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Hobtown Mystery Stories returns with another perfectly unsettling slice of small-town high weirdness

Gareth Branwyn
Nov 25, 2025
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Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes’ Hobtown Mystery Stories has always lived in a strange interzone between Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew sleuth adventures, creepy deep-woods paranoia, and small-town bucolic cuteness. This November 25, Oni Press is releasing The Secret of the Saucer, the first brand-new Hobtown graphic novel since the series moved to Oni, and it’…

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