First things first, an introduction. Hack/Slash is a horror/action comic book created by writer and sometimes penciler Tim Seeley (Nightwing, Revival) and published by Image Comics.
At the end of every horror movie, one girl always survives… in Hack/Slash, Cassie Hack not only survives, but she also turns the tables by hunting and destroying the horrible slashers that would do harm to the innocent! Alongside the gentle giant known as Vlad, the two cut a bloody path through those who deserve to be put down… hard!
There are multiple volumes of Hack/Slash, crossovers, and editions. Everything began in 2004 with one-shots and the first ongoing series started in 2007 at Devil’s Due Publishing before going to Image Comics.
Hack/Slash Comics Reading Order:
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Hack/Slash: Deluxe Edition
The last edition to this date is the Deluxe edition, collecting the series in a fancy oversized hardcover edition.
- Hack/Slash – Deluxe Edition Vol. 1
Collects Euthanized, Girls Gone Dead, Comic Book Carnage, Land Of Lost Toys #1–3, Trailers, The Slice Hard Prequel And Slice Hard, And The Hellish Crossovers With Chucky And Evil Ernie. - Hack/Slash – Deluxe Edition Vol. 2
Collects Hack/Slash: The Series #1-14 & Hack/Slash Annual #1, Plus An All-New Hack/Slash Bonus Story. - Hack/Slash: Deluxe Crossovers
Collects Hack/Slash Vampirella 1-5, Hack/Slash Vs Eva 1-5 &Hack/Slash Vs Chaos! 1-5 - Hack/Slash – Deluxe Edition Vol. 3
Collects Hack/Slash #18-32 And The “Entry Wound” One-Shot - More to come!
Hack/Slash: Omnibus Collection
Before the Deluxe Edition was the Omnibus Edition, a compilation of the series with a softcover.
- Hack/Slash Omnibus Volume 1
Collects Euthanized, Girls Gone Dead, Comic Book Carnage, Hack/Slash Vs. Evil Ernie, The Land of Lost Toys #1–3, Trailers, Slashing Through the Snow (previously unpublished), Slice Hard Prequel and Slice Hard, Hack/Slash Vs. Chucky. - Hack/Slash Omnibus Volume 2
Collects Hack/Slash #1–17 and the first Annual. - Hack/Slash Omnibus Volume 3
Collects Hack/Slash #18-32, Hack/Slash: Entry Wound, HACKoween and Living Corpse Annual. - Hack/Slash Omnibus Volume 4
Collects Hack/Slash Vol.2 #1-11, Annuals 2-3 , Zombies VS. Cheerleaders and the 2011 Holiday Special. - Hack/Slash Omnibus Volume 5
Collects Hack/Slash Vol.2 #12-25 and the mini Hack/Slash vs. Mercy Sparx. - Hack/Slash Omnibus Volume 6
Collects Hack/Slash: Son of Samhain #1-5 and Hack/Slash: Resurrection #1-12.
Hack/Slash: Classic Trade Paperbacks
I. Hack/Slash one-shots and Limited Series
- Hack/Slash: First Cut
Collects the introduction Euthanized (contains a 4-page origin for Cassie), Girls Gone Dead and Comic Book Carnage (with a murderer going after Steve Niles, Scottie Young, and Robert Kirkman). - Hack/Slash: Death By Sequel
Collects The Land of Lost Toys (contains a 4-page origin for Vlad), Trailers, Slice Hard Prequel, and Slice Hard.
II. Hack/Slash Volume 1
- Hack/Slash: Friday the 31st
Collects Hack/Slash Vs. Chucky, a story taking place after the film Seed of Chucky that serves as a sequel to Girls Gone Dead, and Hack/Slash #1–4, the beginning of the first ongoing series. - Hack/Slash: Revenge of the Return
Collects Hack/Slash #5–10.
