Publisher: Aftershock Comics Writer: Donny Cates Artwork: Garry Brown, Mark Englert (colours), Taylor Esposito (lettering) Release Date: 7th June 2017 Having a baby is a scary enough prospect, let alone having one as a teenager with the baby’s father nowhere to be seen.  But what if, on top of all that, your child turned out to be the actual antichrist?  Well, that’s starting to look like a genuine possibility for sixteen year-old Sadie Ritter in Babyteeth, a brand new Aftershock Comics series from Donny Cates and Garry Brown. The story is framed as Sadie recording a video message for her progeny, recounting the tumultuous and traumatic circumstances surrounding his arrival into the world.  It’s a perfectly chosen approach by Cates, providing us with Sadie’s own firsthand experience of events as they dramatically unfold, from the first ground-shaking contraction to the troubling, almost otherworldly moments of the birth itself. Cates keeps the supporting cast intentionally sparse here, keeping the focus fixed squarely on his leading lady throughout.  He also doesn’t dwell too heavily on the supernatural portion of the story, letting the terror and uncertainty of an unexpected teenage birth carry the weight of the emotional drama here, and only drawing [...]