A Lovecraft Comic Book Cover Gallery VIII:
Cthulhu Tales
(Nelson et al., 2006)

This is the eighth installment in our Lovecraft themed cover galleries. Below, we present covers from the Cthulhu Tales series written and illustrated by various authors and artists and published in the United States by Boom! Comics.

1

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2006)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Dave Johnson
  • writers: Michael Alan Nelson, Johanna Stokes, Andrew Cosby, John Rogers, Casey Grey, Keith Giffen
  • artists: Andrew Ritchie, Filip Sablik, Lee Carter, Andy Kuhn, Mark Badger, Ben Roman
  • issue: #1 of 1
  • release date: May, 2006
  • cover: A cover
  • format: 48-page comic
  • content: "The Beach", "Love's Craft", "Witchhunter", "Quality Time", "Cthulhu Calls", "The Oddly Amorous Phineas Flynn and the Troublesome Trouble He Got Himself In"
  • commentary: Cthulhu Tales was a series of books, each containing more than one Lovecraft-themed comic. None of these stories are straight out adaptations of an original Lovecraft story.

2

  • title: Cthulhu Tales: The Rising (2007)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Joshua Ellingson
  • writers: James Anthony Kuhoric, Henry Alonso Myers, Christopher E. Long, Hans Rodionoff Michael Alan Nelson & Kevin Church
  • artists: Jean Dzialowski, Chris Lie, Andy Bennett, Tim Hamilton, Andrew Ritchie & Joe Abraham
  • issue: #1 of 1
  • release date: February, 2007
  • cover: A cover
  • format: 32-page comic
  • content: "I Hear the Call", "Are You There, Cthulhu? It's Me, Margaret", "Seed of Cthulhu", "The Pull of Insanity", "For You" & "The Art of Noises"
  • commentary: Cthulhu Tales began with three one-shots. The second and third added a different subtitle.

3

  • title: Cthulhu Tales: Tainted (2007)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Patrick Ballesteros
  • writers: Brendan Hay, Jim Pascoe, James Kuhoric, Mike Leib, Kevin Church & Henry Alonso Myers
  • artists: Andre Coelho, Unai, Jay Gunn, Dan Parsons, Jon Reed, Joe Abraham & Sherard Jackson
  • issue: #1 of 1
  • release date: September, 2007
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "Just a Photographer", "Black Sun", "Waiting for Cthulhu", "What Lies Beneath", "Respect Your Elders", "Bowels of the Desert & "Happy Little Boy"

4

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Patrick Ballesteros
  • writers: Steve Niles, Michael Alan Nelson, Tom Peyer
  • artists: Chee, Sunder Raj
  • issue: #01 of 12
  • release date: March, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "The Eyes of Madness", "The Farm", "Exactly the Right Word"
  • commentary: A twelve-issue series titled, Cthulhu Tales followed the three one-shots.

5

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Mateus Santolouco
  • writers: Steve Niles, Michael Alan Nelson, Tom Peyer
  • artists: Chee, Sunder Raj
  • issue: #01 of 12
  • release date: March, 2008
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "The Eyes of Madness", "The Farm", "Exactly the Right Word"
  • commentary: Each issue of the 12-book series featured an A cover and a B variant.

6

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Mateus Santolouco
  • writers: Steve Niles, Eric Calderon, Christine Boylan
  • artists: Shane Oakley, Jon Schnepp, Chee
  • issue: #02 of 12
  • release date: April, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "The Hiding Place", "Katrina", "How to get Ahead in the Occult"
  • commentary: The books in this series continued to have more than one story, written and illustrated by different teams of writers and artists.

7

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Marco Rudy
  • writers: Steve Niles, Eric Calderon, Christine Boylan
  • artists: Shane Oakley, Jon Schnepp, Chee
  • issue: #02 of 12
  • release date: April, 2008
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "The Hiding Place", "Katrina", "How to get Ahead in the Occult"
  • commentary: Most of the books contained two or three stories.

8

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Simon Oakley
  • writers: William Messner-Loebs, Michael Alan Nelson, Todd Lepre
  • artists: Andrew Ritchie, Eduardo Ferigato, Chee
  • issue: #03 of 12
  • release date: May, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "Alimentary, My Dear Cthulhu", "On the Wagon", "The Cruise of Cthulhu"

9

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Renato Faccini
  • writers: William Messner-Loebs, Michael Alan Nelson, Todd Lepre
  • artists: Andrew Ritchie, Eduardo Ferigato, Chee
  • issue: #03 of 12
  • release date: May, 2008
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "Alimentary, My Dear Cthulhu", "On the Wagon", "The Cruise of Cthulhu"

10

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Marco Rudy
  • writers: Mark Waid, Mark Sable
  • artists: Chee, Sergio Carrera
  • issue: #04 of 12
  • release date: June, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "In the p of the Beholder", "There Will be Blood"

