The original MADAME XANADU team of Eisner nominees Matt Wagner and Amy Reeder Hadley is back! Bringing to my mind a certain AMC TV show, this month’s issue is full of fashion . . . and unexplained occurrences. When the gloss and polish of a 1950s Madison Avenue exec’s wife begins to tarnish she needs more than a pair of pants.

Check out the cover and these gorgeous pages from issue #16:

What better place for a Halloween party than the HOUSE OF MYSTERY? And guess what? You’re all invited.

This October we’re publishing our first ever Halloween Annual. This special 48-page book will contain a framing story by the regular HOM creative team, writer Matthew Sturges and artists Luca Rossi and Jose Marzan Jr. However, it will also included short stories from HELLBLAZER by Peter Milligan, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini and MADAME XANADU by Matt Wagner, Amy Reeder Hadley and Richard Friend as well as a special MERV PUMPKINHEAD tale (the first in over 8 years!) by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham and Kevin Nowlan.

What? That’s not enough?

You’ll also be treated to a yarn spotlighting a new monthly series!

Come back this afternoon for the second major part of this announcement.

Nominated for 4 Eisner Awards, MADAME XANADU, written by Matt Wagner, continues to mystify and seduce the mere mortals that we are. In this 5-issue story, brought to life by illustrator Michael Wm. Kaluta, Madame Xanadu investigates a murder that spans from the time of the Spanish Inquisition to 1940s New York City.

Here’s a pencil, ink, and final page colored by Dave Stewart from the upcoming issue #13 to make you salivate. And as a bonus, check out the covers of all five issues (#11-15) linked together—beautiful, don’t you think?