Dark Horse Presents #32

Dark Horse Presents #32 brings Michael Walsh's "King Warlock and Blue Bird" to the forefront with a striking cover that Walsh both wrote and drew — a brooding, fur-cloaked figure wearing a white stag skull mask holds a gnarled staff topped with a glowing gem, while a ghostly skull-faced woman with flowing hair hovers ethereally behind him and a bold blue bird soars overhead against a full moon. The deep cobalt palette and folkloric imagery give the whole thing a genuinely atmospheric, fairy-tale-dark quality that feels unlike anything else on shelves in 2017. Rounding out this Eisner and Harvey Award-winning anthology are Francesco Francavilla's Black Beetle conclusion, a new Too Much Coffee Man story from Shannon Wheeler, and more.