The dates.
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Halloween / Michael Myers: research table, product / access matches and inspection gaps.

VERIFICATION STATUS

Broad coverage.
Open questions.

58 catalogue records; 44 indexed works. Shared branch points, embedded scenes and anthology containers are distinguished.

A research edition, not a completed full-interior audit. A missing date remains an inspection gap until the actual work has been checked.

Inventory / contradiction checks

Thirteen released feature films inventoried; original shared films repeated only for continuity selection and marked shared for counts.
Seven prose film adaptations, three Berkley originals and illustrated verse retelling inventoried; source-story formats grouped.
Nightdance published #1–4 and First Death published #1–2 grouped; unreleased #3 excluded. Five 30 Years of Terror stories and Charlie bonus individually inventoried.
Convention Retribution and Descent added as its own incompatible story; not confused with One Good Scare.
Modern trilogy uses 2018 / 2019 prologue / 2022 rather than release order. Thorn uses official elapsed intervals.
New game’s 1978 campaign and deluxe comic inventoried, without assuming every edition or cosmetic is a new story.
Exact date claims from original official summaries distinguished from estimated comic interleaving. Full unavailable interiors not claimed inspected.

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Original convention comic / other comic interiors and legal previews not recovered. Published inventories / creator testimony checked; page-level exact dates remain qualified where evidence is secondary.
Full film / prose / comic interiors not inspected. Cut-specific remake dates, YA dates and individual nested-story dates need original evidence.
Retired official website files need an archived inventory; author confirms some location fiction was never published.
Most Amazon product matches remain unverified; correct publisher / rights-holder destinations supplied rather than unrelated products.
Licensed crossovers, promotional narrative shorts, audio editions and attraction-specific original stories require final omission / duplication audit.

