Hauntingly Good: Hector Plasm: De Mortuis

Well, somehow it's October again. The spookiest month of the year! As the wind grows colder and the days get shorter, tradition has it that the dead get restless. As the days hurtle toward All Hallows' Eve, there are bumps in the night and eyes peering from the shadows. If all this has you a little bit spooked, you need a little help from Hector Plasm!

Hector Plasm: De Mortuis is a collection of short stories, by Benito Cereno and Nate Bellegarde, featuring the eponymous ghost hunter, demon slayer, and all-around undead handler. Hector was special from the moment he was born with a caul over his head. This fateful birth put him immediately on the path to become a Benandante, one who communicates with the dead.

Of course, not all of the dead are bad news. Helpful spirits train young Hector in the ways of the Benandante, and prepare him for the difficult life of a wandering ghost hunter. As an adult, Hector wanders the world, accompanied by Sinner and Saint (A couple of largely useless spirits!), helping both people and ghosts, wherever and whenever he can. It is not an easy life, but it IS action-packed and occasionally hilarious!

Hector's world really has everything! Insightful storytelling, scary haints, intense action, and laugh-out-loud moments. These tales will certainly appeal to fans of Mike Mignola and Guy Davis, but they have a unique charm all their own. Each story stands on its own, and each one is amazing in its own way. The stories are excellent, the art is stylish and spooky, and the dead are awfully darn creepy. The creators are clearly hoping to bring readers more from Hector in the future, and I sure hope they get the chance.

If you're feeling all Halloween-y, and want to revel in some supernatural comic book fun, you better gather up your good-luck charms and head over to Four Color Fantasies to snag a copy of this scary Book of the Week. Not only are you guaranteed your money back if you don't like it, we'll throw in the additional guarantee that none of our copies are actually haunted or accompanied by supernatural manifestations of any kind. Hector Plasm: De Mortuis: it will NOT age you ten years in 20 seconds, and that's a promise!