PORTLAND, Ore. 08/29/2025 — The Eisner Award nominated, supernatural mystery series Phantom Road—by master storytellers Jeff Lemire (The Bone Orchard Mythos, Little Monsters) and Gabriel Hernández Walta (The Vision, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.)—will take a chilling turn into the heart of a brutal murder investigation with Occult undertones this October. The Phantom Road, Vol. 3 trade paperback will collect issues #11-15 and arrive from Image Comics just in time for Halloween.
Phantom Road, Vol. 3 plunges readers deeper into its eerie mythology—where strange leylines, monstrous entities, and a web of roadside horrors all lead back to a hair-raising conspiracy known as Project Jackknife.
Set in 1997, fans follow Agent Donald Weaver as he’s dispatched to rural Wisconsin to probe a string of grisly murders. Teamed with the unpredictable Agent Jimmy Harold, Weaver unearths something far more disturbing: a pattern connecting the Billy Bear truck stops, supernatural energy fields, and an ancient Evil bleeding through the cracks of reality.
The clues are piling up, but the truth is darker—and more dangerous—than anyone imagined.
With its signature mix of cryptic suspense, emotional depth, and jaw-dropping revelations, Phantom Road continues to grip fans of Twin Peaks, The Department of Truth, The X-Files, Gideon Falls, and Revival with its unique, atmospheric world building.
Phantom Road, Volume One trade paperback (ISBN: 9781534399792, Lunar Code 0823IM346) is available at local comic book shops, independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones.
Phantom Road, Volume Two trade paperback (ISBN: 9781534397163, Lunar Code 0424IM251) is available at local comic book shops, independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones.
Phantom Road, Volume Three trade paperback (ISBN: 9781534332867, Lunar Code 0825IM0478) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, October 8 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, October 21.
Phantom Road is also available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play, and Omnibus.
Select praise for Phantom Road:
“The visuals give the reader a wonderful sense of space, time and the visual transition between the two worlds.” —The Super Powered Fancast
“From its cold open utilizing an almost comic strip format to the long stretches of darkened highways and then endless expanses of desert, the writing, art, and colors all speak to a stripped-down but enthralling tale of lost souls. Fans of quieter stories with plenty of introspection and monstrosities will love this issue, which plays into the strengths of Lemire, Walta, Bellaire, and Wands.” —Comic Watch
“From the moment you open the comic’s front cover, a peak Lemire-ian vibe pulls you in with its atmospheric tone, one amplified tenfold by the work of Gabriel H. Walta.” —ComicBook.com
“Veteran color artist Jordie Bellaire creates a hazy, dust-filled atmosphere that captures the feeling of driving on a desert highway… resembling the visual atmosphere of Silent Hill in a way.” —Monkeys Fighting Robots
First look at preview pages from the upcoming trade paperback collected edition
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