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Entry	Media / release	Story date	Canon / continuity	Placement / inspection	Sources	Edition / viewing match
Halloween — Judith Myers prologueMichael’s childhood crime begins this history. · Embedded segment	Film segmentReleased 1978	October 31, 1963Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Optional scene within the original film; same 1963 origin retained by these three routes.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween (1978) — Blu-ray	Halloween (1978) — Blu-rayExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween (1978) — main story / television scenesAn escaped killer stalks Haddonfield.	FilmReleased 1978; television version 1981	October 30–31, 1978Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Original film and its additional television scenes are one story edition. Extra scenes are qualified against the selected sequel history.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween (1978) — Blu-ray	Halloween (1978) — Blu-rayExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween — Curtis Richards novel / illustrated reprintThe original night in expanded prose.	NovelReleased 1979; illustrated reprint 2023	October 1978; earlier backstory embeddedRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Grouped with its source film. Added ancestral / childhood material is not automatically confirmed in the screen history. Reprint is the same novel.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Printed in Blood — licensed original novel reprint	View licensed novel editionExact containing reprint, currently marked sold out. No current stock promised.
Halloween — Judith Myers prologueMichael’s childhood crime begins this history. · Embedded segment	Film segmentReleased 1978	October 31, 1963Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → II → 4–6	Optional scene within the original film; same 1963 origin retained by these three routes.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween (1978) — Blu-ray	Halloween (1978) — Blu-rayExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween (1978) — main story / television scenesAn escaped killer stalks Haddonfield. · Shared branch-point work	FilmReleased 1978; television version 1981	October 30–31, 1978Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → II → 4–6	Original film and its additional television scenes are one story edition. Extra scenes are qualified against the selected sequel history.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween (1978) — Blu-ray	Halloween (1978) — Blu-rayExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween — Curtis Richards novel / illustrated reprintThe original night in expanded prose. · Shared branch-point work	NovelReleased 1979; illustrated reprint 2023	October 1978; earlier backstory embeddedRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → II → 4–6	Grouped with its source film. Added ancestral / childhood material is not automatically confirmed in the screen history. Reprint is the same novel.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Printed in Blood — licensed original novel reprint	View licensed novel editionExact containing reprint, currently marked sold out. No current stock promised.
Halloween — Judith Myers prologueMichael’s childhood crime begins this history. · Embedded segment	Film segmentReleased 1978	October 31, 1963Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Optional scene within the original film; same 1963 origin retained by these three routes.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween (1978) — Blu-ray	Halloween (1978) — Blu-rayExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween (1978) — main story / television scenesAn escaped killer stalks Haddonfield. · Shared branch-point work	FilmReleased 1978; television version 1981	October 30–31, 1978Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Original film and its additional television scenes are one story edition. Extra scenes are qualified against the selected sequel history.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween (1978) — Blu-ray	Halloween (1978) — Blu-rayExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween — Curtis Richards novel / illustrated reprintThe original night in expanded prose. · Shared branch-point work	NovelReleased 1979; illustrated reprint 2023	October 1978; earlier backstory embeddedRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Grouped with its source film. Added ancestral / childhood material is not automatically confirmed in the screen history. Reprint is the same novel.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Printed in Blood — licensed original novel reprint	View licensed novel editionExact containing reprint, currently marked sold out. No current stock promised.
Halloween II (1981)The pursuit continues at Haddonfield Memorial.	FilmReleased 1981	October 31 – November 1, 1978Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → II → 4–6	Immediate continuation of the original night; release year is not the fictional year.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween II (1981) — film edition	Halloween II (1981) — film editionExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween II — Jack Martin novelizationThe hospital sequel retold in prose.	NovelReleased 1981	October 31 – November 1, 1978Relative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → II → 4–6	Same-story adaptation; additional prose scenes require separate screen-canon qualification.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Halloween prose adaptation inventory	Read edition historyCorresponding out-of-print book inventoried. Exact legitimate Amazon product still unverified.
Halloween II (1981)The pursuit continues at Haddonfield Memorial. · Shared branch-point work	FilmReleased 1981	October 31 – November 1, 1978Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Immediate continuation of the original night; release year is not the fictional year.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween II (1981) — film edition	Halloween II (1981) — film editionExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween II — Jack Martin novelizationThe hospital sequel retold in prose. · Shared branch-point work	NovelReleased 1981	October 31 – November 1, 1978Relative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Same-story adaptation; additional prose scenes require separate screen-canon qualification.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Halloween prose adaptation inventory	Read edition historyCorresponding out-of-print book inventoried. Exact legitimate Amazon product still unverified.
