Cover of BEHEMOTH MAGAZINE featuring a dark background with blurred light streaks and bold stylized white and red text reading 'ATTACK THE HOCK.' A yellow box in the bottom left corner contains black text and a black quill icon.

Aftershock Volume 1.1

The debut issue of Aftershock is a twenty page love letter to giant monster films that brings a collection of stories, artwork, and comics created by the Behemoth Magazine team.

Aftershock Vol. 1 features Drunk Ghost, a haunting short story by Valentino Di Pietro Hernandez, alongside Colossal Technology Versus a Modern Disaster (a chaotic choose-your-own-adventure) by Scott Knoll. Additional contributions by Connor Braaten, Michael Steiner and Brandon Xiong. The first debut of The First of Its Kind—Behemoth's ongoing comic series The First of It’s Kind. The First of It’s Kind was created and drawn by Scott Knoll, edited by Valentino Di Pietro Hernandez, and the first chapter was written by Jared Joseph.

Aftershock Vol. 1 was previously showcased at the 2025 Fanzineist Vienna (Vienna, Austria) and the 2025 American Library Association (ALA) Conference Zine Pavilion in the Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

Aftershock Volume 1 Front Cover by Valentino Di Pietro Hernandez
Aftershock Volume 1 Forward by Valentino Di Pietro Hernandez
The First of It's Kind Chapter 1 Cover by Scott Knoll