#true weird

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Beast of Borikén #1 (variant cover) (2026)

Art by: Naomi Franq

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The Beast of Boriken #2 (Dark Horse, August 2026) cover by Daniel Irizarri

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[PREVIEW] Let This One Be a Devil #1 (February 19, 2025)

writer(s): James Tynion IV and Steve Foxe | artist [penciller & inker]: Piotr Kowalski | colorist: Brad Simpson | letterer: Tom Napolitano | cover artist: Gavin Fullerton | publishing company: Tiny Onion Studios [Dark Horse Comics]

synopsis: In the early 1900s, Henry Naughton returns home to the family farm in the swampy Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey. One night, he encounters a strange predator stalking the woods. This sends the young scholar on a research project that uncovers the legend of Mother Leeds and the terrible birth of the JERSEY DEVIL in 1735.

James Tynion IV (BLUE BOOK, Something is Killing the Children) and Steve Foxe (Dark X-Men, All Eight Eyes along with Piotr Kowalski (Bloodborne, Where Monsters Lie) bring the Jersey Devil to life in a supernatural tale of horror that peels back unknown layers of history and reveals local monsters and universal terrors.

The first in a new series of TRUE WEIRD tales of cryptids from James Tynion IV and Tiny Onion!

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Out this week: The Beast of Boriken #1 (Dark Horse, $4.99): 

Julio Anta and Daniel Irizarri present this True Weird tale where they bring the Chupacabra to life in contemporary Puerto Rico. Activist Lola Flores, fighting the overdevelopment of the island by outside investors, witnesses a supernatural force violently interrupt a groundbreaking ceremony and discovers that el Chupacabra is not just folklore, but a brutal protector of the island’s indigenous heritage.

See what else is coming to your local comic shop this week!

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Let This One Be A Devil #1 by James Tynion IV, Steve Foxe and Piotr Kowalski. Cover by Gavin Fullerton. Variant covers by (2) Kowalski and (3) Max Fiumara. Out in February 2025.

"In the early 1900s, Henry Naughton returns home to the family farm in the swampy Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey. One night, he encounters a strange predator stalking the woods. This sends the young scholar on a research project that uncovers the legend of Mother Leeds and the terrible birth of the Jersey Devil in 1735. James Tynion IV and Steve Foxe along with Piotr Kowalski bring the Jersey Devil to life in a supernatural tale of horror that peels back unknown layers of history and reveals local monsters and universal terrors."

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(via Darwination Scans: True Weird, May 1956)

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True Weird #1 (November 1955) Cover by Clarence Doore

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The Beast of Boriken #3 (Dark Horse, September 2026) cover by Daniel Irizarri