Flinch (1999) 7

Written by Bill Willingham, Jim Woodring and Devin Grayson; art by Willingham, Randy DuBurke and Phil Jimenez; cover by John Mueller In stores October 27. A collection of dark treats to add to your bag of Halloween loot. A costume shop and its clients are not who they appear to be in "It Takes a Village" (written and illustrated by Bill Willingham); a man's harrowing experience in a surreal world masks an even more disturbing, sadistic secret in "The Toy" (written by Jim Woodring with art by Randy DuBurke); and a street celebration turns into a nightmare when a proud young man tries to join a very different kind of "Parade" (written by Devin Grayson and drawn by Phil Jimenez). MATURE READERS FC, 32 pg." Cover price $2.50.