James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, and Miquel Muerto launched Something is Killing the Children via BOOM! Studios in 2019, and it has since gone on to become one of the most successful independent comics of the 2020s. I know my local comic shop’s best selling graphic novel and trade list always features several volumes of Something is Killing the Children right at the top next to the likes of Absolute Batman, DC’s Compact Classics or Ultimate Spider-Man. The world full of monster-hunting Houses of trained assassins combines the visual stylings of modern American comics with the pacing and structure of 2000s manga to reach a stratosphere of sales that’s allowed for 50 consecutively published issues (an extremely rare feat in the 2020s). Plus, uh, Erica Slaughter’s mask is really, really cool.
The success has allowed Tynion IV and team to launch spinoffs like House of Slaughter and the Books of Slaughter, not to mention a Blumhouse production TV series in the works and a 2026 launch on Webtoon. But as so often happens with long-running comics, the more spread out the universe (or Slaughterverse) becomes, the more challenging it is to puzzle the order together. I’ve pieced together all the available trades and graphic novels that are available, so you have a complete reading order for all published comics. [Read more…] about Something is Killing the Children (Slaughterverse Comics) Reading Order!