Hello Darkness #1 (2024) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Series: Hello Darkness (Boom! Studios, 2024 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: July 2024
Key date: 2024-07-24
On-sale date: 2024-07-24
Indicia publisher: Boom! Studios
Price: $5.99
Pages: 44
Barcode: 84428401112901011
Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Paolo Rivera; inks: Paolo Rivera; colors: Paolo Rivera; letters: Tom Muller	Darcía
1	Contagious	comic story	8	script: Jude Ellison S. Doyle; pencils: Letizia Cadonici; inks: Letizia Cadonici; colors: Alessandro Santoro; letters: Becca Carey; editing: Allyson Gronowitz
2	I Can't Take You Anywhere	cartoon	1	script: Robert Hack; pencils: Robert Hack; inks: Robert Hack; letters: Robert Hack
3	-	illustration	1	pencils: Tula Lotay; inks: Tula Lotay; colors: Tula Lotay
4	Stay in Your Lane	comic story	6	script: Dave Cook; pencils: David Cousens; inks: David Cousens; colors: Angel De Santiago; letters: Nathan Kempf; editing: Caroline Butler
5	A Monster Hunter Walks into a Bar Part One	comic story	5	script: James Tynion IV; pencils: Werther Dell'Edera; inks: Werther Dell'Edera; colors: Miquel Muerto; letters: AndWorld Design; editing: Maya Bollinger, Ramiro Portnoy, Eric Harburn
6	The Siren	comic story	3	script: Sarah Andersen; pencils: Sarah Andersen; inks: Sarah Andersen; colors: Sarah Andersen; letters: Sarah Andersen
7	The Foster	comic story	6	script: Steve Orlando; pencils: A. L. Kaplan; inks: A. L. Kaplan; colors: Marissa Louise; letters: Jodie Troutman; editing: David Mariotte
8	Hello Darkness	illustration	1	pencils: Jay Shaw; inks: Jay Shaw; colors: Jay Shaw
9	The War Part One	comic story	11	script: Garth Ennis; pencils: Becky Cloonan; inks: Becky Cloonan; colors: Tamra Bonvillain; letters: Pat Brosseau; editing: Bryce Carlson
10	Hello: In the Beginning, There Was Darkness	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Bryce Carlson

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Jenny Frison Cover	barcode 84428401112901021
Peach Momoko Cover	barcode 84428401112901031
Jenny Frison Thank You Cover	barcode 84428401112901041
Blank Cover	barcode 84428401112901201
Jeff Dekal FOC Reveal Cover	barcode 84428401112901211
Jae Lee Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Jae Lee Boom! Direct Reserve Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.
John Giang Rated Comics Foil Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Bräo ECGCE Exclusive Foil Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.
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Zu Orzu Comic Corner Exclusive Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Dani eBay Live Variant Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.
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Suspiria Vilchez Staff Variant Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Second Printing Blank Red Sketch Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Second Printing Miguel Mercado	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Third Printing Blank Black Sketch Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Third Printing Reiko Murakami Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.

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Collection	Year
Something Is Killing the Children: A Monster Hunter Walks Into a Bar #1	2025	On eBay ›

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