AOM HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1!
Variant by peach MoMoKo (桃桃子)
“A MARVELLOUS HALLOWEEN!”
Plot by MCGAFFER
Story by EDGAR ALLAN POE
Art by GEORGE TUSKA
Halloween! The playful night of dread for all things undead!
The Midnight Sons hold the Annual Monsters Ball, where even Nightcrawler gives into his unholy past and dances till dawn.
And Jack O Lantern lays hiding on the porch! A trick for all little costumed Spiders this Fall!
A candlelight conclave between the two doctors, Strange and Doom where they discuss those in their tomb!
And in the dark dusty roads the Ghost Rider waits for all those sinners out so late!
Across the void the undead wait, the Marvel Zombies waiting for the opening of the gate!
Afterall it's Fate!
“A SACRIFICE FOR ELVES”
Plot by EXCITER
Written by J. R. R. TOLKIEN
Art by FRANK FRAZETTA
The Norse equivalent of Halloween was Alfablót, the “Sacrifice to the Elves.” On that day the stars aligned such that Elves could crossover to our Realm at the burial mounds of great kings. If worthy sacrifices were offered, the Light Elves of Alfheim would arrive bearing gifts. If the sacrifices were unworthy, the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim would arrive... bearing destruction. One Alfablót, long ago, the Dark Elven King Døkkr planned to invade Midgard through the burial mound of Olaf Guðrǫðsson. Only Thor’s eldest half-brother and the first son of Odin, Váli, stood in his way! By trick or by treat, could Váli halt their advance - or would he become their sacrifice?!?
“HALLOWEEN BATTLE IN QUEENS”
Written by STEVE DITKO
Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN
Art by STEVE DITKO
The Parker household does what it does every late October, they prepare for Halloween. But for patriarch Ben Parker, this is no longer a celebration where he has to convince his wife May that the homemade treats she wants to give all get tossed out. No, it’s that pesky Flash Thompson. And Ben Parker is going to make him pay.
Years ago, a young Flash Thompson accidentally busted Ben’s prize winning Jack O’Lantern. Things have gotten worse and worse over the last ten years. Parker wants to make that meddling teenager Thompson soil himself in fear. Thompson’s goal is to make that Parker geezer realize his Halloween isn’t all that and a fun-size Milky Way.
Thompson vs. Parker. One wins, one swears vengeance. Be here for their last battle.
“BROKEN PROMISE”
Written by KIERON GILLEN
Plot by H-E-D
Art by PEACH MOMOKO
From the dark recesses of the past comes the tale of how Jennifer Kale earned the name Spellbinder!
Once upon a time, there were two young sorcerers, Jennifer Kale and Erica Fortune. Both Erica and Jennifer were orphaned at a young age, growing up in the care of their grandfathers, serving as the surrogate mothers to their younger brothers. Jennifer was the heir to Zhered-Na, Sorcerer Supreme of ancient Atlantis. Erica was the Spellbinder, gifted with a connection to a vast store of extraplanar magic.
Everything was perfect. And then the power went to Erica’s head, and she ended up having to be sealed away in a crystal prison by her brother Roy. We’ve all been there.
Roy went on to become the apprentice of one Jennifer Kale, and everything was perfect once more.
But when the stars align on one All Hallows Eve, Erica breaks out of her prison and exacts blood vengeance upon Roy. A grief-stricken Jennifer finds herself looking in a dark mirror.
What further horrors will she have to brave to avenge her apprentice and safeguard reality?
AGENTS OF A.R.C.A.N.A. in “IN FRONT OF MY SALAD?!”
Written by VICTOR LaVALLE
Plot by nx01a
Art by BRIAN STELFREEZE
Theme Song: Divinyls - I Touch Myself
•While the rest of the Agents are out on Halloween, CLEA wakes from fitful dreams to find herself trapped in a shaking Sanctum Sanctorum encased in moss and vines. MAN-THING is asleep, too, and his dreams are a different kind of 'fitful'. With a powerful oneiric incantation, Clea enters the mindscape of the being that was once Dr. Ted Sallis, and finds it buffeted by the succubic throes of NIGHTMARE's niece, NOCTURNA! Can Clea wake Man-Thing before his giant-size fantasy climax destroys them both and DOCTOR STRANGE's home?
“GREAT PUMPKIN DEPRESSION”
Plot by EXCITER
Written by CHARLES DICKENS
Art by NORMAN SAUNDERS
Times were tough in Brooklyn in the early 1930s, but Sarah Rogers told herself that she was tougher. Halloween had recently gained popularity and the Works Progress Administration was hosting a neighborhood carnival. She knew attending would mean the world to her son Steve. Unfortunately, she didn’t have enough money to get him a costume.... but she wouldn’t let that stop her. See the everyday heroics of a mother doing whatever she can so her son can experience the joy of being a cowboy for one night - and remember who really makes Halloween special.
“NADIA’S FIRST HALLOWEEN”
Plot by DEKU
Written by CHRISTOS GAGE
Art by DAN MORA
Growing up on secret Russian black sites, Nadia has never gone Trick or Treating. That changes now as Nadia’s friends show Nadia the spooky fun that can be had on Halloween.
“DREAMING - A Tale of the Sorcerers of the Stars”
Written by JEFF PARKER
Plot by H-E-D
Art by HAEMI JANG
Note: Set between Sorcerers of the Stars #3 and #4
The Sorcerers of the Stars check in on reports of magical activity on Eoduun, known as the homeworld of Shi’ar Superguardian Nightside.
A dim planet on the edge of the galaxy, Eoduun exists halfway between normal reality and the Dark Dimension.
Aside from that, everything seems above board… until a shocking discovery is made.
The planet has been infiltrated by Hybrid and the sorcerous Dire Wraiths from the Black Galaxy!
Mantis and Moondragon can use their telepathic magic to tell who’s real and who’s an imposter… the trouble will be getting the rest of the Sorcerers of the Stars to trust them!
UNCANNY X-MEN in “FLUORIDE MAN”
Plot by nx01a
Written by SINA GRACE
Art by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
Theme Song: Dave Matthews Band - Don't Drink The Water
•Florida's drinking water ranks among America's worst, but most of West Palm Beach coming down with a stomach bug is unheard of. So why are the people with explosive diarrhea so unnervingly cheerful? Add to that a massive mutant power manifestation on Cerebro, and the X-MEN are in the Sunshine State during a Halloween hurricane to face a mutant who dissolved himself in the local water supply to control the thousands who drank him!
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