#83
Wade (Buddy)
TV or Movie: Buddy
Actor: Caleb “CJ” Williams
Time of Death: January 22, 2026
Cause of Death: Impaled by unicorn horn
I loved Wade in the movie Buddy, so when he died at the end of Buddy’s unicorn horn, I was both shocked and sadden. His death truly showed that the stakes of the film were remarkably high because he seemed to be one of the two main protagonists and to see him impaled was unbelievable. I actually cried out in the theater (I was there by myself).
October 23
#11 out of 13
The next film in the October 13 was a film that I had not heard about before, but found on Amazon Prime. It blended the horrors of a survival/revenge flick with the comedy of a dark nature. It worked extremely well.
According to IMDB, “Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean desperate for survival.”
This really mixed the two styles well, which is not an easy task. There have been so many horror/dark comedy amalgams over the years that simply failed to achieve the proper tone/balance. Harpoon hit a nice level between the two.
The best part of the comedy was the narrator, voiced by Brett Gelman (from Stranger Things and Fleabag) whose wry lines were the perfect soundtrack to the absurdity going on with these three friends.
The three actors who portrayed the central protagonists do a great job too. Munro Chambers played Jonah, Chris Gray played Richard and Emily Tyra played Sasha. They had a strong chemistry with each other and their emotions bounced around as we got to learn more about the trio.
Most of the film takes place aboard the stranded yacht and it created a real sense of isolation for each of the three. The use of Edgar Allan Poe’s only complete novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, as a plot point.
There are a bunch of scenes that were difficult to watch. Some that were painfully bloody or stomach wrenching. They fit well within the story unraveling on the screen.
I was not sure this was going to be for me after the very beginning of the film, but it rapidly became one that I was invested in and I really did enjoy watching it. The ending was satisfying too.
Two more movies to go in The October 13.
#84
President Cal Bradford
TV or Movie: Paradise
Actor: James Marsden
Time of Death: S1 E1 “Wildcat Is Down“; January 26, 2025
Cause of Death: bludgeoned to death in his bedroom with a construction rotary drill bit
The second president on our list, Cal Bradford’s death started off the show Paradise and led to a season long mystery to discover what had happened to him. The truth of his death was revealed in the first season finale. Cal Bradford has returned in flashbacks in both season two and three of the show.
It’s getting late, and I am tired. It has been a busy day with school and Clayface, but I need to get the EYG Favorite Comic Covers of the Week done.
Also-Rans: Redcoat #21, Space Ghost vs. Herculoids #2, Hello Halloween #2 (virgin), Mark Spector: Moon Knight #9, Fury of Firestorm #7, The Eye Collector #5, Six of Us #2, D’Orc #9, Power Rangers: Green #3 (foil).
Bronze Medalist
Something Epic #16
Variant Cover C
Cover art by Szymon Kudranski
Something Epic #16 has the great horror homages, with our It cover. The Pennywise look with the white background is always a favorite.
Silver Medalist
Something Epic #16
Variant cover B
Cover art by Szymon Kudranski
Another great cover homage from Szymon Kudranski. This one is an homage to the Exorcist and the black with the light shining is lovely and very creepy.
Gold Medalist
Filthy Lambs! #1
Cover art by Chris Evenhuis
I do not know what this comic is, but I love this cover. It has all of the things that I love in a cover. It is intriguing to see what this is about. It has a white background and the red stands out like crazy.
So the next DC Studios movie dropped today with the debut of Clayface, a body horror film featuring the classic Batman villain.
Straight up first, as this is a Batman villain without Batman, this is better than any of Sony’s Spider-Man villain films (Morbius, Madame Web, Kraven) sans Spider-Man. However, I did not find Clayface to be a great film. At best, it is mid.
According to IMDB, “Rising Hollywood star Matt Hagen descends into a horrifying revenge-filled monster when scientific ambition strips him of his identity and humanity.”
What did I like about Clayface: Most of the CGI was strong. I may not have loved the last look of Clayface, but most of the brutal body horror was great work. There were many scenes where I could not help but squint my eyes or look away. Those were strong moments.
