The hor🎃ror lineup at Boom! Studios just keeps growing as the publisher continues to add more titles. In November, writer David M. Booher, ar♔tist Chris Shehan, and colorist Roman Stevens will launch Specs, an '80s-inspired supernatural horror title following a pair of teens who get way more than they bargained for when they mail-order a pair of novelty glasses.
Specs #1 will introduce Ohio-based high school students Kenny and Ted, who don't fit in no matter how much they wish they did. When they orderꦜ Magic Specs, they discover a strange, almost mythical world where seemingly anything is possible – but then they wish their bully disappears and realize the glasses are🌳 basically a Monkey's Paw ... or in other words, be careful what you wish for.
"Specs is my most personal story so far," Booher says in the announcement. "As a gay kid who grew up in🎃 the Midwest, I know how it feels not to fit in. Kenny and Ted’s story as outsiders, filtered through the lenses of wish-granting novelty glasses, is my way of reminding that little kid that he’ll find his place in the world."
Shehan adds, "A story about a magic item that grants wishes… what could possibly go wrong? David Booher, as usual, poured a lot of heꦦart into Specs and bringing that to life has been such a joy for me."
Check out a preview for Specs #1 below, as well as variant covers by Shehan, Skylar Patridge, Kevin Wada, and 🌱David Talaski.
Specs #1 goes on sale November 9.
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