IDW Publishing has released the complete collection of The Exorcism at Buckingham Palace, the horror series from writer Hannah Rose May and artist Kelsey Ramsay. The 128-page paperback from the IDW Dark imprint is in bookstores now, and it follows a disgraced playboy who inherits the British throne after the rest of the royal family disappears at sea. IDW announced the release yesterday. Check out the official post down below:
What The Exorcism At Buckingham Palace Is About
IDW bills the book as the continuation of "the dark comic series that dared to possess a nation," moving the story from America to England. The official synopsis opens at 5:00 a.m. at 10 Downing Street, where the prime minister gets a call that the royal family has been lost at sea.
Parliament falls into chaos, Buckingham Palace goes into lockdown, and conspiracy theories spread across the airwaves and social media. Some blame an attack on the prince and princess, while others point to an ancient family curse. The only heir left is Theo Belmont, whom IDW describes as "a scandal-prone playboy, tabloid fixture, and barely-recovered addict." The crown he never wanted is now his, and the synopsis asks: "Can Theo rise to meet his destiny or will the weight of it drag him into darkness?"
Collection Details
- Writer: Hannah Rose May
- Artist: Kelsey Ramsay
- Imprint: IDW Dark
- Format: Paperback, 128 pages
- Price: $17.99
- Contents: The Exorcism at Buckingham Palace #1 to #3
IDW Dark is the publisher's horror imprint, and IDW tagged the announcement with #IDWDARK. The collection was published earlier this week. The 3 single issues came out from March to June 2026. Issue #1 carried a main cover by Ramsay along with variants by Damien Worm, Heather Vaughan and Vanesa Del Rey.
The Exorcism At 1600 Penn
May and IDW started the series with The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, a 4-issue series drawn by Vanesa Del Rey (Scarlet Witch) that came out in 2024. IDW calls it a "supernatural-horror graphic novel" about the most famous address in the United States. Kelly Doyle has just been elected the first female president, and she is balancing life as the mother of 2 teenagers, a shifting media environment and the job of preventing World War III. She could never predict, in IDW's words, "that the nation's hallowed halls would soon become a demonic battleground for good versus evil."
IDW pitched that book to readers of The Nice House on the Lake and The Haunting of Hill House, and its collected edition sells for $21.99. Del Rey returned for the Buckingham Palace series with a variant cover for the first issue.
The Buckingham Palace story moves the same idea across the Atlantic. IDW's description says May and Ramsay "return to exorcise the demons haunting England's most famous address," and the conspiracy theories in the synopsis put an ancient family curse on the table from the first night of the crisis.
The Creators
Hannah Rose May's other credits include Rogues' Gallery, a 4-issue Image Comics thriller drawn by Justin Mason in 2022, in which TV superhero actress Maisie Wade is trapped in her home by obsessive fans cosplaying as her character's villains. Kelsey Ramsay's earlier work includes Moon Dogs and Godzilla: Heist, the latter also from IDW.
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Which setting works better for a possession story, the White House in The Exorcism at 1600 Penn or Buckingham Palace?
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