Stuff of Nightmares: The Cat in the Coffin #1
Cover D · Francesco Francavilla Glow-in-the-Dark Full Art Variant · original first printing · Collect Forever Soft Slab
26 August 2026
R.L. Stine's 2026 Stuff of Nightmares one-shot The Cat in the Coffin, preserved in the Francesco Francavilla Cover D full-art glow-in-the-dark variant. The story is a self-contained black-cat curse tale framed by the Nightmare Keeper, with Matthew Dunn art and a tactile specialty cover that forms part of BOOM!'
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- #1
- Publisher
- BOOM! Studios
- State
- Collect Forever Soft Slab
- Condition
- Near Mint appearance within Collect Forever Soft Slab; ungraded
- Completeness
- Complete comic presumed from intact encapsulated presentation; front and rear covers physically verified. Interior pagination is inaccessible for direct collation while housed in the Soft Slab.
- Rarity
- Open-order glow-in-the-dark variant; no ratio incentive identified
Catalogue note
R.L. Stine's 2026 Stuff of Nightmares one-shot The Cat in the Coffin, preserved in the Francesco Francavilla Cover D full-art glow-in-the-dark variant. The story is a self-contained black-cat curse tale framed by the Nightmare Keeper, with Matthew Dunn art and a tactile specialty cover that forms part of BOOM!'s collector-oriented variant programme. This copy is preserved in a Collect Forever Soft Slab.
Writer: R.L. Stine
Artist: Matthew Dunn; colours by Pippa Bowland; letters by Simon Bowland
Cover: Francesco Francavilla
Edition: Cover D · Glow in the Dark Variant · Full Art / Virgin · UPC 84428401344401041
Why this object matters
Francavilla’s glow-in-the-dark full-art cover gives this Stine one-shot a tangible production distinction relevant to TMR’s variant comparisons. That novelty and the author connection are meaningful, but not enough to establish outstanding historical importance.
Evidence limits: Complete comic presumed from intact encapsulated presentation; front and rear covers physically verified. Interior pagination is inaccessible for direct collation while housed in the Soft Slab.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 7.5 / 10.
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Recorded contributions · 3
- R.L. StineWritingCatalogue credit
Writing credit: R.L. Stine Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Matthew Dunn; colours by Pippa Bowland; letters by Simon Bowland Original catalogue credit
Find other objects with this contribution → - Francesco FrancavillaCover artworkCatalogue credit
Cover artwork credit: Francesco Francavilla Original catalogue credit
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