The telling of horror stories must date back to the dawn of civilization, so comic books are
just a very recent medium for this genre.
It can be debated which was the first true horror comic as we know them today. But, there are
a few issues and titles that are milestones.
Issue #7 of Prize Comics, published in December 1940, featured Dick Briefer's 'New Adventures of Frankenstein'
This is considered by many historians as 'the first real horror series'.
Frankenstein continued its run until Prize Comics #52 in April 1945.
Briefer eventually morphed him into a humorous character.
Avon Publications' one shot Eerie Comics #1 (Jan. 1947)
has been classed as 'the first out-and-out horror comic book'.
This title then reappeared in 1951 and ran for 17 issues.
American Comics Group's Adventures into the Unknown (1948-1967) enjoyed the longest run from these
pioneer comic book titles. But, no more need for debate, just enjoy the titles we hold in this category!
We have 128 titles and 3,898 issues in our 'Horror Category' for you to enjoy.
Horror Comics, Books and Radio Shows
| Adventures Into Darkness |
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| Available: | 10 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 10 |
| From: | Aug 1952 |
| To: | Jun 1954 |
| Seq: | 5 - 14 |
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| Publisher: | Better / Nedor / Standard / Pines |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | (1952 series)
Aug 1952 - Jun 1954
Number of Issues: 10 (#5-14)
Artists on this title include Murphy Anderson, Nick Cardy, John Celardo, Jack Katz, Rocco Mastroserio, Ralph Mayo, Ruben Moreira, George Roussos, Mike Roy, Art Saaf, Alex Toth & George Tuska
The ... |
| Adventures Into the Unknown |
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| Available: | 147 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 174 |
| From: | 1948 |
| To: | Aug 1967 |
| Seq: | 1 - 174 |
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| Publisher: | American Comics Group / ACG |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN (ACG) 1948 Series.
No. 1, Fall 1948 - No. 174, Aug 1967.
Notes: First continuous horror-genre title. Only Public Domain Golden Agethrough issue no. 112. Silver Age through 146.
Golden Age SERIES COMPLETE!!! Some more ... |
| Baffling Mysteries |
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| Available: | 24 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 22 |
| From: | Nov 1951 |
| To: | Oct 1955 |
| Seq: | 5 - 26 |
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| Publisher: | Ace Magazines |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | BAFFLING MYSTERIES (Periodical House) 1951 Series.
No. 5, Nov (?) 1951 - No. 26, Oct 1955.
Formerly INDIAN BRAVES (Ace) 1951 Series,
Continues as HEROES OF THE WILD FRONTIER (Ace) 1956 Series. |
| Beware |
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| Available: | 14 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 15 |
| From: | Jan 1953 |
| To: | May 1955 |
| Seq: | 1 - 15 |
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| Publisher: | Trojan Magazines |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | (1953 Series A)
January 1953 - July 1953
Issues published: 13 [1]-16 [4]
Tracking:
Continues from Beware (Youthful, 1952 series) #10-12.
Continues as Beware (Trojan, 1953b series) #5 onwards.
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(1953 Series B)
September 1953 - May 1955
Issues published: ... |
| Beware! Terror Tales |
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| Available: | 8 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 8 |
| From: | May 1952 |
| To: | Jul 1953 |
| Seq: | 1 - 8 |
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| Publisher: | Fawcett |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | BEWARE! TERROR TALES (Fawcett) 1952 Series.
No. 1, May 1952 - no. 8, Jul 1953. |
| The Beyond |
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| Available: | 31 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 30 |
| From: | Nov 1950 |
| To: | Jan 1955 |
| Seq: | 1 - 30 |
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| Publisher: | Ace Magazines |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | THE BEYOND, 1950 Series
No. 1, Nov 1950 - No. 30, Jan 1955.
Notes: Issue #27 contains stories or illos used in SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT. |
| The Black Cat |
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| Available: | 248 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1895 |
| To: | 1922 |
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| Section: | Horror |
| Categories: | Horror | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | The Black Cat was an American literary magazine published in Boston, Massachusetts.
It ran from 1895 to 1922.
It specialized in short stories of an 'unusual' nature. It is probably best known for publishing the story "A Thousand Deaths" ... |
| Black Magic |
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| Available: | 49 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 50 |
| From: | Oct 1950 |
| To: | Nov 1961 |
| Seq: | v1 1 - v8 5 |
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| Publisher: | Prize |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | NOTE #29-33 are not PD, Do not upload them!!!! |
| Chamber of Chills |
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| Available: | 29 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 26 |
| From: | Jun 1951 |
| To: | Dec 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 26 |
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| Publisher: | Harvey Comics |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | (1951 series)
June 1951-December 1954
Issues: 26 (#21-24 [1-4], #5-26)
Tracking: Numbering originally continued from BLONDIE COMICS (Harvey, 1950)/ Number continued as CHAMBER OF CLUES (Harvey, 1955).
Notes: Issue #7 contains stories or illos used in SEDUCTION ... |
| Dark Mysteries |
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| Available: | 21 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 24 |
| From: | Jun 1951 |
| To: | Jul 1955 |
| Seq: | 1 - 24 |
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| Publisher: | Story Comics |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | 25 Issues Published |
| Eerie |
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| Available: | 20 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 17 |
| From: | May 1951 |
| To: | Aug 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 17 |
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| Publisher: | Avon Periodicals |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | EERIE, 1947.
No. 1, Jan 1947.
also
EERIE, 1951 Series.
