Hoax Hunters

Hoax Hunters is a critically acclaimed series from Image Comics that blends paranormal investigation, satire, and supernatural horror. Co-created by Michael Moreci and Steve Seeley with art by Axel Medellin, the series ran from 2012 to 2014 across three volumes totaling over a dozen issues.

The concept is brilliant: a reality TV crew travels the world to “debunk” paranormal phenomena for a gullible audience. Aliens, cryptids, monsters—the Hoax Hunters uncover them all and dismiss them as hoaxes for the viewing public’s pleasure. Except nothing is actually a hoax. Every strange sighting, every inexplicable creature, every impossible event is real—and it’s the team’s job to keep them under wraps.

This premise allows the series to explore real-world conspiracy theories, urban legends, and folklore through a satirical lens while still delivering genuine horror. The team travels to Russia, the Louisiana Bayou, 1984 New Jersey, and beyond, each location offering both comedic potential and genuine dread.

The series first appeared as back-up strips in Tim Seeley’s Hack/Slash before graduating to its own series. The collected volumes—“Murder, Death & The Devil,” “Secrets and Lies,” and “The Book of Mothman”—earned numerous “best of” accolades in 2012, establishing Moreci and Seeley as a creative team to watch.

Moreci describes the tone as “a little bit of humor, suspense, and brain candy”—a blend of genres, histories, and folklore into something unique and unusual. The format allowed the creators to develop their world, settings, and characters across an ongoing series rather than a limited miniseries.

The series also included special issues like the flip book that parodied ghost-hunting reality shows and the annual “Case Files” issues featuring other creators exploring the Hoax Hunters universe.

Perfect for fans of The X-Files, Mythbusters, and Freaks and Geeks—smart, funny, and occasionally terrifying.