Trick ’r Treat Gets Its First All-Original Graphic Novel in a Decade, With 4 New Sam Stories

Fan art of Sam, the masked Halloween figure from Trick 'r Treat

Legendary Comics will release Trick ‘r Treat: Witching Hours, a 168-page anthology with 4 never-before-published Sam stories, on October 13, 2026. It’s the first all-original graphic novel set in Michael Dougherty’s Trick ‘r Treat Halloween universe in 10 years.

Dougherty is joined by writers Todd Casey, Zach Shields, Curtis Waugh and Breehn Burns. Successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2024, the book features art by Rafael T. Pimentel, Andrea Mutti, El Garing and others.

Trick 'r Treat fan art featuring Sam, the Halloween spirit mascot
Fan art celebrating the Trick ‘r Treat Halloween universe. Credit: Creepy Catalog.

Lonely patients at a rundown nursing home summon the spirit of Halloween for one final celebration in One Last Halloween. In Did You Miss Me, a man returns from the dead for 1 Halloween night to reunite with his wife and find closure, but uncovers a horrifying secret.

Halloween is nearly forgotten at the distant space colony in Harvest Moons. The ranch hands of Halloween Country interrupt an occult ritual in Wyoming corn country and are hunted by a half-formed creature from Halloween folklore.

Dougherty called the book “a true labor of love” and “the best Halloween party ever.”

Meet The Author