Ghastly Terror
The Horrible Story Of The Horror Comics
Author:
Stephen Sennitt
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Size:
170mm x 240mm
Page Count:
224
ISBN-13:
9781900486071
Weight (g):
500
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Back in the 1950s, horror comics flourished to the extent that some fifty or more different titles could be published in a single month. Then these comics were effectively banned, indicted as a major cause of ‘juvenile delinquency’ in the US and in Great Britain.
Prurient themes and imagery incorporating scantily clad women, torture, limb-chopping, and trauma to the eye, were amongst those cited as objectionable and outlawed. But what were these horrible horror comics really like? What were the stories about? How many titles were produced? And were they as frightening and as subversive as their critics made out?
GHASTLY TERROR! addresses and answers all these questions — and more! Tracing their development from the grotesque, psychotic visions of the ultra-primitive ‘pre-code’ horrors, through to the relatively sophisticated graphic nightmares of Warren and Skywald, GHASTLY TERROR! takes the reader into a dank and sinister world to savour the rotting history of Tales from the Tomb, Dark Mysteries, Weird Terror, Vault of Horror, Worlds of Fear, Tales of the Zombie, Web of Evil, Tales of Voodoo, Psycho, Scream, Creepy, Twisted Tales, Taboo and countless other comic titles!
Contains information on a wealth of obscure titles and publishing houses, as well as ground-breaking independents of recent years.
Also in this series: Nasty Tales
Stephen Sennitt is also the author of Creatures of Clay
"Creepers! This is one comprehensive terror tome! Focusing especially on hitherto unknown aspects of horror comics history make this a welcome volume for any guy (or ghoul) with an appreciation of frightening funnybooks"
Comic Book Artist
"Chock-a-block with cool info and insane artwork"
Mayfair
"An enthusiastic review of the most extreme horror comics ever published… always entertaining"
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