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael MyersJamie Lloyd becomes Michael’s target.	FilmReleased 1988	October 30–31, 1988Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → II → 4–6	Official ten-year jump from 1978 fixes 1988.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween 4 — film edition	Halloween 4 — film editionExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael MyersJamie’s connection to Michael deepens.	FilmReleased 1989	October 30–31, 1989Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → II → 4–6	A year after Halloween 4; earlier escape recalled within the film.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween 5 — Blu-ray	Halloween 5 — Blu-rayExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers — theatrical / producer’s cutsTommy Doyle confronts the Thorn legacy.	FilmReleased 1995; alternate cut later released	October 30–31, 1995Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → II → 4–6	Official six-year interval after 1989 fixes 1995. Cuts share a story position but differ in explanation and outcome.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween VI — unrated producer’s cut	Halloween VI — unrated producer’s cutExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween IV — Nicholas Grabowsky novel / revised editionThe Jamie Lloyd story in expanded prose.	NovelReleased 1988; revised edition 2003	October 1988; earlier material embeddedRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → II → 4–6	Same story as the fourth film. Revised text / new material belongs with this adaptation, not a new 2003 fictional sequel.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Halloween prose adaptation inventory	Read novel edition historyExact novel inventoried; current Amazon match not verified.
Halloween H20: 20 Years LaterLaurie faces Michael under a new identity.	FilmReleased 1998	October 1998Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Twenty years after the first two films. This history replaces the Jamie Lloyd route.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Cinemark — incompatible film routes Trancas — Halloween H20 — film edition	Halloween H20 — film editionExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween: Resurrection — Laurie prologueMichael finds Laurie in a psychiatric facility. · Embedded segment	Film segmentReleased 2002	2001; three years after H20Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Official synopsis gives a three-year interval from 1998. Do not date this opening 2002 merely from release.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween: Resurrection — film edition	Halloween: Resurrection — film editionExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween: Resurrection — webcast storyA webcast turns the Myers house into a killing ground.	FilmReleased 2002	est. 2002; Halloween seasonEvidence-based estimate	Confirmed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Later webcast section follows the prologue. Precise elapsed interval / original prop date still needs film inspection; 2002 remains qualified.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween: Resurrection — film edition	Halloween: Resurrection — film editionExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween (2018)Laurie prepares for Michael’s return.	FilmReleased 2018	October 2018Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Forty years after the original 1978 attack; the 1981 sequel does not occur on this route.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Titan — Halloween official novelization Cinemark — incompatible film routes Trancas — Halloween (2018) — digital film	Halloween (2018) — digital filmExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween (2018) — John Passarella novelizationThe modern return in expanded prose.	NovelReleased 2018	October 2018; earlier material embeddedRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Same central events as the film. Expanded passages are qualified as adaptation material.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Titan — Halloween official novelization	View official novel editionExact publisher product, ISBN 9781789090529; Amazon destination not verified.
Halloween Kills — Hawkins’s 1978 recollectionHawkins remembers the original pursuit. · Embedded segment	Film segmentReleased 2021	October 31, 1978Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Embedded 1978 flashback rather than a 2021 event.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	PRH / Titan — Halloween Kills Universal — Halloween Ends home release Trancas — Halloween Kills — extended digital edition	Halloween Kills — extended digital editionExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween KillsHaddonfield’s survivors organize a manhunt.	FilmReleased 2021	Halloween night, 2018Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Continues the 2018 night. The three-year real release gap is not a story gap.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	PRH / Titan — Halloween Kills Universal — Halloween Ends home release Trancas — Halloween Kills — extended digital edition	Halloween Kills — extended digital editionExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween Kills — Tim Waggoner novelizationThe manhunt with expanded character material.	NovelReleased 2021	Halloween night, 2018; 1978 recollections embeddedRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Beside the film; alternate / expanded prose events do not silently override the screen cut.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	PRH / Titan — Halloween Kills Tim Waggoner — original print product link	Halloween Kills: The Official Movie NovelizationExact print product linked by author Tim Waggoner in his July 2021 bibliography; publisher ISBN independently matches.
Halloween Ends — babysitting prologueA babysitting accident changes Corey’s life. · Embedded segment	Film segmentReleased 2022	Halloween 2019Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Separate 2019 opening; not folded into the 2022 main story. Exact prop audit remains open.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Halloween Ends — contemporary scene account	View official film releaseExact studio release and edition information for Halloween Ends. Amazon product match remains unverified.
Halloween Ends — main storyCorey’s ostracism intersects with Laurie’s final confrontation.	FilmReleased 2022	October 2022Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Studio states four years after Kills: 2018 + 4 = 2022.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Universal — Halloween Ends home release	View official film releaseExact studio release and edition information for Halloween Ends. Amazon product match remains unverified.
