Mark Spears Monsters #4

Apr 2025 · Keenspot Entertainment · 5.99 USD

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“Chapter 4 - If Monsters Are Real...”

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Mark Spears' Monsters #4 is the fourth chapter in an indie horror series notable for being one of the few ongoing comics to emerge organically from a creator-owned trading card property — Spears' own Kickstarter-launched card sets from 2021 and 2022 — rather than the reverse. The issue deepens the series' ensemble cast of both original characters (the Slayer, detectives Mac and Skorzeny, the three kids) and public-domain monster archetypes, demonstrating the creative vitality possible at a small publisher when a single artist controls writing, art, and covers simultaneously. Its arrival in shops in April–May 2025, followed by at least a second printing, reflects the series' growing readership within the direct market and its place as a genuine breakout from the 2020s indie horror renaissance. The issue also introduced the Crowley estate as a formal location within the series' early-1980s setting, a narrative anchor that subsequent issues continued to develop.

In "Chapter 4 - If Monsters Are Real...", Mark Spears delivers a gripping installment of his monster-infused saga, with the writer and artist (also handling inks and colors) crafting a tense, atmospheric tale that deepens the mystery surrounding the sudden rise of the undead. As Darkmoon and his apprentice press on, three boys uncover a horrifying transformation at Crowley's mansion, while police and unlikely allies like Slayer and Dokuhebi brace for an escalating threat—only for a chilling twist to unfold when hitchhiker Clint Abbott’s true nature is revealed in a shocking jailhouse transformation. The cover by Mark Spears captures the story’s growing dread with stark, expressive detail.

writer, artist, inker, colorist Mark Spears · letterer Micah Meyers · cover Mark Spears

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History

The series grew out of Mark Spears' hyper-realistic, Basil-Gogos-influenced trading card sets, the first of which he launched on Kickstarter in 2021. Spears, a Huntsville, Alabama-based artist who won the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Artist of the Year in 2020 and subsequently built a profile as a cover artist for Image's Spawn titles, DC's Action Comics, and Boom Studios' Power Rangers, brought the property to Keenspot Entertainment as an ongoing comic beginning in September 2024. Issue #4 — the first to ship in 2025, with a cover date of April/May 2025 — was solicited in Keenspot's March 2025 Diamond/Lunar catalog and features lettering by Micah Myers alongside Spears' solo writing and art.

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Written, drawn, and covered entirely by Mark Spears — the series is a solo creator-driven effort with lettering by Micah Myers.
The issue ships from Keenspot Entertainment in April–May 2025 and is 24 pages with a card-stock cover, per League of Comic Geeks data.
The story centers on three young characters — Richie, Mikey, and 'Spaz' (Melvin Spazinski) — exploring the long-abandoned Crowley estate, while detectives Bryan Macintosh and Joe Skorzeny pursue a mysterious drifter in a parallel plot thread.
Characters appearing include the Slayer (main), Skorzeny and Macintosh (main), Frankenstein's Monster, Igor, Dokuhebi, Crowley, Maldor Darkmoon, and the Werewolf (all supporting), with Clint Abbott, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Dracula in cameo roles according to League of Comic Geeks character indexing.
Cover variants for the first printing include Cover A (Dracula), Cover B (Hexy the Witch), Cover C (Pecos Bill), Cover D (Amazing Spider-Man #300 homage), Cover E (The Killing Joke homage), Cover F (Holofoil Flip), Cover G (Metal), and Cover H (1:25 retailer incentive, 'Doctor Creepy').
The issue received at least a second printing, scheduled to ship in late November 2025, per the official Keenspot shop listing.
The series as a whole is rooted in Spears' trading card line, which he first released on Kickstarter in 2021, heavily influenced stylistically by Famous Monsters of Filmland cover artist Basil Gogos.
Mark Spears won the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Artist of the Year in 2020, and his comic work prior to this series included covers for Spawn, Action Comics, Kneel Before Zod, Power Rangers, and Rat City.