Tom Rhys Harries does a good job as Matt Hagen, the actor who gets his face cut up and comes to the become Clayface. I liked his performance.
The story was fine, but I have to say that the dialogue of this movie was horrendous. There was a ton of cheesy lines that really were laughable. I wish the writing was better because it was one of the biggest drags on the film.
I did not love the third act very much either. Some of the developments of the story near the end of the film did not work for me well. Again, no spoilers here, but there are moments that I just did not like.
I left the theater feeling mixed about the movie. There were things I enjoyed about it. I did not hate the film, by any stretch, but it feels like it is right on the line between positive review and negative review. In the end, I think I would say that I liked more than I did not.
3 stars
Written by Mark London
Art by Felix Ruiz
Cover art by Mark Chiarello
The Hour of the Wolf is back with Mad Cave Comics. To me, it feels as if this is still just new as I have been doing a Daily Read with the first four issues of the series, which were published originally in late 2024. Now we are in 2026 and the fifth issue came out last week and I have been enjoying what came before.
Owen Blackwood is back as a member of Wolvenheart, and is amazing brutal during this new arc of the storyline.
The fifth issue has a distinct feel of horror to it. There is a creature involved that was so creepy look.
The issue did a great job of refreshing the background story of the book for those who may not have read this since 2024. Of course, I just read this starting this past Monday.
I am happy this is back, and, truthfully, I hope this is more than another four issues.
#85
Buddy (Buddy)
Tv or Movie: Buddy (2026)
Actor: Voiced by Keegan Michael-Keys
Time of Death: August 28, 2026
Cause of Death: Impaled by post of Mr. Mailbox by Freddy
Buddy was a giant, orange unicorn in the style of Barney the Dinosaur. Buddy had his own children’s program and everything seemed wonderful…except that Buddy was a narcissistic madman who kidnapped children from the real world and murdered people who spoke against him. I absolutley loved the movie Buddy and Buddy’s demise at the end by impaling was a perfect end. His final word to Freddy, the little girl who held the post that was impaled into Buddy’s chest, was “bitch.”
Written by Mark London
Art by Danilo Betruth
Cover art by Andrei Bressan & Adriano Lucas
The final issue of the first arc of Hour of the Wolf from Mad Cave Comics came to a close with this issue and I am really glad that there is another arc ready to go. I enjoyed this a lot, but there feels like there are so many things that this comic book could explore about this character.
I am glad that the arc with the painting was brought to an end with a fiery conclusion. It showed how clever Owen could be and the two children who were with the Businessman wound up in custody of Jan. I loved how Owen did not beat the Businessman with physicality, but by out thinking him.
This has a lot of potential to be a great ongoing series. I know tomorrow I read issue #5 of the new arc, but I am hoping it is not just another four issues afterwards. I would absolutely support this series moving ahead.
#86
Trudy Monk (Monk)
TV or Movie: Monk
Actor: Melora Hardin and Stellina Rusich
Time of Death: December 14, 1997
Cause of Death: Car bomb
Trudy Monk’s death is the basis behind the entire show, Monk, starring Tony Shalhoub. Adrian Monk had several fears and obsession before he met Trudy, but his love for Trudy held those down. When she died in a car bombing, Monk’s problems took over his life and he became obsessed with solving Trudy’s murder. It took him several seasons to finally finding out the truth behind Trudy’s death.
“Reboot”
“Malware”
The next two episodes of VisionQuest dropped on Disney + tonight and there are some big time stuff.
Jocasta made her first appearance in the MCU as a brutal AI killer. We get a background on her. And she was kicking Vision’s butt.
The first episode this week dealt with Vision’s damage from Paladin’s attack, and the relationship between Tommy and Vision is handled. Admittedly, Tommy was a little whiny in that episode, but that is understandable.
One of the funniest parts of the first episode was that they had to fix Vision by shutting him off and restarting him. Just like any tech.
My first thought about “Reboot” was it felt a little silly at times, but I loved how it developed through the episode.
