Dark Horse Unveils Gou Tanabe's The Shadow Out of Time Manga – An Exclusive First Look
Discover Dark Horse’s thrilling manga adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s classic horror story, arriving October 28. Dive into cosmic terror today!
Dark Horse Comics Announces Manga Adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s Work
Dark Horse Comics is set to release a new manga adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s novella, The Shadow Out of Time, illustrated by Gou Tanabe. The manga will be available in bookstores on October 28 and in comic book stores on October 29.
About the Manga
The story follows Professor Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee, a once-respectable political economy professor at Miskatonic University in Arkham. His life takes a strange turn in 1908 when he witnesses his classroom transform into an alien landscape, leading to a mysterious five-year disappearance. Upon returning in 1913, Peaslee has no memory of his time away, but his subsequent research uncovers a long-forgotten race that still casts its shadow across time.
"What awoke was not the Nathaniel Peaslee his colleagues knew—at least, not his mind. Now associating with strange people, and speaking oddly of time, distant lands, and concepts of existence, his travels and research disturbed those who knew him."
Creative Team
- Translator: Zack Davisson, who previously translated Tanabe’s Lovecraft adaptations.
- Letterer: Steve Dutro
Background and Series History
Gou Tanabe first launched the manga in Kadokawa’s Monthly Comic Beam in April 2018, concluding it in November of the same year. This adaptation is part of a broader series of Lovecraft-inspired manga by Tanabe, including:
- H.P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories (2017)
- At The Mountains Of Madness (2019), which was nominated for Best Comic at the 46th Angoulême International Comics Festival
- The Shadow Over Innsmouth (released as an omnibus)
- The Call of Cthulhu (October 2024), which won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel
- The Colour Out of Space (July 2025)
Tanabe has also adapted other Lovecraft stories such as The Haunter of the Dark, The Outsider, and The Dunwich Horror. His latest projects include manga based on Lovecraft’s Dream Cycle stories and the character Randolph Carter.
Additional Information
Dark Horse continues to expand its Lovecraft manga collection, offering fans a rich visual journey into the cosmic horror universe created by Lovecraft himself.
Source: Press release
Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, owns a majority stake in Anime News Network.