Up, up and away! The Legend of Captain Terrificon!

Last year, when we attended Terrificon at the Mohegan Sun here in Connecticut, we scored a copy of the wonderfully fun giveaway comicbook, Captain Terrificon Presents: The Scarry Squad. The comic, written by Paul Kupperberg, with art by Pat & Tim Kennedy, inks by Barbara Kaalberg, and lettering and color by Mortt Todd. It contained a back-up story by Paul with pencils by Rich Maurizio, inks and colors by Ken Weaton, and colors by Robert Snyser, as well as a second story by showrunner Mitch Hallock, and illustrated by George Deep, tells the origin story of Captain Terrificon.

Well, this year (2026) Mitch did it again, and produced and distributed yet another (albeit smaller) comicbook. Smaller, not so much in size, but in page count. This comic actually functions the dual role of presenting us with the origin of Captain Terrificon, as well as the convention’s program. It is a flip-book, with the program presented as the “up” side when opened one way, and the comic story as the “up” side when the book is flipped over and opened the other way.

The program side gives us a message from Mitch, the panel schedule, an ad for Terrificon merch, an ad for Boom Tube Comics, a list of vendors and guest artists (along with their location at the show), as well as a floor layout for the convention. The flip (comicbook) side gives us a one-page recap of what occurred last issue with Cap. Terrificon, as well as a five-page story of the good Captain’s origin. Both the recap and the comic are written by Mitch and George Deep and illustrated by George.

Needless to say, the show itself was all kinds of a major blast as not only is it Connecticut’s premier comicbook show, the show is most especially a comic-centric show featuring comicbooks and comicbook creators front and center. To be sure there are numerous celebrity guests, but many, if not all, of them are—if not comicbook related, at the very least comicbook adjacent in their celebrity. This year, among the comicbook celebs were Chris Claremont, Mike Gold, Rick Parker, Mike DeCarlo, Richard & Wendy Pini, Klaus Janson, Denys Cowan, (all of whom I got to chat briefly with), and others.

Oh yeah, I also met Captain Terrificon himself.

    I was also there as an invited guest (first time, thanks Mitch), and not only was I able to catch up with several of my fellow creator friends, but I met a fan who had a pristine copy of Agent Unknown #1, the very first comic I created and was available from Renegade Press. Also, I did rather well at the show (my first three-day event where I was exhibiting). I was aided and abated by my nephew Tony-o, so, a totally amazing experience.

All-in-all, the Captain Terrificon comic giveaway is both informative and entertaining, as well as a pretty nifty souvenir of the show itself. Can hardly wait ‘til next year to read more about Captain Terrificon.

 

Here was my table at the show!