11

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Marco Rudy
  • writers: Mark Waid, Mark Sable
  • artists: Chee, Sergio Carrera
  • issue: #04 of 12
  • release date: June, 2008
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "In the p of the Beholder", "There Will be Blood"

12

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Marco Rudy
  • writers: Michael Alan Nelson, Todd Lepre
  • artists: Mateus Santolouco, Milton Sobreiro
  • issue: #05 of 12
  • release date: July, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "The Doorman", "The Current Chaos"

13

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Marco Rudy
  • writers: Michael Alan Nelson, Todd Lepre
  • artists: Mateus Santolouco, Milton Sobreiro
  • issue: #05 of 12
  • release date: July, 2008
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "The Doorman", "The Current Chaos"

14

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Scott Keating
  • writers: William Messner-Loebs, John R. Fultz, Glen Cadigan
  • artists: Drew Rausch, Marc Dos Santos, Chee
  • issue: #06 of 12
  • release date: September, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "Cthulhu House", "A Stranger Comes to Night Hill", "One of Those Days"

15

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Marco Rudy
  • writers: William Messner-Loebs, John R. Fultz, Glen Cadigan
  • artists: Drew Rausch, Marc Dos Santos, Chee
  • issue: #06 of 12
  • release date: September, 2008
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "Cthulhu House", "A Stranger Comes to Night Hill", "One of Those Days"

16

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Chee
  • writers: Brian Augustyn, Glen Cadigan
  • artists: Milton Sobreiro, Clint Hilinski
  • issue: #07 of 12
  • release date: October, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "Empire of Ants", "The Awakening"

17

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Michel Fiffe
  • writers: Brian Augustyn, Glen Cadigan
  • artists: Milton Sobreiro, Clint Hilinski
  • issue: #07 of 12
  • release date: October, 2008
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "Empire of Ants", "The Awakening"

18

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Shane Oakley
  • writers: Christine Boylan, Matthew Mclean
  • artists: Axel Medellin Machain, Drew Rausch
  • issue: #08 of 12
  • release date: November, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "The Elite", "Theater of the Empty Eye"

19

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Dean Haspiel
  • writers: Christine Boylan, Matthew Mclean
  • artists: Axel Medellin Machain, Drew Rausch
  • issue: #08 of 12
  • release date: November, 2008
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "The Elite", "Theater of the Empty Eye"

20

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Shane Oakley
  • writers: Raven Gregory, Sam Costello, Robert Tinnell
  • artists: Sergio Carrera, Axel Medellin Machain, Milton Sobriero
  • issue: #09 of 12
  • release date: December, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "The Zoo", "It Must Have Been Something You Ate", "Face of the Competition"

21

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: John Cebollero
  • writers: Raven Gregory, Sam Costello, Robert Tinnell
  • artists: Sergio Carrera, Axel Medellin Machain, Milton Sobriero
  • issue: #09 of 12
  • release date: December, 2008
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "The Zoo", "It Must Have Been Something You Ate", "Face of the Competition"

22

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Shane Oakley
  • writers: Jeff Lester, Mark Rahner, Michael Alan Nelson
  • artists: Chee, Unai, Aritz
  • issue: #10 of 12
  • release date: January, 2009
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "Comeback Tour", "Rite to Life", "Where am I? [Part 1]"

23

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Michael DiPascale
  • writers: Jeff Lester, Mark Rahner, Michael Alan Nelson
  • artists: Chee, Unai, Aritz
  • issue: #10 of 12
  • release date: January, 2009
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "Comeback Tour", "Rite to Life", "Where am I? [Part 1]"

24

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Chuck BB
  • writers: Christopher Sequeira, Christine Boylan, Michael Alan Nelson, Luke Burns
  • artists: W. Chewie Chan, Milton Sobreiro, Aritz, Roger Langridge
  • issue: #11 of 12
  • release date: February, 2009
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "Incorporation", "The Invention", "Where am I? [Part 2]", "Selections from H.P. Lovecraft's Brief Tenure as a Chocolate Sampler Copywriter"

25

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Crank
  • writers: Christopher Sequeira, Christine Boylan, Michael Alan Nelson, Luke Burns
  • artists: W. Chewie Chan, Milton Sobreiro, Aritz, Roger Langridge
  • issue: #11 of 12
  • release date: February, 2009
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "Incorporation", "The Invention", "Where am I? [Part 2]", "Selections from H.P. Lovecraft's Brief Tenure as a Chocolate Sampler Copywriter"

26

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Tony Shasteen
  • writers: William Messner-Loebs, Shane Oakley
  • artists: Andrew Ritchie, David Hitchcock
  • issue: #12 of 12
  • release date: March, 2009
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "Arkham SVU", "A Whistle for the Deep"

27

  • title: Cthulhu Tales (2008)
  • publisher: Boom! Comics
  • cover artist: Shane Oakley
  • writers: William Messner-Loebs, Shane Oakley
  • artists: Andrew Ritchie, David Hitchcock
  • issue: #12 of 12
  • release date: March, 2009
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • content: "Arkham SVU", "A Whistle for the Deep"

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