Hyde Street #13 is positioned as the third chapter of “The Butcher,” a new story arc that shifts the series’ danger directly into the supposed refuge of Miss Goodbody. The issue is scheduled to reach comic shops on September 30, 2026, from Image Comics, with a $3.99 suggested retail price.
The central setup is unnerving in its simplicity: Miss Goodbody is agoraphobic, meaning she experiences fear or anxiety around leaving places that feel safe. Staying home might sound like a practical defense against a threat roaming Hyde Street. But the Butcher’s visit turns that logic inside out. This is not a danger a character can avoid merely by locking the door and refusing to go outside.
The issue’s solicitation identifies the story as “The Butcher, Part Three” and says the Residents of Hyde Street are left shaken after seeing why the villain has earned that name. Miss Goodbody is the Butcher’s next target. Preview material places her barricaded within the Fat Free shop, surrounded by warning signs, supplement bottles and police tape, before the knife-carrying figure arrives for what is framed with grim irony as a conversation.
A horror premise built around the failure of safety
Home invasion is a familiar horror device because it attacks a basic assumption: that private space is controllable. In this case, the idea has an added character dimension. Miss Goodbody’s agoraphobia makes her indoor world more than a setting; it is the place she has relied upon for protection. The Butcher entering that space therefore threatens both her physical safety and the emotional structure that has kept her functioning.
That does not establish the outcome of the confrontation, nor does the available material explain Miss Goodbody’s history. It does, however, make the issue’s immediate dramatic stakes clear. A character who has tried to build security through withdrawal cannot simply flee when an attacker reaches her shelter. The setting constricts the story, limiting options and making the threat feel personal rather than distant.
The Fat Free shop imagery is also deliberately peculiar: police tape and warning notices invoke crisis, while the bottles create an everyday, commercial backdrop. Horror often becomes more uncomfortable when it intrudes on routine spaces and ordinary objects. Here, the Butcher appears to bring violence into a location that otherwise suggests wellness retail and controlled habits.
Clarissa’s warning and the question around Judy
Alongside Miss Goodbody’s ordeal, the issue includes a second thread involving Clarissa and Mr. X-Ray. Clarissa warns him that something wicked has returned to Hyde Street. Her warning also raises the possibility that Judy’s disappearance is connected to the Butcher.
The wording matters. A connection is suggested, not confirmed. Readers should treat Judy’s fate and the full scope of the Butcher’s involvement as open questions entering this chapter. Still, placing that warning beside the attack on Miss Goodbody gives the arc two complementary sources of tension: an immediate threat taking place behind barricaded doors, and a wider mystery concerning a missing person and whatever has come back to the neighborhood.
“Returned” is another loaded term in a horror serial. It implies Hyde Street is dealing with a recurrence rather than an entirely new problem, though the currently available details do not define what has returned or how broadly it affects the street. The issue can therefore serve as a point of escalation for ongoing readers while making its core hook easy to understand: a specific killer is coming for a specific target who is especially unable to leave her sanctuary.
The creative team and cover options
Hyde Street #13 is written by Geoff Johns. The interior art and main cover credit is shared by Ivan Reis, Danny Miki and Brad Anderson. Reis is credited for art and cover work, Miki for art and cover work, and Anderson for art and cover work.
Two additional listed cover editions feature art by Francis Portella and Brad Anderson, while another listed cover is credited to Ivan Reis and Danny Miki. All listed versions carry the same $3.99 suggested retail price. The order listings are 0326IM0346, 0326IM0347 and 0326IM8585.
For readers who follow horror comics through their visual presentation, the cover approach fits the issue’s stated contrast: an ostensibly civil encounter framed around a character known as the Butcher. The solicitation’s deliberately dry reference to a “nice chat” makes clear that the domestic meeting is intended to land as menace, not comfort.
What “new story arc” means here
A story arc is a connected run of issues built around one larger conflict, mystery or character journey. Comics can be serialized for years, so arcs give readers identifiable entry points without necessarily resetting the ongoing world. “The Butcher, Part Three” means issue #13 is already in progress within this particular arc, rather than its first installment.
That distinction is useful for prospective readers. The premise in #13 is understandable from the solicitation alone, but the issue also refers to earlier events that revealed the Butcher’s nature and to an existing disappearance involving Judy. Anyone who wants the fullest context may want to look for the earlier two chapters of “The Butcher.” Conversely, the immediate Miss Goodbody setup has a self-contained urgency that could make this a workable sampling point for readers drawn to the premise.
The comic’s broader appeal rests on the collision of heightened horror naming—The Butcher, Mr. X-Ray, Hyde Street—with a very relatable kind of fear: the place intended to keep someone safe no longer doing so. Rather than promising a broad explanation of the series’ mythology, the available material focuses on that close-range confrontation and the anxiety created by a visitor who should never have been allowed inside.
Release details
- Title: Hyde Street #13
- Publisher: Image Comics
- Release date: September 30, 2026
- Writer: Geoff Johns
- Art and main cover: Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Brad Anderson
- Additional listed cover artists: Francis Portella and Brad Anderson; Ivan Reis and Danny Miki
- Suggested retail price: $3.99
- Story: “The Butcher, Part Three”
For another upcoming comic built around a violent collision of supernatural forces and returning characters, see Hack/Slash and Mercy Sparx Reunite in Canon Fodder #1 This December.