- Hack/Slash: Reanimation Games
Collects Hack/Slash #11–17, and Hack/Slash Annual (this one going between issues #11 and #12). - Hack/Slash: In Revenge and In Love
Collects Hack/Slash #18–23 and the mini-series Hack/Slash: Entry Wound. - Hack/Slash: New Blood Old Wounds
Collects Hack/Slash #24–28 and Vlad and Cassie vs. Bloody Mary - Hack/Slash: Super Sidekick Sleepover Slaughter
Collects Hack/Slash #29–32, and Hackoween.
Interlude
- Hack/Slash: My First Maniac
Collects the four-issue miniseries My First Maniac, the first to be published by Image. It’s a prequel set during Cassie’s teenage years, showing her life directly after the second death of her mother, and before she met Vlad. You can read it earlier if you want to.
III. Hack/Slash Volume 2
- Hack/Slash: Torture Prone
Collects Hack/Slash Annual #2 and Hack/Slash Vol. 2 #1–4. - Hack/Slash: Dead Celebrities
Collects Hack/Slash Vol.2 #5–8 and the Annual 3: HATCHET/SLASH. - Hack/Slash: Marry, F**k, Kill
Collects Hack/Slash Volume 2 #9–15.
- Hack/Slash: Dark Sides
Collects Hack/Slash Volume 2 #16–19 and the mini Hack/Slash vs. Mercy Sparx. - Hack/Slash: Final
Collects Hack/Slash Volume 2 #20–25.
IV. Hack/Slash Volume 3
In July 2014, Image started the publication of a new five-issue miniseries, but Tim Seeley did not work on it. It was written by Michael Moreci and Steve Seeley. When a mysterious cult of monsters arises, Cassie is forced to return to the life she thought she’d left behind.
- Hack/Slash: Son of Samhain
Collects Hack/Slash: Son of Samhain #1-5. Also collected in Hack/Slash Omnibus Volume 6.
V. Hack/Slash Volume 4: Resurrection
Hack/Slash is back, but it’s not written by Tim Seeley anymore, it’s Tini Howard. Cassie Hack has been living off the grid, but when a new monstrous threat arises to torment the kids at Camp Indigo River, it’s time for Cassie to pick up the baseball bat once again!
- Hack/Slash Resurrection Vol. 1
Collects Hack/Slash Resurrection #1-6. - Hack/Slash: Resurrection Vol. 2: Blood Simple
Collects Hack/Slash Resurrection #7-12.
VI. Other Hack/Slash crossovers
- Hack/Slash/Eva: Monster’s Ball
Published by Dynamite Comics, this 4-part mini-series written by Brandon Jerwa brings Eva, a time-lost warrior who believes that God wants her to rid our world of the foul things that lurk in the shadows, and Cassie Hack together. When a mysterious figure brings them together, the whole world’s going to be reminded that Hell hath no fury like two women on a mission in a city full of monsters! - Army of Darkness Vs. Hack/Slash
Another Dynamite Comics crossover and, as the title suggests, it’s a six-part crossover featuring Ash Williams of the Evil Dead series.
- Nailbiter/Hack/Slash
Tim Seeley is back for a one-shot crossover with the Nailbiter. - Hack/Slash vs. Vampirella
Another Dynamite Comics crossover written by Tim Seeley. This one teamed up Cassie and Vlad with Vampirella in order to stop the Blood Queen. - Hack/Slash vs. Chaos
Another Dynamite Comics crossover written by Tim Seeley. Cassie and Vlad are going to have to team up with megadeath dispenser Evil Ernie to stop the slaughter, putting them on a path that appears to lead through Chastity, the Chosen, and Purgatori!
VII. Hack/Slash: Back to School by Zoe Thorogood
Slasher hunter Cassie Hack is back in a new miniseries, this time by the writer/artist of It’s Lonely at the Center of the Earth, Zoe Thorogood, with Tim Seeley serving as the editor.
- Hack/Slash: Back to School #1-4
Ongoing publication. No TPB announced yet.
Last Updated on October 13, 2023.