WIZARD’S ANNUAL SCARE-TACULAR!
• Turn out the lights and bar the door against zombies—it’s Wizard’s annual Halloween issue! From our eagerly awaited Costume Contest to the biggest frights comics can drop in your trick-or-treat bag, Wizard serves up more scares than Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster and the Wolfman combined!

MARVEL’S WORLD WAR X!
• The X-Men hurtle towards a major turning point that’s going to rock the Merry Mutants: “Messiah Complex”! Will this latest X-event bring mutantkind together…or spell the extinction of mutants everywhere? Find out what’s in store for the fan-favorite X-franchise right here!

THE SCOOP ON ‘THE DARK KNIGHT’
• Wizard invades Gotham City! Find out everything you need to know about THE most highly anticipated fanboy film of 2008: “The Dark Knight,” starring Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader and Heath Ledger as the Joker! Get the 4-1-1 on the new villain, the updated costume and the latest Bat-wheels!

KILLER SEQUEL: ‘MARVEL ZOMBIES 2’!
• Sink your teeth into the undead craze once again in this follow-up to the smash-hit by Robert Kirkman (Ultimate X-Men) and Sean Phillips (Criminal), who reunite to revive Marvel’s undead denizens just in time for Halloween! Marvel Zombies 2 will scare up a legion of readers, and with those monstrous homage covers by Arthur Suydam, expect a second course of zombie greatness. Pass the salt…it’s brains time!

THE 25 GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF THE CENTURY
• Does “The Ring” cause you to cringe under the covers? Do you avoid “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” because of a weak heart? Will “The Descent” climb to the top of our list of the Greatest Horror movies of the 21st century? Pick up this ish to find out—and you better keep that nightlight handy, horror fans!