Richard Corben’s Tale of Backwoods Terror Rat God arrives in a Special Hardcover Edition this Fall

Dark Horse Books presents Rat God, a new hardcover edition of Richard Corben’s Lovecraft and Appalachian horror-inspired stories. Written and illustrated by Eisner Hall of Fame inductee Corben, colored by Beth Corben Reed, and with remastered lettering by Nate Piekos, this updated edition is the next beautifully designed hardcover volume to join the Richard Corben library. It includes a foreword by Bram Stoker Award-Winning author Caitlín R. Kiernan and both the original black-and-white and color versions of the long out-of-print short comic, “The Rats in the Walls.”

Terrible things stalk the forests outside Arkham in this chilling original tale from comics master Richard Corben! An arrogant city slicker on a quest to uncover the background of a young woman from the backwoods finds horrors beyond imagining, combining Lovecraftian mutations with Native American legends.

Rat God (184 pages, hardcover, 8” x 11”) will be available in bookstores and comic shops on November 18 and 19, 2025. It is now available for pre-order at Amazon, Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, and your local comic shop or bookstore for $39.99.