An exquisitely hand-painted tale from Dan Brereton’s Eisner-nominated supernatural-noir series NOCTURNALS.

Happy Halloweeniversary! Dark Horse Comics and award-winning cartoonist Dan Brereton (Giantkiller, The Psycho, The Last Battle) celebrate 31 spooky years of Brereton’s hand-painted supernatural-noir comic series with Nocturnals: The Sinister Path. This miniseries is written and illustrated by Brereton and lettered by Lois Buhalis (X-Men, Spawn, Blacksad), and will be the first time Nocturnals: The Sinister Path will be available in single issues, as it was previously published in graphic novel format in 2017 by Big Wow Art. The first issue will include two pages of character introductions, a new cover by Brereton, and a variant cover by Sean Gordon Murphy, with every issue also featuring new pinups and brand-new story pages.

About Nocturnals: The Sinister Path:

A war is being fought for the soul of Pacific City. It’s a war fought by monsters, both human and supernatural. But luckily, some of the monsters are on our side. The Nocturnals—a band of misfit vigilantes led by Doc Horror, his supernaturally-gifted daughter Evening (aka Halloween Girl), and an armed revenant known as the Gunwitch—are all that stand against the eldritch criminal underworld of Pacific City. The death of the mysterious Judge Hemlock opens a macabre power vacuum in the eldritch underworld. But when the Nocturnals investigate the occult-enshrouded Hemlock house, what they find will lead them down a twisted and deadly sinister path.

“Someone recently described Nocturnals as being like a really good dream,” said Brereton. “That’s pretty close to how I feel about it—a good dream you’re completely immersed in, you don’t want it to end—and when you wake up you want back in. Being able to go back again and again over the last three decades is the best feeling.”

Celebrate Halloween early this year when Nocturnals: The Sinister Path #1 (of 4) releases in stores on September 10, 2025. It is now available to preorder from your local comic shop for $4.99.

If you enjoy Dan’s work and Nocturnals, check out Nocturnals: Halloween Noir, a new art book, currently available on Kickstarter!

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Praise for Dan Brereton and Nocturnals:

“Brereton is one of the few comic book painters whose painted artwork captures that unique feel of comics penciled, inked, and colored the old-fashioned way.”—Comic Book Bin

“His style is one of the most recognizable and distinctive in the comic book industry over the last 30 years and it is clear that the artist is showing no signs of slowing down.”—Conskipper

“Dan Brereton is one of those rare creators who’s always seemed to forge his own path in comics, an uncompromising, unique voice in both writing and art.”—Fanboy Nation