Halloween Ends — Paul Brad Logan novelizationThe finale with expanded history between the films.	NovelReleased 2022	2019–2022 frame; 2022 main story and older backstoryRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Grouped with its source. Individual new flashbacks need original text before exact interleaving; do not treat the whole book as a single 2022 day.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	PRH / Titan — Halloween Ends Universal — Halloween Ends home release	View official novel editionExact publisher listing; standalone Amazon match unverified.
The Legend of HalloweenThe original film retold in illustrated verse.	Illustrated storyReleased 2021	1963 origin / Halloween 1978 main storyRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Same-story retelling belongs beside Halloween; not a sequel set in its publication year.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Trancas — The Legend of Halloween	View official illustrated storyExact rights-holder book page.
Halloween (2007) — Michael’s childhoodMichael’s childhood and confinement in the remake. · Embedded segment	Film segmentReleased 2007	est. age 9–10; fifteen years before adult returnEvidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonRob Zombie’s remake history	Rights-holder says nine; secondary accounts commonly say ten. Keep the age range qualified pending original comparison. Numeric sort anchor is not a stated calendar year.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Trancas — remake origin / fifteen-year interval Trancas — Halloween (2007) — unrated collector’s edition	Halloween (2007) — unrated collector’s editionExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween (2007) — adult returnA reimagined return to Haddonfield.	FilmReleased 2007	15 years after childhood prologue; est. age 24–25Evidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonRob Zombie’s remake history	Rights-holder states fifteen years later. Childhood-age discrepancy carries into the estimated adult age; no calendar-2007 date asserted.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Trancas — remake origin / fifteen-year interval Trancas — Halloween (2007) — unrated collector’s edition	Halloween (2007) — unrated collector’s editionExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween II (2009) — theatrical / director’s-cut variantsLaurie struggles with the aftermath of the remake.	FilmReleased 2009	One year after the remake in official theatrical synopsis; longer interval in director’s cutRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonRob Zombie’s remake history	Use elapsed time: the official summary states one year. Director’s-cut two-year claim requires original cut comparison; alternate endings are not blended.Official theatrical synopsis read; complete theatrical / director’s cut comparison remains open.	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween II (2009) — film edition	Halloween II (2009) — film editionExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween III: Season of the WitchSilver Shamrock prepares a deadly broadcast.	FilmReleased 1982	Late October; est. 1982Evidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonSeason of the Witch	Separate narrative where Halloween is a film on TV. Contemporary calendar year remains estimated pending original caption / prop inspection.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Compass / official Halloween site — film synopses Trancas — Halloween III: Season of the Witch — film edition	Halloween III: Season of the Witch — film editionExact Amazon destination recovered from the rights-holder’s corresponding film page. Check edition / region; television additions or alternate cuts are not automatically included.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch — Jack Martin novelizationThe mask conspiracy retold in prose.	NovelReleased 1982	Late October; est. 1982Evidence-based estimate	Assumed canonSeason of the Witch	Same-story adaptation, not a Michael Myers sequel. Original text still needed for exact year / additional backstory.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Halloween — prose inventory including Season of the Witch	View novel inventoryCorresponding out-of-print adaptation identified; exact Amazon product unverified.
The First Death of Laurie Strode #1–2 — published runLaurie struggles after the first two films.	ComicReleased 2008–2009	After October 1978; 1978–1979 school yearRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	The author dates the intended conclusion to Halloween 1979, but only #1–2 were published. Group published connected run; do not count the unmade third issue as released.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Hutchinson — First Death publication / chronology	Read story / edition researchCorresponding licensed narrative inventory. No unrelated movie offered as if it contained this comic; original edition availability remains unverified.
Halloween: Nightdance #1–4Lisa Thomas encounters Michael in Russellville.	ComicReleased 2008	Halloween 2000; earlier recollections embeddedRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Group the continuous main run. 2000 reported by the work review; full lettered interiors / earlier flashbacks remain to check.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Nightdance — dated original-work review Stefan Hutchinson interview — licensed comics	Read story / edition researchCorresponding licensed narrative inventory. No unrelated movie offered as if it contained this comic; original edition availability remains unverified.
Halloween: AutopsisA photographer pursues Loomis and the Shape.	ComicReleased 2006	est. early 1990s; before Sam / H20Evidence-based estimate	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Page-level chronology suggests 1993; keep an estimate until original comic confirms. DVD-insert publication date does not date this story.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Licensed convention / DVD comic inventory Detailed fan page / chapter chronology — leads to verify	Read story / edition researchCorresponding licensed narrative inventory. No unrelated movie offered as if it contained this comic; original edition availability remains unverified.
Halloween: SamLoomis’s final year and earlier life.	Illustrated prose shortReleased 2008	est. 1995 main frame; World War II / 1963 / 1998 material embeddedEvidence-based estimate	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Contemporary 2008 announcement overrides later 2010 database date. Candidate January / February 1995 dates need original PDF before being presented as exact.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Contemporary Devil’s Due inventory Sam — original-work review Detailed fan page / chapter chronology — leads to verify	Read story / edition researchCorresponding licensed narrative inventory. No unrelated movie offered as if it contained this comic; original edition availability remains unverified.
