A Lovecraft Comic Book Cover Gallery XII:
Re-Animator Cross-Overs
(Various, 2005 - present)

This is the twelfth installment in our Lovecraft themed cover galleries. Below, we present covers from some Re-Animator cross-over series published in the United States by Dynamite.

1

  • title: Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Nick Bradshaw
  • writer: James Kuhoric
  • artist: Sanford Greene
  • issue: #1 of 4
  • release date: October, 2005
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • commentary: This cross-over has two Lovecraft sources. Of course, Herbert West the Re-Animator is a Lovecraft creation. All of the deadites that appear in the Army of Darkness franchised are summoned by the use or misuse of the Necronomicon, which also is a Lovecraft creation.

2

  • title: Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Sanford Greene
  • writer: James Kuhoric
  • artist: Sanford Greene
  • issue: #1 of 4
  • release date: October, 2005
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • commentary: Each of the four issues in this series featured many variant covers. In this gallery, we just show a selection of the covers, one each by six different cover artists.

3

  • title: Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Gabriel Dell'Otto
  • writer: James Kuhoric
  • artist: Sanford Greene
  • issue: #1 of 4
  • release date: October, 2005
  • cover: C variant
  • format: standard comic

4

  • title: Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Billy Tan
  • writer: James Kuhoric
  • artist: Sanford Greene
  • issue: #2 of 4
  • release date: November, 2005
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic

5

  • title: Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Mel Rubi
  • writer: James Kuhoric
  • artist: Sanford Greene
  • issue: #3 of 4
  • release date: November, 2005
  • cover: C variant
  • format: standard comic

6

  • title: Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator (2005)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Filip Sablik
  • writer: James Kuhoric
  • artist: Sanford Greene
  • issue: #4 of 4
  • release date: February, 2006
  • cover: D variant
  • format: standard comic

7

  • title: Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator (2013)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Randy Valiente
  • writer: Mark Rahner
  • artist: Randy Valiente
  • issue: one-shot
  • release date: October, 2013
  • cover: A cover
  • format: 48-page comic
  • commentary: This one-shot was issued eight years after the initial four issue run.

8

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Johnny Desjardins
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #1 of 4
  • release date: December, 2018
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • commentary: Dynamite had several cross-overs involving the Re-Animator, including a series with Vampirella, interstellar Vampire from Drakulon.

9

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Johnny Desjardins
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #2 of 4
  • release date: February, 2019
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • commentary: This cross-over series ran four issues, each with a number of variant covers.

10

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Johnny Desjardins
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #3 of 4
  • release date: March, 2019
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • commentary: Johnny Desjardins drew the A covers for all four issues.

11

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Johnny Desjardins
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #4 of 4
  • release date: April, 2019
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic

12

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Stuart Sayger
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #1 of 4
  • release date: December, 2018
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic
  • commentary: Stuart Sayger drew the B variant covers for all four issues of Vampirella vs. Re-Animator.

13

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Stuart Sayger
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #2 of 4
  • release date: February, 2019
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic

14

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Stuart Sayger
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #3 of 4
  • release date: March, 2019
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic

15

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Stuart Sayger
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #4 of 4
  • release date: April, 2019
  • cover: B variant
  • format: standard comic

16

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #1 of 4
  • release date: December, 2018
  • cover: C variant
  • format: standard comic
  • commentary: Blacky Shepherd, the interior artist for the series, also drew the C variant covers for all four issues of Vampirella vs. Re-Animator.

17

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #2 of 4
  • release date: February, 2019
  • cover: C variant
  • format: standard comic

18

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #3 of 4
  • release date: March, 2019
  • cover: C variant
  • format: standard comic

19

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #4 of 4
  • release date: April, 2019
  • cover: C variant
  • format: standard comic

20

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cosplay model: Joanie Brosas
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #3 of 4
  • release date: March, 2019
  • cover: D variant
  • format: standard comic
  • commentary: All four issues of Vampirella vs. Re-Animator also featured a cover with a cosplay model dressed as Vampirella. In this gallery, we show only the cosplay variant form issue 3, which features Joanie Brosas, a fan favorite convention cosplayer with many popular costumes, including Red Sonja, Lara Croft and Ash Ketchum of Poké fame.

21

  • title: Vampirella vs. Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Nik Virella
  • writer: Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Blacky Shepherd
  • issue: #1 of 4
  • release date: December, 2018
  • cover: E variant
  • format: standard comic
  • commentary: All four issues of Vampirella vs. Re-Animator also featured a retailer incentive variant cover by Nick Virella.

22

  • title: Pathfinder Worldscape: Re-Animator (2018)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Roberto Castro
  • writer: Erick Mona
  • artist: Matt Gaudio
  • issue: one of a set of four one-shots
  • release date: April, 2018
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • commentary: In the third wave of Worldscape books, Dynamite teamed up with Paizo Publishing again to introduce the Re-Animator to the Pathfinder Universe. This was part of a second set of four one-shots available (originally) only through a Humble Bundle. This is the A cover. To our knowledge, the B variant book, advertised in the interior, was never made available for sale.

23

  • title: Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator: Necronomicon Rising (2022)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Tony Fleecs
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Eman Casallos
  • issue: #1 of 5
  • release date: July, 2022
  • cover: A cover
  • format: standard comic
  • commentary: The meeting of Herbert West the Re-Animator and Ash Williams of Army of Darkness resumed in 2022.

24

  • title: Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator: Necronomicon Rising (2022)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Stuart Sayger
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Eman Casallos
  • issue: #1 of 5
  • release date: July, 2022
  • cover: C variant
  • format: standard comic
  • commentary: Stuart Sayger drew the C variants to each issue.

25

  • title: Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator: Necronomicon Rising (2022)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Stuart Sayger
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Eman Casallos
  • issue: #2 of 5
  • release date: August, 2022
  • cover: D variant
  • format: standard comic

26

  • title: Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator: Necronomicon Rising (2022)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Stuart Sayger
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Eman Casallos
  • issue: #3 of 5
  • release date: September, 2022
  • cover: D variant
  • format: standard comic

27

  • title: Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator: Necronomicon Rising (2022)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Stuart Sayger
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Eman Casallos
  • issue: #4 of 5
  • release date: October, 2022
  • cover: D variant
  • format: standard comic

28

  • title: Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator: Necronomicon Rising (2022)
  • publisher: Dynamite
  • cover artist: Stuart Sayger
  • writer: Erik Burnham
  • artist: Eman Casallos
  • issue: #5 of 5
  • release date: November, 2022
  • cover: D variant
  • format: standard comic

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