Joining the Horror family is a group of social outcasts that are forced to shun the light of day as well as mainstream society: The spectral apparition Polychrome, the amphibious spitfire Starfish, the hulking pyromorph Firelion, the young reptile-man Komodo, the streetwise animal-human hybrid Raccoon, and the silent undead gunslinger Gunwitch. Together they live in Doc Horror's underground sanctuary called the Tomb, both attempting to stave off the various supernatural menaces that threaten Pacific City as well as maintain at least a facsimile of a normal life.

Doc Horror's chief nemesis is the Crim, a parasitic species of extradimensional conquerors who ravaged his home world before he and Eve escaped to Earth. They have aligned themselves with the insidious Narn K Corporation, a powerful multinational that specializes in bizarre experimentation and secretive weapons development, and have been busy producing animal-human hybrids and synthetic soldiers for use in warfare and ultimately global invasion. Aside from the Narn K and the Crim, Horror and his crew have encountered everything from wish-granting demon lanterns and vampire street gangs to hillbilly bat-witches and robotic mobster hitmen.

The hallmark of the Nocturnals Black Planet miniseries is Brereton's moody, gothic style realized by handpainted art in every panel. The storytelling and visual imagery draws its influences from an eclectic mix of sources, including gangster films, science fiction, Lovecraftian creatures, and film noir. Brereton's supernatural art made a fan of rocker Rob Zombie, who used Brereton to design art for his multi-platinum Hellbilly Deluxe album and also wrote the foreword to Nocturnals: The Witching Hour one-shot.

The Nocturnals were seen in sparse appearances from 1994 through 2002. In 2006 the series was relaunched by Olympian Publishing, reprinting the past twelve years in a series of oversized hardcovers and presented in an all new series in 2007.

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Added: October 6, 2008

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