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Hello Darkness #18 — ComicsPRO 2026 Exclusive Variant | Jenny Frison Cover Publisher: BOOM! Studios | Released: January 28, 2026 Horror Anthology | ComicsPRO 2026 Exclusive | Cover: Jenny Frison | Near Mint | Rated M This is the ComicsPRO 2026 Exclusive Variant of Hello Darkness #18 — confirmed by the "HELLO COMICSPRO" text on the cover — featuring a breathtaking painted cover by the legendary Jenny Frison. A grotesque, bald demon with glowing yellow eyes and a wide, jagged grin clutches a beautiful woman's theatrical face mask — pale, serene, red-lipped — in its gnarled claws, the mask's ethereal beauty forming a perfect, unsettling contrast with the horror lurking behind it. Rendered in Frison's signature luminous, richly detailed painted style with a deep purple-shadowed palette, this is one of the most haunting and immediately memorable covers in the entire Hello Darkness run — a perfect visual summation of the series' core premise: the beautiful face horror wears. Hello Darkness is BOOM! Studios' acclaimed ongoing horror anthology series, described as "the best in modern Horror, Fantasy, and Mystery" featuring a murderous row of world-class creators including R.L. Stine, Garth Ennis, Becky Cloonan, James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera, Francesco Francavilla, Brian Azzarello, John Arcudi, Ryan Sook, and many more — inspired by the classic tradition of Creepy and Eerie and the contemporary chills of Black Mirror. 🔑 KEY NOTES ComicsPRO 2026 Exclusive — produced exclusively for ComicsPRO member retailers for distribution at the 2026 ComicsPRO Annual Meeting; ComicsPRO exclusive variants are distributed only through the ComicsPRO trade organization's member retailer network and are not available through standard retail channels, making them genuinely scarce outside the event itself Jenny Frison Cover — Frison is one of the most celebrated and beloved cover artists working in modern comics today, renowned for her extraordinary painted portraits, luminous atmospheric compositions, and iconic cover work across Wonder Woman, Saga, Money Shot, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Hello Darkness, and many more; her Hello Darkness covers are among the most consistently praised and sought-after in the series' entire run Hello Darkness #18 — part of one of BOOM! Studios' most consistently acclaimed ongoing series; Hello Darkness has established itself as the premier modern horror anthology in American comics, with a rotating roster of horror's finest creators delivering new stories in every issue Includes the story "bloodsport meets baseball as horror takes the field" among other anthology stories in this issue Ships bagged, boarded, and protected in a Gemini mailer.