# A special wytch is not to be missed

> Review: Wytches Bad Eggs Halloween Special Written by Scott Snyder Art by Jock Colour Art by Matt Hollingsworth

By Jonathan Foye · 10 December 2018 · Reviews / Books

Canonical: https://insights1.uca.org.au/articles/a-special-wytch-is-not-to-be-missed/

**Review: Wytches Bad Eggs Halloween Special** **Written by Scott Snyder**
 **Art by Jock**
 **Colour Art by Matt Hollingsworth**

After a long absence, the *Wytches* comic story is once again underway, with a one-off special that will impact on the upcoming second arc.

For a while, Image Plus has contained short installments of a *Wytches* prequel. The Halloween special collects this story in one 80 page volume and expands on it.

In the first arc, readers were introduced to the wytches, mystical creatures that are born in trees, feasting on unsuspecting victims ‘pledged’ to them.

Taking place years before the first story, the *Wytches Halloween Special* introduces a new family of hunters who have long worked to curtail the wytches. Here, this family find themselves in a new town, hunting a new nest of ‘highest horn’, wytches who have special status. Young Seb finds himself tasked with killing his only friend Jackson and his entire family in order to prevent a new evil from getting out.

Along the way, the *Wytches Halloween Special* brings up questions about loyalty, friendship, and whether an evil task (in this case, killing a young boy alongside his entire evil family) is ever justified in the service of a greater good.

Scott Snyder’s knack for building tension and world building put his multiple-year *Batman* run in good stead. The *Wytches Halloween Special* brings these strengths to the fore, with a constantly tense story that adds many more elements to *Wytches*’ lore. Once again, Jock’s pencils mesh very well with Snyder’s ideas. Matt Hollingsworth’s washed out colour art gives this an even more unsettling feel.

With characters and storyline elements from this special set to return with a new *Wytches* series in 2019, this special is perfectly timed as a bridge between series.

Horror fans would do well to track this special down, alongside **[the mainline series](https://www.insights.uca.org.au/reviews/a-bewitching-story)**. As horror comics go, it is one of the most addictive, and leaves a lasting impression. Pledged is pledged.

**Jonathan Foye is *Insights’* Editor**