By the end though, my mouth was so agape. When Vision let Ultron take over the body to stop Jocasta and he helped her kill her target, I was shocked. Then, Ultron was was going to keep Vision’s body. Whoa!
I am amazed at this twist at the end of episode four. Holy cow, it was chilling. I loved how they dubbed James Spader’s voice over Paul Bettany’s acting. It was so smooth that it almost seemed as if Bettany was doing the voice. It was definitely Spader’s voice, but if you told me it was just Bettany doing a Spader imitation, I would believe you.
I enjoyed the path of E.D.I.T.H. looking at her past in the real world. They mentioned how Tony Stark based the AI’s on real people (in the MCU). Ultron actually had a good scene with EDITH about this.
Oh, and Paladin was fired by the mysterious benefactor. There was a ton of mentions of JIM… Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch, and that is my guess right now about the benefactor. JIM is absolutely going to be a part of this show.
James Spader is so great. Ruaridh Mollica is a fabulous Tommy so far. I am not sure how I felt about Dum-E and U suddenly speaking. The whole U singing at JARVIS’s “funeral” was too sappy for me.
Still, I can not wait for next week. It was extremely well done.
Hour of the Wolf #3
Written by Mark London
Art by Danilo Beyruth
Cover art by Andrei Bressan & Adriano Lucas
With Owen and Jan inside the painting trying to navigate their way through, we get glimpses at the background of Owen Blackwood. They go back to London and Whitechapel where he was originally recruited into the Wolvenheart.
There were also references to Jack the Ripper, which has always been a personal favorite of mine.
Owen and Jan are trying to find their way to Jan’s daughter, Ellen, but she is currently in some real trouble with the Businessman.
The clock is ticking as Owen only has a limited amount of time before he is lost in time forever.
Another great issue of this series, but it does not feel like the penultimate issue. I am excited to see what the fourth issue will bring. Is this going to be a story wrapped up in the four-issues or will this be a book that leaves off with a cliffhanger or a dangling mystery. I know issue #5 is out and that there are a few more scheduled to come out, but I am definitely curious about what is next.
#87
Edith Bunker (Archie Bunker’s Place)
Tv or Movie: Archie Bunker’s Place
Actor: Jean Stapleton
Time of Death: September 1980; “Archie’s Alone” S2 E1 Archie Bunker’s Place- November 2, 1980
Cause of Death: stroke in her sleep
Edith Bunker was well known after spending years on All My Family as the wife of Archie Bunker. When Jean Stapleton decided to leave the show, All in the Family became Archie Bunker’s Place and Edith spent the first season off screen. The decision was made that, in order to move the character Arcvhie forward, Edith had to die. She died off screen and her death was explained in the second season premiere. Though her death occurred off screen, Edith Bunker’s loss was felt by Archie for seasons after.
October 19
It is that time of the week again. I had had hopes that I could get this done on Sunday, but it just did not work out. So I am back on Monday with the EYC Comic Cavalcade. It is post #225 too, another of those comic benchmarks that usually requires some kind of anniversary celebration. I am waiting for 250 before we do.
I was able to pick up the original four-issues of Hour of the Wolf from Mad Cave and the 12-issue Camelot 3000 series from DC back in the day. I am currently doing a Daily Read on the Hour of the Wolf and I intend on doing Camelot 3000 next.
Comic of the Week
Hammer Head #1
This is a great horror book out from Mad Cave. Brand new this week. The main protagonist, Julie McCormick, was the sole survivor of the immortal slasher Henry “Hammer Head” Elgin killing spree.
Twenty years later, Julie is arrested and finds herself in a mysterious, high security prison.
I enjoyed this book very much and I love this variant cover even though it did not quite make the Medalists this week.
Books this Week:
Amazing Spider-Man #1001. Written by Joe Kelly and art by Pepe Larraz. Cover art was done by Federico Blee. I also picked up Cover B by Todd Nauck. This continues the story from ASM #1000 with Aunt May and her son Cormac Crane. Crane is the villain Ravage, but it does not seem as if he and Peter are going to mend their fences.
