Craig Zablo

Criminal Macabre / The 30 Days of Night: Final Night #4 is part of a four issue mini-series published by Dark Horse Comics / IDW Publishing.

Writer: Steve Niles

Artist: Christopher Mitten

Colorist: Michelle Madsen

Cover Artist: Justin Erickson

With Alice Blood in Eben’s hands, Cal will do anything—including using voodoo—to help fight the vampires. But that might not be enough as the ghouls and the vampires clash in an all-out brawl to the death—with Cal and Eben smack dab in the center.

Will it be Cal or Eben who survives?

*** Beware – spoilers may be found below ***

The Good:

• Steve Niles and Christopher Mitten are worth the price of admission.
• “So he needs… What, brains?”  “What good would that do, Officer?”  “I don’t know I’m just trying to keep up here.”
• The body language of the detective willing to give some of his blood to [hopefully] save Cal.
• “Never felt better.”
• “What are you doing? Let me stop him.”  “No… we stay.”

The Bad:

• “Blargh!”
• “Not enough.”
• “Enough talk!  ATTAAAACK!”
• “They’ll be back.”

The Ugly:

• The Ugly starts on page one: “I’m right Fl–ere…”
• The Ghoul, er, bloodbath.
• Vampire attacking the fine folks on Sunset Blvd.
• SHRIP on page 18.

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Criminal Macabre / The 30 Days of Night: Final Night #3 is part of a four issue mini-series published by Dark Horse Comics / IDW Publishing.

Writer: Steve Niles

Artist: Christopher Mitten

Colorist: Michelle Madsen

Cover Artist: Justin Erickson

Eben Olemaun is on the hunt and he’ll rip both human and vampire limb from limb to get to the person who took everything from him—Federal Agent Alice Blood. Can Cal fight off the hordes of new vampires in time to save her?

*** Beware – spoilers may be found below ***

The Good:

• Steve Niles and Christopher Mitten are worth the price of admission.
• Cal’s bravado at having to fight vampires… “Yeah, well I’ve yet to meet a vampire that wasn’t a whiny little – ”  BOOM!
• “It can’t end like this.”
• “You’re all going to die.”

The Bad:

• Page 2: “Sweet Christ” indeed.
• The “Blarrgh!” continues.
• “The future of the ghouls is very bleak indeed.”
• “You should have done more research, vampire…Fire can kill us… but it is not very fast.”
• “I think turning you would be much better than death.”
• “Where’s Cal?”

The Ugly:

• What happens when you don’t tell Eben what he wants to know.
• What Eben does to Cal three times on page 18.
• Page 21.
• Mo’ Lock losing it on the vampires.

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Criminal Macabre / The 30 Days of Night: Final Night #2 is part of a four issue mini-series published by Dark Horse Comics / IDW Publishing.

Writer: Steve Niles

Artist: Christopher Mitten

Colorist: Michelle Madsen

Cover Artist: Justin Erickson

Cal has always wanted the Feds to focus on vampires, and now they are, one in particular—Eben Olemaun, now on a quest to bring mankind to its knees. But the FBI is up to more than tracking down Eben. Will Cal and Alice figure it out before it kills them both?

*** Beware – spoilers may be found below ***

The Good:

• Steve Niles and Christopher Mitten are worth the price of admission.
• “Bad time?”  “Always.”
• “What are you smiling about?”  “Stuff.”

The Bad:

• The “Blaarggh!” continues.
• What happens when you tell Eben “There is no coming back.”
• SCRAATCH SCRATCH “Something on the roof.”

The Ugly:

• What happens to Unit 14 on page 2.
• The effect Mo’ Lock has on people.  “Gah!”
• The last page of the issue.

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Criminal Macabre / The 30 Days of Night: Final Night #1 is part of a four issue mini-series published by Dark Horse Comics / IDW Publishing.

Writer:  Steve Niles

Artist:  Christopher Mitten

Colorist:  Michelle Madsen

Cover Artist:  Justin Erickson

In this epic crossover with IDW, Steve Niles’s greatest characters come together in a final showdown.

Cal McDonald only wanted a beer, but what he got was a jaded federal agent and a story about vampires up in Barrow, Alaska. There’s a new vamp in LA, and he’s hell bent on escalating his attacks. When Mo’Lock’s sometimes ghoul-friend is murdered, Cal’s on the hunt . . . for Eben—the longtime protagonist/antagonist of 30 Days of Night.

 

*** Beware – spoilers may be found below ***

The Good:

• Steve Niles and Christopher Mitten are worth the price of admission.
• “Been a while.”  “I’ve been busy fighting everybody.”

The Bad:

• Barrow Alaska – Hometown buffet for vampires.
• Vampires seem to be gathering forces…
• “The fall of Los Angeles begins.”

The Ugly:

• “Blaargh!”
• What was done to Shaw’na.
• Lord Westminster aka John.

Criminal Macabre / The 30 Days of Night: Final Night #1

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