The World Of The Lake House Residencts Might Literally Be Coming To An End in The Nice House by the Sea #9

The Eisner Award-winning creative team of The Nice House on the Lake of James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno who shocked the comics industry and unleashed a classic of contemporary horror… are back and no matter what you might think is coming, you aren’t ready for their second act

The residents of the House on the Lake and the House by the Sea were both told the same thing: that they were the only humans who survived a global apocalypse.

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But while Walter, the mysterious and seemingly all-powerful alien master of the Lake House, chose to save the people he’d grown fond of, the Sea House was assembled by another of his species, Max — and she chose the most brilliant and competitive humans.

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The residents of the Lake House must come to terms with the fact that their world might literally be coming to an end in The Nice House by the Sea #9

Fernando Blanco Variant Cover:

The Nice House by the Sea #9

Betrayed by the person who knows them all best, the residents of the Lake House must come to terms with the fact that their world might literally be coming to an end — and that the only one who can get them out of this is the one who got them into it in the first place… Walter. It’s a shame they shot him in the head, then…

Creative Team

• Writer: James Tynion IV
• Artist: Alvaro Martinez Bueno
• Colorist: Jordie Belaire
• Letterer: AndWorld Design
• Standard Cover: Alvaro Martinez Bueno
• Variant Cover: Fernando Blanco
• Editor: Chris Conroy
• Assistant Editor: Marquis Draper
• Format: Limited 12 Issue Series
• Cover Price/Page Count: $3.99/40 pages

The residents of the Lake House must come to terms with the fact that their world might literally be coming to an end in The Nice House by the Sea #9 on shelves and digital platforms April 8, 2026, from DC Comics Vertigo Imprint