Clayface: Celebrity Dirt #1. Written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle with art by Fran Galan. Cover art was done by Patricio Delpeche. With the DC Studios movie Clayface coming out this coming weekend, this series may be picking up some steam.
Mark Spears: Graveyard Shift #1. Written, illustrated and cover art by Mark Spears. The new book from Mark Spears debuted this week. The art is still the highlight to me as Mark Spears is just spectacular. The story featuring the Boss gathering together a crew for the “graveyard shift” to take care of business. I liked this, but it did feel like the same as we usually got from him. Love the art though.
Sicko #3. Written by Tini Howard and illustrated and cover art by Amilcar Pinna. Valentine returned to OMELAS, but she has discovered that this was a mistake. Valentine discovered that several other patients with Breton’s Disease had mutations giving them powers much like Valentine. This has been a solid book so far from Ignition Press.
Lion King #6. Written by Edwin Galmon with art by George Kambadais. Cover art was done by Edwin Galmon. After the first five story arc that included Simba, we now have a new story with Timbon and Pumbaa, and it was a fun start. It felt like a small little issue with a fun story dealing with Pumbaa seeing things that were not there… or were they. It was another fun issue form this unexpectedly good book.
Legion of Super-Heroes #2. “No Escape.” Written by Joshua Williamson and art by Hayden Sherman. Cover art was done by Hayden Sherman & Tamra Bonvillain. Brainiac 1 of 5 and Matter-Eater Lad are trying to solve the case of the murder of R.J. Brande. Garth Ranzz is looking for a new trainer so he can become a super hero. I have liked this new version of Legion.
The Doom Patrol #2. “That’s the Spirit!” Written by Darcy Van Poelgeest with art and cover art was done by Niko Henrichon. While I have never been a fan of Doom Patrol before, I have been loving the first two issues of this new version from DC. I have found the characters to be extremely compelling and I am happy to be learning about them. This has been excellent so far.
Teen Titans #2. “AFK” Written by Kyle Higgins and art and cover art by Danielle Di Nicuolo. I have liked this new Teen Titans book, and the idea of kind of setting them opposite of Nightwing feels fun. I have to say that I am struggling with learning the characters. In Doom Patrol, there is only three characters for me to learn about, but Teen Titans has multiple ones and only the Red Hood is the only one that I know well. I do like this and I am into the book.
Iron Man #10. “Who is Citizen V?” Written by Joshua Williamson with art by Carmen Carnero. Cover art was done by Ryan Stegman & Frank Martin. Happy Hogan is back alive as Citizen V, which was revealed last issue. This gives us background on how he is alive and why he did not tell Tony about his truth.
Nova: Return of the Rings #1. “Return of the Rings” Written by Josh Trujillo and Rafael Loureiro with art by Bruno Abdias. “Shining Light” Written by Juan Ponce and art by Andy Pereira. Cover art was done by Humberto Ramos & Edgar Delgado. Sam Alexander is back in the helmet. This is a one-shot and the comic indicated that Sam will be back in the pages of Iron Man. Iron Man? That is a weird tie-in. I am anxious to see what that is like.
Barbara Gordon: Breakout #6. “Old Friend.” Written by Mariko Tamaki with art by Pablo M. Collar. Cover art was done by Karl Kerschl. Barbara Gordon is still in prison, and the end of this issue brought about a huge arrival… Two-Face. Two-Face just had his own mini-series and now he is here to deal with Barbara Gordon.
Ice Cream Man: Chocolate/Vanilla Twist #1. “Raspberry Suprise” Written by W. Maxwell Prince with art by Martin Morazzo. Cover was done my Martin Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran. A black & white story that reaffirmed that Ice Cream Man is the BEST of all the horror anthology of all time. So many other books have come out since Ice Cream Man to a various amount of success, but Ice Cream Man is consistently the best read of all of them. Plus, they are the most original and big-swinging horror book of them all. This special was a fabulous issue that I enjoyed tremendously.
