks to find and kill five former disciples who now threaten the land with corruption from their demonic powers. Part Five Deadly Venoms and part surreal grindhouse, James Stokoe brings his knack for ultra-detailed fantasy imagery and ov...

By PW Staff | In a year like no other, PWs reviews editors kept up their usual industriousness and published thousands of book reviews. These are the most popular of those, for books published in 2020. Ruth Ware. Scout, $27.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-5011-8881-7 Set in a remote chalet at an exclusive French Alps resort, this tempestuous locked-room mystery from Ware ( The Turn of the Key) centers on the 10-person corporate retreat of social media company Snoop. Snoop’s sharehold...

A Christmas Carol is an all-time classic, having seen numerous remakes over the years. It’s also, above all else, a ghost story. When Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future, what they reveal is terrifying enough to transform his character completely by the film’s end. Let The Right One In Sure, its not a holiday movie in the traditional sense, but the quaint, wintry setting of a Stockholm suburb sets the stage for this tale of revenge and blossom...

Hunt a Killer/Amazon Like everything else in 2020, your game nights probably look a little different this year. But that doesn’t mean an evening of spooky fun is out of reach. Hunt a Killer, the world’s top murder mystery company, has released a retail game just in time to satisfy your true-crime obsessions this holiday season. Death at the Dive Bar ($30) contains everything you need to unravel the mystery of a suspicious death at the seedy Old Scratch Tavern: letters, newspaper articles, c...

Seduction of the Innocent", a book purporting that comic book reading causes juvenile delinquency. In true McCarthy-era fashion, the U.S. Senate holds hearings to investigate Werthams claims. Dr. Wertham was called to testify at the hearings, as were other juvenile delinquency experts, representatives of the major comic companies, some of their advertisers and distributors, and the representatives from National Cartoonist Society. Dr. Wertham came out on top. He had a lot of experience testifyi...