Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham, Luca Rossi, Vertigo, $9.99

Fans of Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman” will recognize the titular abode as the home: of the biblical Cain, and the physical manifestation of Mystery in the universe. But you don’t have to be a former goth kid to enjoy this all-new series, the first six issues of which are collected here for a special introductory price. See, the “House of Mystery” is loose upon the multiverse, wandering around picking up strangers and trapping them within its hallowed walls. Why is it doing this, and what strange force is behind it all? IT’S A MYSTERY. See how clever? See?

Writers Sturges and Willingham pack each issue with creepy intrigue and reality bending adventure, the kind that some people might find strangely sexual in a way that they’re not currently ready to explore any further. The highlight of each issue in the collection is a short story by one of the authors and a rotating member of comics’ elite illustration community, ranging from comedy to horror to adventure to some indescribable hybrid of all three that lives for only a few moments before being destroyed by the weight of its own expectations.