12-Foot Skeleton #1. Written by Aaron Campbell & Tim Seeley with art and cover art by Ben Templesmith (Silver Medalist). Another cool new horror book with two kids at the heart of the book. The Halloween decorations in their yard is more than just a decoration. It is a fun concept and the first issue was solid. Ignition Press has been hitting on all cylinders over the last year or so, and they have earned my trust on reading new issues. More often than not, they are really good.
Wolverine: Paradise #1. Written, Drawn, and cover art by Dan Panosian. This book has a different feel than a lot of the other Marvel books “set in the past” that we have had so many recently. This one feels more special. Dazzler is making an appearance in the book, which is always great. I really love the look of the art from Dan Panosian. It had the great atmosphere for this throwback story.
DNX #3. Written by Jed MacKay with art by Federico Vicentini. Cover art was done by Kaare Andrews. The X-Men are desperately trying to prevent the crashing of their ship into Philadelphia after 3X escaped. How are they going to stop the metal missile? How about Magneto? Magneto makes his fully powered return thanks to the FF and he arrived at the end of the issue. DNX has been interesting so far.
X-Men #39. Written by Jed MacKay and art by Netho Diaz. Cover art was done by Tony S. Daniel & Jay David Ramos. While the action in Philadelphia is hot and heavy, the Factory in Alaska has been left … well, not quite defenseless. O*N*E* was going to make an attack on the factory. Xorn and John Greycrow have been left behind to protect it. However, it seemed that it was not just them… but also Glob.
Black Cat #15. “Dress for Success” Written by G. Willow Wilson and art by Gleb Melnikov. Cover art was done by Josemaria Casanova. Peter Parker asked for help from Black Cat, going undercover at the opera. So Felicia needed a new dress. Problem: the dress shop would not take cash. So Cat just chose to steal the dress. This brings Tombstone into the mix as well. Black Cat is such a fun book with some great writing by G. Willow Wilson.
Batman & Robin Year One- Dynamic Duos #3. Written by Mark Waid and art by Chris Samnee. Cover art was done by Chris Samnee and Mat Lopes. Robin’s undercover mission does not go well, as he is placed in the situation where he had to prove himself by shooting Catwoman. Dick was able to get out of that, but Catwoman followed him to his meet up with Batman. This has been a great series so far. Even though there are like three hundred Batman books.
Spawn ’77 #2. Written by Mark Spears & Todd McFarlane with art by Mark Spears. Variant cover B art was done by Shawn Crystal. Spawn works extremely well in the art style of Mark Spears. I think Spawn is much like the monsters that Spears is used to draw.
Cassie #1. Written by Sam Humphries and illustrated and cover art by Eleonora Carlini. This Boom! Studios book was a bizarre baseball book. I have had several strange baseball books over the last couple of years, but this one I just could not get through. It is only a one-shot, but I would not have been buying it had it been a series.
The Infernal Hulk vs. Fantastic Four #1. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson with art by Cian Tormey. Cover art was done by Nic Klein. The Infernal Hulk is trying to create a new age of monsters, and now it is up to the Fantastic Four to stand in his way. Unfortunately, they take quite a beating.
Venom #1. Written by Charles Soule with art by Tommaso Bianchi. Cover art was done by Davide Paratore. Charles Soule writing Venom is interesting. The book has reset Venom, with Eddie Brock back in the symbiote and in New York to save people. I am not sure if I want to continue with Venom, but this first issue was pretty solid. We’ll have to see.
Generation X-23 #9. “Have a Nice Trip” Written by Jody Hauser with art by Marco Renna. Variant cover B art was done by Partha Pratim. I have loved this book so far. I did not expect this book to be as enjoyable as it is. These young characters are all fabulous and I am hoping this book keeps going after issue 10 (although it seems most Marvel books do not any longer).
Wade Wilson: Deadpool #9. “Big Guns Part 3 of 4” Written by Benjamin Percy with art by Geoff Shaw. Cover art was done by Geoff Shaw & Alex Sinclair. The sort of team-up between Deadpool and the Punisher moves along into the third part as Bullseye joins the conflict. One more issue with the crossover in the next Punisher.
