The SlaughterVerse’s ‘Fall of the House of Slaughter’ Exclusive First-Look: A New Dragon Begins a New Era
The House of Slaughter is in search of a new Dragon!
A new chapter from the world of the Eisner Award-Winning horror series Something is Killing the Children begins this May. Created by James Tynion IV (The Nice House by the Sea) and Werther Dell’Edera (Green Lantern: Dark), the SlaughterVerse continues to rapidly expand. From the Blumhouse live-action movie and animated series in the works to the recently announced first ever Something is Killing the Children full-length novel: Something is Killing the Children: Hope is a Knife, fans have been eating well. Last October at New York Comic Con, James Tynion IV and BOOM! Studios announced a new mini-series is on its way: Fall of the House of Slaughter–and the wait is almost over.
From House of Slaughter alumnus Tate Brombal and Tiny Onion’s You’ll Do Bad Things artist Adriano Turtulici, this series will usher1 in a new era of the ever-expanding universe from BOOM! Studios and Tiny Onion. The events of Something is Killing the Children, House of Slaughter, and Books of Slaughter have been setting up some major turmoil within the House of Slaughter as well as between the other Houses within the Order of St. George. And now, the House of Slaughter needs a new Dragon…
All images courtesy of BOOM! Studios.
As the House of Slaughter’s Old Dragon enters his final days, Cecilia Slaughter and the other Heads gather to determine his successor.
Deadly ambitions begin to take shape as the House and Order prepare for a new legacy to begin—and the conflict to determine that new legacy will be lethal.
Can the House of Slaughter survive a new Dragon coming into power? Find out in this all-new mini-series!
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Fall of the House of Slaughter #1 is now available for pre-order (FOC) at a comic shop near you. The first issue hits shelves May 6, 2026 and will also be available for digital purchase from content providers including Kindle, Google Play, and iBooks.
Get it? Because the title is a reference to the gothic horror classic by Edgar Allan Poe: The Fall of The House of Usher!