Halloween: White GhostThe tow-truck driver’s final journey.	Prose shortReleased 2008–2009 web publication	October 1978; earlier personal history embeddedRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Author explicitly ties its present action to Michael’s escape / original coveralls scene. It is prose, not a fully illustrated comic. Original full text still needed for exact earlier dates.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Greg Mitchell — White Ghost and official website fiction	Read author’s story notesOriginal author commentary; former official full-story link may no longer resolve.
Halloween: Charlie — Nightdance collection bonusRussellville’s Charlie Bowles story expands the background.	ComicReleased 2008	Before 1978; exact decade unverifiedRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	The original film already mentions the earlier killings. Do not invent an exact year from the 2008 collection date; broad pre-1978 window overlaps the earlier history.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Contemporary Devil’s Due inventory	Read story / edition researchCorresponding licensed narrative inventory. No unrelated movie offered as if it contained this comic; original edition availability remains unverified.
30 Years of Terror — Trick or TreatThe MacKenzies receive an urgent visit.	ComicReleased 2008	October 1978 main recollection; later modern-era frameRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	1978 side story around Tommy and Lindsey’s flight. Mary’s later elderly frame is separately represented below; do not date the later return 1978. Complete original interior not inspected.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Devil’s Due — detailed five-story / framing review	Read story / edition researchCorresponding licensed narrative inventory. No unrelated movie offered as if it contained this comic; original edition availability remains unverified.
30 Years of Terror — P.O.V.A pageant winner faces the Shape.	ComicReleased 2008	est. 1991; contemporary pageant clueEvidence-based estimate	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Reviewer reports Miss Haddonfield 1991; exact attack date requires original panels. Original full interior not inspected.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	30 Years of Terror — five-story review Greg Mitchell — White Ghost and official website fiction Detailed fan page / chapter chronology — leads to verify	Read story / edition researchCorresponding licensed narrative inventory. No unrelated movie offered as if it contained this comic; original edition availability remains unverified.
30 Years of Terror — Visiting HoursLaurie imagines a different life.	ComicReleased 2008	est. 1998–2001; Laurie’s institutional periodEvidence-based estimate	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Framing imagined scenes do not create an actual alternate childhood. Broad frame between H20 and Resurrection requires interior confirmation. Original full interior not inspected.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	30 Years of Terror — five-story review Greg Mitchell — White Ghost and official website fiction Detailed fan page / chapter chronology — leads to verify	Read story / edition researchCorresponding licensed narrative inventory. No unrelated movie offered as if it contained this comic; original edition availability remains unverified.
30 Years of Terror — Tommy and the BoogeymanTommy turns trauma into comic stories.	ComicReleased 2008	Tommy’s adulthood; est. 1990sEvidence-based estimate	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Author commentary explains the Thorn films as Tommy’s fictional comics on this route. No merger of real film histories. Original full interior not inspected.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	30 Years of Terror — five-story review Greg Mitchell — White Ghost and official website fiction Detailed fan page / chapter chronology — leads to verify	Read story / edition researchCorresponding licensed narrative inventory. No unrelated movie offered as if it contained this comic; original edition availability remains unverified.
30 Years of Terror — Repetition CompulsionLoomis tries to anticipate Michael.	ComicReleased 2008	October 1989Relative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Reported dated setting; this H20-route story does not reinstate Halloween 5’s Jamie storyline. Original full interior not inspected.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	30 Years of Terror — five-story review Greg Mitchell — White Ghost and official website fiction Detailed fan page / chapter chronology — leads to verify	Read story / edition researchCorresponding licensed narrative inventory. No unrelated movie offered as if it contained this comic; original edition availability remains unverified.
Halloween: One Good ScareLindsey Wallace seeks help from David Loomis.	ComicReleased 2003	est. 2003–2004; after ResurrectionEvidence-based estimate	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Source accounts conflict on 2003 versus a 2004 later scene. Keep a range until original comic resolves both frames; no new continuity solely for this uncertainty.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Licensed convention / DVD comic inventory	Read story / edition researchCorresponding licensed narrative inventory. No unrelated movie offered as if it contained this comic; original edition availability remains unverified.
HalloweenComics — newspaper / morgue narrative filesIn-universe documents expand the Haddonfield case.	Web fictionReleased 2000s official website	1978 case history; other file dates unverifiedRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Author verifies published obituary / morgue information, distinct from location histories he says remained unpublished. Individual surviving files require archive inspection.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Greg Mitchell — White Ghost and official website fiction	Read author’s archive accountEvidence of actual narrative files; not a claim the defunct website still supplies them.
Halloween / II: The Blackest Eyes / III: The Devil’s EyesTommy Doyle pursues an alternative legacy of Michael.	ComicReleased 2000–2001	After H20; est. late 1990s frame, earlier recollectionsEvidence-based estimate	Non-canon connectedOther licensed stories / crossovers	Three connected Chaos one-shots grouped. Alternate Laurie outcome conflicts with Resurrection; do not silently bridge the two film routes.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Chaos comics — incompatible sequel account	Read story / edition researchCorresponding licensed narrative inventory. No unrelated movie offered as if it contained this comic; original edition availability remains unverified.
