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Review: ‘Colder’ #3
A terrifying journey into madness, Colder #3 continues to be an entertaining supernatural thriller. Readers will be talking about Juan Ferreyra’s artwork as they tag-along into the detailed visuals of the nightmarish wasteland. The haunting imagery of the “Colder” series is definitely worth looking into.
WRITTEN BY: Paul Tobin
ART BY: Juan Ferreyra
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics
PRICE: $3.99
RELEASE: January 2nd, 2013
Years ago, a mental patient, Declan Thomas, became the sole survivor of a deadly inferno. Since that horrible night of blazing fire, Declan’s body has been mysteriously changing. Though he never gets sick or feels pain, Declan’s body temperature is slowly dropping. He remembers someone coming out of a portal and invading his mind. While Declan has been comatose, an evil entity named Nimble Jack has been stealing innocent people’s souls. After waking up from his coma, Declan needs help from Reece to stop this sadistic killer.
Paul Tobin lets loose this issue and has fun exploring the bizarre aspects of the narrative. Because of his first encounter with Jack, Declan can enter the minds of the insane. Now that Jack has set his sights on Reece, Declan must be her protector as they jump from reality and enter a nightmare world. But if Declan stays too long in crazy town, Reece will slowly lose her mind and succumb to insanity.
What I really like is how Tobin slows down the cat-and-mouse game and concentrates on the relationship between Reece and Declan. Since the first issue, I always wondered, “Why does Declan care so much about Reece if he was in a coma all this time?” Tobin answers this question with some nice comic relief. There is such a witty sense of humor as Declan becomes a total slacker, unsure of his feelings for Reece. Tobin adds more insight into Reece, who became much more than Declan’s nurse during their three years spent together.
Ferreyra illustrates eye-catching surrealistic images that will surely hook the reader’s attention. Jack has a memorable and incredibly gory introduction in this issue. To present himself to Reece, Jack comes out of the mouth of a homeless man. Jack pokes his face through the mouth, then bursts out of the vagrant’s chest. Enhancing the creepiness, Ferreyra has Jack soaked in blood and smiling throughout this entire sequence. This is disturbing imagery but Ferreyra doesn’t allow this scene to become so gross and unpleasant.
As Declan travels deep into crazy town with Reece, Ferreyra distorts the faces and hands of the insane dwellers. Adding to the chaos, Ferreyra depicts a giant worm, made up of eyeballs, coming out of the floor. In an impressive use of detail, the eyeballs are all looking at different directions. Ferreyra adds to the scares as more creepy things start punching through the pavement.
Readers will be glued to the surrealistic imagery within “Colder” #3. The eerie images in this issue will definitely stick with readers and won’t make them forget.
4/5 Skulls
Reviewed by – Jorge Solis
Comics
‘You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive’ – IDW Dark’s Next Horror Comic Will Make You Question Reality
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Bloody Disgusting is excited to exclusively announce You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive, a brand new horror comic from IDW Dark.
From Eisner-Nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is described as a “paranoia-laced, socially-conscious, horror mystery that will leave you questioning reality, and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream they were expecting.”
Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life—and what she finds is something far more terrifying than she ever imagined.
Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing (Batman – One Bad Day: Clayface, Star Trek: The Last Starship) co-write the upcoming IDW Dark horror comic, featuring art by Heather Vaughan.
Jackson Lanzing said in a statement to Bloody Disgusting, “You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is in many ways a spiritual successor to our last creator-owned horror, The Principles of Necromancy – a dive into the promise and consequence of playing god with the blood of innocents. But the Hivemind book this reminds me of most is Clayface: One Bad Day. This is a deeply human story with intensely raw emotions – five best friends and their five mysterious parents, tearing one another apart for the promise of some impossible glory that’s waiting just beyond their darkest actions. We’re thrilled to be bringing this story to life with our long-time partner in crime, editor Heather Antos, at IDW Dark – and we’re particularly excited to give our Clayface fans a new, brutal and emotional horror made just for them.”
Adds Collin Kelly, “We’re deconstructing a feeling that seems universal these days; our elders have a death grip on their power, without any intention of giving it up to the generations that come next. YNLTPA is about growing up with the limitless potential of the future… and realizing how much it’s a lie we’ve been fed to keep us under the yoke of the past. Bringing this brutal experience to life is our artist and co-creator, Heather Vaughan, who brings an incredible amount of humanity to our cast. But it’s in our youthful leads that Heather’s art really shines – you are going to fall in love with these young people, even as they go through the worst experience of their lives. What we’ve all crafted together is going to be tragic, painful, but above all else, sincere – with a future so uncertain, there’s only one thing we can trust: you’ll never leave this place alive.”
“Some horror stories are about monsters in the dark. YNLTPA is about realizing the monsters raised you,” previews Senior Group Editor Heather Antos. “Working with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly on this series has been a dream in the darkest possible way. They’ve built a story that’s layered, brutal, and deeply emotional, and every issue gives artist Heather Vaughan opportunities to push the art into places that feel both haunting and deeply personal. Some horror comics will keep you up at night…this is one that will stick with you for years to come.”
The first issue of You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive goes on sale October 14, 2026! Make sure to pre-order at your local comic shop by September to guarantee a copy.
Exclusively check out the various covers for Issue #1 down below.
IDW Publishing’s horror imprint IDW DARK features comics like A Quiet Place: Storm Warning, Smile: For the Camera, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Twilight Zone, Event Horizon: Dark Descent & Event Horizon: Inferno, and more.
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