Krampus #1

The dark side of Christmas folklore gets its own series from Image, and this opener announces its intentions boldly. The cover shows the green-skinned, horned Krampus triumphantly perched atop a heap of defeated Santas, chains at his side and a skull wearing a red holiday hat raised aloft against a glowing crimson moon — candy canes scattered across the carnage complete the twisted yuletide tableau. Joines, Kotz, Riley, and Pritchett bring a wonderfully irreverent energy to this 2013 series that leans hard into the monster's menacing mythology while keeping a wicked sense of humor firmly in its stocking.