Dan Breretons lush, innovative, action-packed stories of supernatural menace and gritty heroics are finally collected in this first volume omnibus edition, starting with Black Planet, the Eisner-nominated graphic novel which kicked off years of captivating weird tales of horror and crime.The Nocturnals revolves around the mysterious quest of underworld enforcer and occult figure, Doc Horror; his supernaturally-gifted daughter Evening (aka Halloween Girl) who carries a pumpkin full of haunted toys; the Gunwitch, a silent, two-gun revenant with an itch to kill monsters; the lissome wraith Polychrome, and a host of hard-boiled inhuman players battling hidden evils lurking on the outskirts of human knowledge.Collects the previously published Nocturnals volumes: Black Planet, Witching Hour, Carnival of Beasts, Troll Bridge, and The Dark Forever.
About Artists & Writers:
Daniel Brereton is anAmericanwriter and illustrator who has produced notable work in thecomic bookfield.He is known for his skills as a painter and his distinctive character designs. His first published work in the comics industry was the story “Lost Causes Chapter 1” in Merchants of Death #1 (July 1988) published byEclipse Comics and he painted the Black Terror limited series in 19891990. Brereton gained further attention for his work on Batman: Thrillkiller, SupermanandBatman: Legends of the World’s Finest, and JLA: Seven Caskets, His most famous work is his own series “TheNocturnals.” Image Comicspublished Dan Brereton: The Goddess & The Monster, a collection of his work, in August 2010. Brereton wrote and drew a Batman story for DC Comics’digital firstanthology series Legends of the Dark Knight in December 2015.