Boom Studios is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the landmark 50th issue of Something is Killing the Children. They’ve announced a new surprise addition to the already announced SIKTC #50 Blind Bags: a brand-new exclusive Erica Slaughter trading card tied to an upcoming, soon-to-be-announced trading card game for the series.
“Something is Killing the Children #50 is a milestone event, so you know we had to pull out all the stops,” said Eisner Award-winning, New York Times best-selling author James Tynion IV. “The Blind Bag program features a treasure trove of amazing cover artwork you could pull, along with a guaranteed trading card for the top secret SIKTC game we’ll be revealing more about very soon.”
Details about the upcoming SIKTC card game are still to come, but the fine people of BOOM! Are giving us an early look at the collectible card illustrated by Werther Dell’Edera. Tynion and Tiny Onion have found previous success with a trading card game in a different comic series, Exquisite Corpses. That TCG has featured exclusive cards available only at Tiny Onion Events and rare foil cards in polybagged issues of Exquisite Corpses.
“Earlier this year, Tiny Onion made a big splash with Exquisite Corpses: The Game, and we’re incredibly excited to continue our pursuits in the tabletop gaming space in partnership with our friends at BOOM!,” said Eric Harburn, Director of Narrative & Editor-in-Chief at Tiny Onion. “In Something is Killing the Children, James and Werther have created an immensely rich universe with iconic characters, monsters, and more; it’s been a longtime goal of ours to bring this world to tabletop gaming, and we’re thrilled to share more about our plans very soon!”
Something is Killing the Children#50 Blind Bag Variant will be available at your local comic shop on October 7, 2026. Check out a early look at Something is Killing the Children#50 below:
After the horrifying events of the Tribulation saga, Erica, completely distraught from her encounter with Cutter and the death of Gabi, is on the run from the Order. In her escape, she turns to a formative place for her: the Valmont Mountain Lodge.
But beyond memories of her past, what and who will Erica find there now awaiting her?
