Keenspot Booth at SDCC
Keenspot Entertainment has revealed that Mark Spears Monsters: The Monster & The Wolf #1 Trick or Treat Blind Bag has 350,000 copies pre-ordered, making it one of the top-selling indy comics in history. The blind bags will contain one of 90 covers, all created by Spears, and random bags will include “Unholy Grails,” golden tickets that can be redeemed for unique 1-of-1 comics. The issue is priced at $5.99 and will be released on October 8, 2025.
The Monster & The Wolf #1 will launch a three-issue spinoff of Spears’ Mark Spears Monsters comics, which were among the best-selling horror comics of Summer 2025 (see “Top Trends in Horror Comics”). The spinoff will tell the origin story of werewolf Clint Abbott. Like Mark Spears Monsters, every issue of the new miniseries is written and drawn by Spears. The comics grew out of Spears’ 1980s-style trading cards, which have a big audience on Instagram (see “Exclusive: Keenspot to Launch ‘Mark Spears Monsters’ Comic”); he made his comics debut in 2023 with four covers for Spawn.
“This wasn’t driven by big budgets or the backing of a giant publisher,” Spears said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “This happened because of the fans. They built the excitement, they carried the momentum, and they proved what real passion for comics can achieve. I’m deeply grateful.”
Keenspot titles are distributed to the direct market by Lunar Distribution, Universal Distribution, and Diamond UK and to the book channel by Simon & Schuster.
Source: ICV2