Halloween — The Scream FactoryA haunted attraction becomes Michael’s hunting ground.	NovelReleased 1997	est. late twentieth century; Halloween seasonEvidence-based estimate	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Licensed Berkley original with a different cast. Included as assumed connected material on the inclusive H20 route; exact compatibility and inter-book order remain unverified. Broad contemporary window does not equate publication and fictional years.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Berkley young-adult books — bibliographic and premise review	Read book / edition researchExact corresponding book inventoried; no verified Amazon edition substituted.
Halloween — The Old Myers PlaceA new family moves into the Myers house.	NovelReleased 1997	est. late twentieth century; Halloween seasonEvidence-based estimate	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Licensed Berkley original with a different cast. Included as assumed connected material on the inclusive H20 route; exact compatibility and inter-book order remain unverified. Broad contemporary window does not equate publication and fictional years.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Berkley young-adult books — bibliographic and premise review	Read book / edition researchExact corresponding book inventoried; no verified Amazon edition substituted.
Halloween — The Mad HouseA documentary crew visits Smith’s Grove.	NovelReleased 1998	est. late twentieth century; Halloween seasonEvidence-based estimate	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Licensed Berkley original with a different cast. Included as assumed connected material on the inclusive H20 route; exact compatibility and inter-book order remain unverified. Broad contemporary window does not equate publication and fictional years.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Berkley young-adult books — bibliographic and premise review	Read book / edition researchExact corresponding book inventoried; no verified Amazon edition substituted.
Halloween: The Game — single-player campaignExperience the original night from Michael’s perspective.	GameReleased 2026	October 30–31, 1978Relative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Developer calls this a reimagined extended cut; place beside its source story. Player-driven additional events are qualified rather than declared universal film canon.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	IllFonic — reimagined 1978 campaign IllFonic — current game / store links	View official gameExact game and platform links. No unverified physical ASIN.
Halloween: The Game — Digital Deluxe comicThe deluxe edition includes a licensed digital comic.	ComicReleased 2026	Era unverified; original digital comic neededPlacement unresolved	Assumed canon1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Edition contents verified; title and interior not available in this pass. The game’s 1978 setting alone does not prove this comic uses the same dates.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	IllFonic Steam publisher — digital comic contents IllFonic — reimagined 1978 campaign	View official deluxe contentsPublisher catalogue explicitly lists Digital Comic; access requires corresponding edition.
Halloween — Atari 2600A babysitter rescues children from an escaped killer.	GameReleased 1983	est. Halloween 1978; film-derived scenarioEvidence-based estimate	Non-canon connected1978 → Halloween / Kills / Ends	Original manual describes the film-derived premise but no year. Same adaptation position, qualified rather than a fictional sequel in 1983.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Wizard Video — original Atari instructions	Read original game / manualNo verified current legitimate Amazon cartridge listing.
RetroRealms: Halloween — campaign / character variantsMichael enters a nightmare arcade adventure.	GameReleased 2024	Modern-era Halloween; supernatural realm outside ordinary calendarRelative / stated chronology	Non-canon connectedOther licensed stories / crossovers	Licensed crossover campaign and character variants grouped; no invented 2024 fictional year. Not evidence the Evil Dead screen world shares Halloween’s history.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Boss Team — original Steam product / narrative premise	View official gameExact publisher Steam listing. Requires RetroRealms Arcade; other character campaigns sold separately.
Dead by Daylight — Halloween chapter / character storiesLaurie and the Shape enter the Fog.	GameReleased 2016	1978-derived characters; Entity’s realm has no established calendarRelative / stated chronology	Non-canon connectedOther licensed stories / crossovers	Licensed crossover rather than a film sequel. Content delisted January 19, 2026; do not advertise new unlocks as available.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Starbreeze — original Halloween chapter announcement Behaviour — Halloween content delisting	Read official availability noticeCorresponding chapter delisted; existing owners may retain characters. No unrelated game edition sold as if it unlocks the chapter.
Retribution and Descent — Returns to Haddonfield convention storyA prosecutor challenges an elderly Loomis’s account.	ComicReleased 2003	October 30–31, 2003Relative / stated chronology	Non-canon connectedOther licensed stories / crossovers	Work review identifies the midnight date. Loomis alive in 2003 conflicts with the H20 route; this is not One Good Scare. Complete original interior not inspected.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Licensed convention / DVD comic inventory	View corresponding convention editionHalloween Returns to Haddonfield souvenir magazine contains this original story; stock / price not asserted.
30 Years of Terror — Trick or Treat, later Mary frameAn elderly Mary remembers the original night. · Embedded segment	Comic segmentReleased 2008	Modern era; decades after 1978Relative / stated chronology	Assumed canon1978 → II → H20 / Resurrection & tie-ins	Later framing scene in the already indexed story. No exact year inferred from the anthology’s 2008 release.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Devil’s Due — detailed five-story / framing review	Read story / edition researchCorresponding licensed narrative inventory. No unrelated movie offered as if it contained this comic; original edition availability remains unverified.