No. 1, 1951 - no. 17, Aug-Sep 1954 |
| Escape |
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| Available: | 219 Shows |
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| Broadcasting History |
| Shows: | 230 |
| From: | Jul 1947 |
| To: | Sep 1954 |
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Escape was radio's leading anthology series of high-adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense, it was subjected to frequent schedule shifts and lower production ... |
| Famous Fantastic Mysteries |
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| Available: | 5 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 81 |
| From: | Sep 1939 |
| To: | Jun 1953 |
| Seq: | v1 1 - v14 4 |
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| Section: | Pulp Magazines |
| Categories: | Science Fiction | Horror |
| Description: | Famous Fantastic Mysteries was published by the Frank A. Munsey Company based in New York, USA.
Published originally as bi-monthly, it had a short spell as a monthly magazine before reverting to bi-monthly. It ran from 1939 to 1953 for a total of 81 issues.
A ... |
| Fantastic Fears |
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| Available: | 6 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 9 |
| From: | May 1953 |
| To: | Sep 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 9 |
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| Publisher: | Ajax-Farrell |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | FANTASTIC FEARS (A-F) 1953 Series.
No. 7 [1], May 1953 - no. 9, Sep-Oct 1954.
Continued from CAPTAIN JET (A-F) 1952 series no. 5.
Continues as FANTASTIC COMICS (A-F) 1954 Series.
No. 10, Nov-Dec 1954 - no. 11, Jan-Feb 1955.
Note: cover of no. 10 was titled ... |
| Forbidden Worlds |
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| Available: | 118 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 145 |
| From: | Jul 1951 |
| To: | Aug 1967 |
| Seq: | 1 - 145 |
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| Publisher: | American Comics Group / ACG |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | FORBIDDEN WORLDS (ACG) 1951 Series.
No. 1, Jul-Aug 1951 - No. 34, Oct-Nov 1954.
(ACG) 1955 Series.
No. 35, Aug 1955 - No. 145, Aug 1967.
The 1951 Series continued as YOUNG HEROES (ACG) 1955 Series,
then recommenced with 1955 Series.
Please DO NOT upload ... |
| Ghost Comics |
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| Available: | 12 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 11 |
| From: | 1951 |
| To: | 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 11 |
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| Publisher: | Fiction House |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | No. 1, Winter 1951 - No. 11, Summer 1954.
SERIES COMPLETE! |
| The Ghost Gallery Archives |
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| Section: | Comic Book Compilations |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | The Ghost Gallery first appeared in Jumbo Comics #42 (Aug 1942) published by Fiction House and was a continuing feature until the final issue #167 in March 1953.
Ghost Gallery was an anthology series of supernatural stories. The host of the tales would often ... |
| Ghost Stories |
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| Section: | Horror |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | Ghost Stories was published by Bernarr MacFadden (also known for True Detective, True Romance and Photoplay) and concentrated on the supernatural.
It ran from 1926 to 1930.
The stories are written as only ghost stories in the 1920s could be written. Most ... |
| Ghostly Tales |
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| Available: | 10 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 115 |
| From: | May 1966 |
| To: | Oct 1984 |
| Seq: | 55 - 169 |
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| Publisher: | Charlton |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | Formerly Blue Beetle |
| The Hall of Fantasy |
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| Available: | 40 Shows |
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| Broadcasting History |
| From: | Nov 1946 |
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| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | Sponsored by the Granite Furniture Company, The Hall of Fantasy was a "series of radio dramas dedicated to the supernatural, the unusual, and the unknown."
There are conflicting accounts, but it appears the program began as a local series, broadcast ... |
| The Hand of Fate |
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| Available: | 23 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 19 |
| From: | Dec 1951 |
| To: | Dec 1954 |
| Seq: | 8 - 26 |
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| Publisher: | Ace Magazines |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | THE HAND OF FATE, 1951 Series.
No. 8, Dec 1951 - no. 25b, Mar 1955.
Formerly MEN AGAINST CRIME (Ace) 1951 Series.
Note: there were two issue nos 25. |
| Haunted Thrills |
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| Available: | 12 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 18 |
| From: | Jun 1952 |
| To: | Nov 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 18 |
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| Publisher: | Ajax-Farrell |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | HAUNTED THRILLS (A-F) 1952 Series.
No. 1, Jun 1952 - no. 18, Nov 1954. |
| Horrific |
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| Available: | 14 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 13 |
| From: | Sep 1952 |
| To: | Sep 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 13 |
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| Publisher: | Comic Media |
| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | HORRIFIC (1952 Series)
No. 1, Sept 1952 - No. 13, Sept 1954.
36 pages, saddle-stitched.
Continues as TERRIFIC (Comic Media) 1954 Series. |
| Ibis the Invincible |
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| Available: | 6 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 6 |
| From: | 1943 |
| To: | 1948 |
| Seq: | 1 - 6 |
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| Publisher: | Fawcett |
| Categories: | Horror | Superhero |
| Description: | IBIS THE INVINCIBLE (Fawcett) 1943 Series.
No. 1, 1943 - no. 6, Spring 1948. |
| Inner Sanctum Mystery |
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| Available: | 142 Shows |
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| Broadcasting History |
| From: | Jan 1941 |
| To: | Oct 1952 |
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| Categories: | Horror |
| Description: | Inner Sanctum Mystery, aired from January 7, 1941 to October 5, 1952, was created by producer Himan Brown and based on the generic title given to the mystery novels of Simon and Schuster. In all, 526 episodes were broadcast.
The series featured stories of mystery, ... |
