Something is killing the children #2

History

Something is Killing the Children was created by writer James Tynion IV and artist Werther Dell'Edera and launched by BOOM! Studios in September 2019 — originally announced as a five-issue limited horror series before the publisher upgraded it to an ongoing monthly before issue #1 even reached shelves, a telling sign of confidence in the material. Dark Dragon Books, an imprint of Dutch publisher Silvester headquartered in 's-Hertogenbosch, specializes in republishing comic content from international publishers for the Dutch market, and brought the series to Benelux readers in hardcover album format — a presentation more in line with the European bande dessinée tradition than the American pamphlet or trade paperback norm. The Dark Dragon Books #2 hardcover (ISBN 9789464606447) is a 128-page Dutch-language edition written by Tynion IV with art by Dell'Edera, published in the 2024–2025 period.

Trivia · 9 facts

• Publisher: Dark Dragon Books (imprint of Silvester, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) — a specialist in republishing international comics for the Dutch-language market.
• Format: Dutch-language hardcover, 128 pages; ISBN 9789464606447.
• Publication date: Listed as Week 42 2024 by Dutch retailer Strips & Zo, and as January 22, 2025 on Goodreads — sources differ slightly on the on-sale date.
• Creative team: Written by James Tynion IV; art by Werther Dell'Edera (the same team as the original BOOM! Studios series).
• The underlying series, Something is Killing the Children, originated as a planned five-issue limited series at BOOM! Studios before being upgraded to an ongoing monthly before issue #1 shipped in September 2019.
• The series centers on Erica Slaughter, a 'black mask' solo monster hunter within the secretive Order of St. George, set initially in Archer's Peak, Wisconsin — a world where children can see monsters but adults cannot.
• The parent series won the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series (2022), a Harvey Award for Book of the Year, a Ringo Award for Best Series, and contributed to Tynion winning three consecutive Eisner Awards for Best Writer (2021–2023) — matching a record previously held only by Alan Moore.
• The series has been translated into more than 20 languages across 20+ countries; Blumhouse Productions acquired film and animated-series rights in October 2025 following an earlier lapsed Netflix development deal.
• BOOM! Studios was acquired by Penguin Random House in 2024, and subsequently committed to a 100-issue run of the series.