Bibliograph

The horror! the horror!, comic books the government didn't want you to read!, selected, edited, and with commentary by Jim Trombetta ; introduction by R.L. Stine

Type

Label

The horror! the horror!, comic books the government didn't want you to read!, selected, edited, and with commentary by Jim Trombetta ; introduction by R.L. Stine

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 302) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The horror! the horror!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

289070803

Responsibility statement

selected, edited, and with commentary by Jim Trombetta ; introduction by R.L. Stine

Sub title

comic books the government didn't want you to read!

Summary

Uncovers a rare visual treasury of some of the most important and neglected stories in American literature--the pre-Code horror comics of the 1950s. Censored out of existence by Congress in an infamous televised US Senate subcommittee hearing investigating juvenile delinquency, these rare comic book images are culled from a collection of several hundred, many of which have been rarely seen since they were first issued--now revealed once again in all of their eye-popping inventive outrageousness. Includes over 200 covers and complete stories as they were originally seen, scanned from mint copies in the author's extensive collection. Coupled with commentary and informative text that provides readers with detailed history and complete context for these stories and their creators

Table Of Contents

Lexicon devil -- The age of nuclear terror -- The horror! The horror! -- Tom's leg -- Crime -- The critic -- Seduction of the innocent -- I fought the law -- The magic code -- The werewolf -- The tale of the head -- Brainwashing -- The comforts of war -- The Gorgon -- The dead don't die -- Skeletons -- Death and the maiden -- The hunger -- Judgment day -- The grin -- Art for art's sake -- Now

Target audience

adult

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