Other Books this Week: The Seasons #12, 100 Bullets: The US of Anger #4, Blood & Thunder #18, X-Men ’97 Season 2 #5, Star Crossed #3, DC Studios Clayface #1, Planet Atmos: Exordium #6, Avengers: Meals to Astonish #1, Horror Comics: Dead Man’s Party #1, Bludwire #4, and Jinx & Stitches: The Great Revenge #1.
Quick Hits: Mad #602 is out this week with a look at the world of art. It is nice that it is still being released at a semi-regular rate. There is a cool and lovely black & white version of the Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #1. I’ll pick up the rest of the series from Image. There are a series of art from Lee Bermejo in the Amazing Spider-Man: Amazing Visions #1. There is an interview inside this book with Bermejo along with his art of some of the greatest Spider-Man moments of the history of Marvel. This was also the bronze medalist for the week. I grabbed the foil version of Archie vs. the Terminator #1 from Dynamite. It is a cool cover, and the Archie renaissance continues. Captain Britain: 50th Anniversary Special #1 dropped from Marvel this week as there are several past Captain Britain stories. Pancho Villa: Monster Hunter #2 keeps sending our Mexican hero after monsters. This Amp book has been entertaining so far. Babylon Cove #5 brings this story to a conclusion. It was a decent book, but maybe not as great as I had hoped. We look at Mrs. Hyde in the Accessories #3, which is the third of four issues. They have just now introduced all of the members of the Accessories and there is only one issue left. I wonder if this should have been more issues than four. Batman-Bad Seeds: Streets of Gotham #1 was the gold medalist for the Favorite Comic Cover of the Week for the B variant cover. The Nice House By the Sea #12 wrapped up the new series this week from Vertigo. Of course, this series was not from Vertigo when it started. We focus on Elita Prime in Transformers #37 on Cybertron in the war. Elita learns a lesson. New ID book You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive #1 arrived on the stands this week. This is one that I am going to need to see a little bit more before I decide if I like it. The Omega Book #3 continues to be wild and bizarre. Love the swing this series took. I am shocked at some of the scenes from Chachu #3, because Iman Vellani is such a sweetheart that I did not expect a blowjob scene. Speaking of sex stuff, Lilith: Blood & Burlesque #1 had a cover by Garth Graham that is very sexy. Then, I received this in the mail from eBay today: Watson v. Holmes #1. What an interesting book. It is a twelve-issue series. I have #2 coming from eBay as well and I have added it to my pull list.
Hour of the Wolf #2
Mad Cave
Written by Mark London
Art by Danilo Beyruth
Cover art by Andrei Bressan & Adriano Lucas
With the second issue of Hour of the Wolf, we get some backstory on the painter of the mysterious painting that steals people away, and Owen Blackwood is inside the painting looking for the woman and her daughter.
The first half of the issue was pretty exposition heavy, but the second half was freaky and enjoyable. I do like the story so far. It is a very creative storyline and has some elements of horror too.
The art is excellent and work well for the idea of the painting.
Second issue felt a little short for a four issue series, but Owen and the woman are together and so we will see the story progress.
#88
Sharon Davis aka Mrs. Hart (Agatha All Along)
TV or Movie: Agatha All Along
Actor: Debra Jo Rupp
Time of Death: Agatha All Along; September 25, 2024 S1 E3 “Through Many Miles / Of Tricks and Trials“
Cause of Death: Poisoned after drinking wine on the “Witches’ Road”
Poor Mrs. Hart. Or should I say Sharon Davis. Mrs Hart was the name given to her by Wanda Maximoff inside the Hex during WandaVision, and, of course, that is all that Agatha Harkness knew her by. So when Agatha recruited her out of desperation for her coven (despite Sharon not being a witch), Sharon was stuck on the Witches’ Road. After the first trial, Sharon died from drinking poisoned wine. Mrs. Hart was one of the many joys of this show.