COVERAGE BOUNDARIES

Checked beyond the main stories

Unreleased projects

The First Death #3; The Mark of Thorn; abandoned screen sequels

Not counted as released stories

Unpublished conclusion / announced series are distinct from the two published First Death issues. Creator interview provides intentions, not publication.

Hutchinson — First Death publication / chronology

Crossovers / skins

Game cosmetics / multiplayer matches; Call of Duty Ghosts and later operator appearances

Narrative eligibility review open

A mask, weapon or character skin does not establish a plotted new canon chapter. Audit actual narrative cinematics separately before adding new stories.

IllFonic — October 2026 content update Starbreeze — original Halloween chapter announcement

Production / music inventory

Making-of books, documentaries, art collections and music videos

No new fictional chronology assumed

The official Making of the modern trilogy, 25 Years of Terror and art books are evidence / production material. New plot-bearing extras still require individual inspection.

Printed in Blood — licensed original novel reprint Licensed convention / DVD comic inventory

SOURCE REGISTER

Primary sources first.

PrimaryCompass / official Halloween site — film synopses
Original origin / 1978 return, sequel intervals and the distinct remake premise. These are official synopses, not a full film-prop inspection.
Exhibitor / secondary continuity guideCinemark — incompatible film routes
Exhibitor explanation of the 1978 / 1981 / H20 and 1978 / 2018 branches.
PrimaryUniversal — Halloween Ends home release
Studio confirms four years since Kills. 2018 + 4 gives 2022; home-video dates do not date the story.
Secondary / scene accountHalloween Ends — contemporary scene account
Scene chronology cross-check for the 2019 opening and 2022 main action. Full movie not viewed in this audit.
PrimaryTitan — Halloween official novelization
John Passarella; ISBN 9781789090529; explicitly forty years after 1978.
PrimaryPRH / Titan — Halloween Kills
Tim Waggoner’s official novelization. Same central night as the film, with expanded prose material.
PrimaryPRH / Titan — Halloween Ends
Paul Brad Logan’s official novelization; original text not fully inspected.
PrimaryPrinted in Blood — licensed original novel reprint
Reprints the original Curtis Richards / Richard Curtis novel in full; new illustrations do not make it a different narrative. Publisher currently shows sold out.
Secondary / publication inventoryHalloween prose adaptation inventory
Original, II and IV novelizations and three Berkley originals. Cross-check III separately.
Secondary / bibliographic checklistHalloween — prose inventory including Season of the Witch
Inventory cross-check only: seven film novelizations, including Jack Martin’s III. Not an original-interior source.
Secondary / reviewed booksBerkley young-adult books — bibliographic and premise review
Three Kelly O’Rourke books, with different teenage casts. No demonstrated calendar sequence between the three tales.
PrimaryTrancas — The Legend of Halloween
David Gordon Green / Onur Tukel illustrated retelling of the original story; not a new sequel.
Secondary / original-work reviewLicensed convention / DVD comic inventory
Distinguishes Retribution and Descent, One Good Scare and Autopsis. Reported 2003 midnight frame is qualified pending original interior.
PrimaryStefan Hutchinson interview — licensed comics
Creator discusses building a four-part comic narrative around the Shape.
Primary creator interview / hosted by secondary publicationHutchinson — First Death publication / chronology
Author confirms only two issues released; intended third issue Halloween 1979. Unpublished art is not a published third issue.
Contemporary publisher announcement reportContemporary Devil’s Due inventory
2008 report verifies Sam, the Nightdance collection’s Charlie bonus, and First Death plans. Later publication evidence overrides planned issue counts.
Secondary / original-work reviewNightdance — dated original-work review
Reports Russellville Halloween 2000; complete original interiors not inspected here.
Secondary / original-work review30 Years of Terror — five-story review
Five distinct stories; reviewer identifies Miss Haddonfield 1991 clue in P.O.V. Do not silently turn that clue into an exact day.
PrimaryGreg Mitchell — White Ghost and official website fiction
Author confirms prose retelling of the tow-truck driver’s fate in the original film, original website newspaper / morgue fiction, and unpublished location texts.
Secondary / original-work reviewSam — original-work review
Final year of Loomis’s life, plus his earlier life. Reviewer’s uncertain 2010 release is superseded by the contemporary 2008 announcement.
Secondary / research leadsDetailed fan page / chapter chronology — leads to verify
Page-level references provide candidate 1993 Autopsis and 1995 Sam anchors; these are estimates until originals checked. Not proof of original inspection.
