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Review: ‘Coffin Hill’ #5
This issue of the sexy witch thriller, “Coffin Hill” hits you like a ton of bricks. And straight out the gate, too. Writer Caitlin Kittredge is not screwing around. While this series has always been packed with intrigue and horror, it’s definitely been a slow burn comic, but in issue #5 it reaches its boiling point. For the first time we see some real magic, exquisite danger, and ruthless revelations.
WRITTEN BY: Caitlin Kittredge
ART BY: Inaki Miranda
PUBLISHER: Vertigo
PRICE: $2.99
RELEASE: February 12, 2014
Eve Coffin has finally come head-to-head against the mysterious foe that haunts her hometown. Unfortunately, it’s not just one foe it’s two. One in the form of her best friend, Mel, who is currently shacked up with Eve’s on-again, off-again affair, reformed bad boy Chief Nate Finn. The second foe… well that one is less preternatural, but that’s all I’m going to say on that.
Eve’s purpose, the entire reason she returned home after her years as a cop in Boston, is suddenly three fold. She must repair the damage that her reckless witchcraft caused years earlier, solve Coffin Hill’s mysterious disappearances and murders, and now save her friends from true occult evil.
After another terrifyingly impressive run-in with the possessed Mel, Eve decides to focus her energy on Coffin Hill’s more tangible problem, the missing/murdered girls. She continues on her hunt for AWOL Bianca and quite literally comes up against every obstacle possible. Nate is being a hard ass — a somewhat possessed prick, Bianca’s parents abhor Eve — blaming her for the death of their daughter and Eve’s dear friend, Dani—which only serves to thwart her investigations. And the evil powers swirling around Coffin Hill are relentless. But luckily, so is Eve.
And it’s her utter relentlessness that uncovers the secret we’ve been chasing after for 4 issues. Who is killing the young girls of Coffin Hill? It’s quite possible we find out at the end of issue #5, but the abrupt cliffhanger isn’t going to let us in on that secret so easily. It’s just going to tease us in a glorious smoke in mirrors style.
A pleasant surprise within this issue is all of the history we obtain—history of the town’s downfall but even more interesting is the history of Nate’s past. We learn secrets of his family life, secrets that bind him and Eve together. Secrets that make it understandable why, even though Nate has always been dating Eve’s best friend, they can’t shake each other. Gaining this deeper insight into Nate’s former life sheds light on a lot of his actions, past and present.
This issue is non-stop action filled to the brim with deep emotion. Miranda’s art is stunning as always, sexy to perfection. This much has always been clear: Kittredge and Miranda are a duo made in comic book heaven and “Coffin Hill” is their magnificent byproduct.
4.5/5 Skulls
Reviewed by – Bree Ogden
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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