[mrmichaelt]

I've removed the covers that were posted a few days ago, as a little earlier today AJ received an email from Dark Horse Comics requesting their take-down.
It looks like they'd been unintentionally leaked when they were first posted on Previews World.

Further updates will hopefully be coming soon.

Yargh. Had a feeling this would happen. Just was mentioned it to Jason/GB News. Oh well. Should be officially announced later this month.

[Bison256]

I think dark horse is over reacting. I doubt those covers leaking will hurt or help sales.

[Kingpin]

It's not about the sales being hurt by the covers leaking, it'd likely be because Dark Horse had a planned timetable for when they were going to announce the new miniseries, and the early posting of the covers has thrown a spanner in their plans.

[Urvy1A]

I know the art style is a bit divisive, but it is indeed targeted for the younger folks, so I don't mind.

Now that Dark Horse has The License, would we have some crossovers with anything that Dark Horse has? Hellboy could be a candidate, but my money is on a dream crossover I've been hoping for...

...The Incredibles.

[Davideverona]

Looks like the new series will not be called Skeleton Crew

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFLP4pZsoKF ... NobmtqZDR4

[zeta otaku]

Not gonna post them here JUST in case, but the interior artwork is MUCH improved in my opinion. the proton streams look good, the gear looks good, the characters look awesome, but I'll need to see more than two pages to get a handle on the dialogue, but I'll be picking these up.

[Rookie99]

I had Star Wars jokes all lined up for the official announcement, now I need to throw them all out and replace them with Pirates of the Carribean jokes.

[mrmichaelt]

ICYMI, here's the article about the upcoming 4 issue mini-series Ghostbusters: Dead Man's Chest, starts in May. Ghost of Captain Kidd based on an actual NYC legend.
https://nerdist.com/article/ghostbuster ... exclusive/

PR I got also notes Tyler Crook did the main cover for issue #1 and the variant cover is by Max Sarin and the release date for #1 is May 21.

Interior art looks good. Phew. Hmm, looks like Lucky with them on the second page? Phoebe gets a new friend arc, hmm, if done right it will help strengthen the Melody arc in FE a bit. Her attempts to make a new friend in the 3 year gap met with failure after failure then she meets Melody and the rest is canon.

[Kingpin]

Interior art looks good. Phew. Hmm, looks like Lucky with them on the second page?

In panel #2, next to Gary and Callie? That's Trevor, viewed from behind.

[mrmichaelt]

In panel #2, next to Gary and Callie? That's Trevor, viewed from behind.

Thought so. Guess I was thrown off because his head is not white and he knows Rodan.

[Rookie99]

Hey, he's a Spengler. There's some nerd in him.

[mrmichaelt]

Noticed a minor bit on the Dark Horse site. Back in Town's listed age range was 12+ whereas Dead Man's Chest's listed age range is 16+ (and the price went up a dollar to 4.99). I know we were talking about the all-ages aspect of BIT so maybe DMC will be a bit more up our alley. Though I suspect if there's any flashbacks to Captain Kidd's past and what they depict, 16+ is probably telling.

https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3011-0 ... -in-Town-4

https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3011-0 ... ns-Chest-1

https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3014-1 ... iant-Cover

[robbritton]

ICYMI, here's the article about the upcoming 4 issue mini-series Ghostbusters: Dead Man's Chest, starts in May. Ghost of Captain Kidd based on an actual NYC legend.
https://nerdist.com/article/ghostbuster ... exclusive/

PR I got also notes Tyler Crook did the main cover for issue #1 and the variant cover is by Max Sarin and the release date for #1 is May 21.

Interior art looks good. Phew. Hmm, looks like Lucky with them on the second page? Phoebe gets a new friend arc, hmm, if done right it will help strengthen the Melody arc in FE a bit. Her attempts to make a new friend in the 3 year gap met with failure after failure then she meets Melody and the rest is canon.

The artwork is reminiscent of Mass Hysteria Prelude: Field Trip (annoyingly I can't remember who drew that one). Nice to have a little feeling of lineage, even though I'm sure it isn't intentional.

[mrmichaelt]

The artwork is reminiscent of Mass Hysteria Prelude: Field Trip (annoyingly I can't remember who drew that one).

Erik Evensen did that one.

[Chicken, He Clucked]

I’m a fan of how this looks. More in line with IDW.

Will definitely pick up the collected issues.

[mrmichaelt]

Open question, I've been mulling it and I'd like to hear what everyone else thinks and prefers.

Should I keep this Dark Horse comics to just one thread as it is right now
or
Should I make a new thread for each series Dark Horse releases? (i.e. one thread for Back In Town and one thread for Dead Man's Chest)

[zeta otaku]

Probably wouldn't be a bad idea if for only for future archiving reasons

[Kingpin]

Looking back at the IDW thread, it looks like we ran a single talkback topic for most (if not all) of their publications, so it makes sense to retitle this the Dark Horse Publishing Talkback Thread, {2022-20XX).

[ET3_Cisco_Blaine]

That is a MASSIVE improvement on the art; but if writing in the next series is as lack-luster as the last one, I'm not likely to bother with whatever dreck Dark Horse continues to spew. To say it fell far short of Burnham & Schoening's run (which remains the canon of my heart) feels like a gross understatement. Winston & Tiyah and Ray & Jenny fo-REVAH! Plus, who didn't love the Peters pissing each other off; or - better still - Pecker pouring himself like 4 fingers of whiskey as he asks Janine over the phone how many of the parallel Ghostbusters are Venkman -- I was DYING! }X~D.

[mrmichaelt]

Dead Man's Chest #2
June 25, 2025
MAR250836 - CVR A Brian Hurtt
MAR250837 – CVR B CHOGRIN

The ghost kraken attacks as Trevor and Lucky meet for their rocky one-year "friendiversary"! Before they jump into action, the rest of the crew deal with personal problems and tech issues while Dr. Ray reveals some of the secret history behind Captain Kidd… What awaits Manhattan amongst these nautical threats?

https://ghostbustersnews.com/2025/02/23 ... se-comics/
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/3d-stra ... citations/

[mrmichaelt]

Dead Man's Chest #2 pushed a week to July 2.
https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3011-0 ... ns-Chest-2
https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3014-1 ... iant-Cover