Secondary / comic continuity inventoryChaos comics — incompatible sequel account
Preceding Chaos run summarized as three one-shots reconciling earlier films. Its alternate Laurie outcome cannot be inserted before Resurrection.
PrimaryIllFonic — reimagined 1978 campaign
Developer explicitly calls the story a reimagined extended cut of the original night in 1978. Not proof its player-driven killings happened in every film continuity.
PrimaryIllFonic — current game / store links
Official site shows now available with Steam, PlayStation, Xbox and Epic destinations.
PrimaryIllFonic Steam publisher — digital comic contents
Digital Deluxe Upgrade explicitly includes a digital comic; original comic title, narrative contents and date require inspection.
PrimaryIllFonic — October 2026 content update
October 27 map / cosmetic update references Halloween 5 and 2018 designs. Skins do not merge their incompatible histories.
PrimaryTrancas — remake origin / fifteen-year interval
Rights-holder synopsis says age nine then fifteen years later; common secondary descriptions say ten. Use a qualified age range until original dialogue / credits resolve the discrepancy.
Secondary / original-work reviewDevil’s Due — detailed five-story / framing review
Trick or Treat includes a later elderly-Mary frame; original 1978 action must not date that later return.
PrimaryBoss Team — original Steam product / narrative premise
Licensed 2024 release, nightmare-realm adventure and cross-title features.
Primary manual / preservation transcriptionWizard Video — original Atari instructions
Original manual text read: escaped killer returns on Halloween, babysitter rescues children. No explicit calendar year; adaptation position is qualified.
PrimaryBoss Team — RetroRealms official collection
Licensed Halloween / Ash vs Evil Dead arcade games; cross-character campaigns need qualification, not merger of film worlds.
PrimaryStarbreeze — original Halloween chapter announcement
Licensed Myers / Laurie / Haddonfield crossover derived from 1978.
PrimaryBehaviour — Halloween content delisting
No longer available to unlock after January 19, 2026. Existing ownership differs from current purchase availability.
PrimaryTim Waggoner — original print product link
Author’s July 2021 post links the exact print and Kindle products.
PrimaryTrancas — Halloween (1978) — Blu-ray
Rights-holder links this exact Amazon product; short-link redirects checked October 27, 2026. Current stock and inclusion of alternate cuts are not asserted.
PrimaryTrancas — Halloween II (1981) — film edition
Rights-holder links this exact Amazon product; short-link redirects checked October 27, 2026. Current stock and inclusion of alternate cuts are not asserted.
PrimaryTrancas — Halloween III: Season of the Witch — film edition
Rights-holder links this exact Amazon product; short-link redirects checked October 27, 2026. Current stock and inclusion of alternate cuts are not asserted.
PrimaryTrancas — Halloween 4 — film edition
Rights-holder links this exact Amazon product; short-link redirects checked October 27, 2026. Current stock and inclusion of alternate cuts are not asserted.
PrimaryTrancas — Halloween 5 — Blu-ray
Rights-holder links this exact Amazon product; short-link redirects checked October 27, 2026. Current stock and inclusion of alternate cuts are not asserted.
PrimaryTrancas — Halloween VI — unrated producer’s cut
Rights-holder links this exact Amazon product; short-link redirects checked October 27, 2026. Current stock and inclusion of alternate cuts are not asserted.
PrimaryTrancas — Halloween H20 — film edition
Rights-holder links this exact Amazon product; short-link redirects checked October 27, 2026. Current stock and inclusion of alternate cuts are not asserted.
PrimaryTrancas — Halloween: Resurrection — film edition
Rights-holder links this exact Amazon product; short-link redirects checked October 27, 2026. Current stock and inclusion of alternate cuts are not asserted.
PrimaryTrancas — Halloween (2007) — unrated collector’s edition
Rights-holder links this exact Amazon product; short-link redirects checked October 27, 2026. Current stock and inclusion of alternate cuts are not asserted.
PrimaryTrancas — Halloween II (2009) — film edition
Rights-holder links this exact Amazon product; short-link redirects checked October 27, 2026. Current stock and inclusion of alternate cuts are not asserted.
PrimaryTrancas — Halloween (2018) — digital film
Rights-holder links this exact Amazon product; short-link redirects checked October 27, 2026. Current stock and inclusion of alternate cuts are not asserted.
PrimaryTrancas — Halloween Kills — extended digital edition
Rights-holder links this exact Amazon product; short-link redirects checked October 27, 2026. Current stock and inclusion of alternate cuts are not asserted.

The dates.The evidence.

Broad coverage.Open questions.