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| Wow, that is 100-proof pre-code horror there. Some of this stuff makes Tales from the Crypt look like Timmy the Timid Ghost. So this is what Dr. Wertham was so upset about. |
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| انتم الموقع الاجمل في نظري بسبب مايقدمه الموقع من الروائع التي ترضي كل الاذواق من محبي فن الكوميكس . ايها السادة اقدر واحترم كل القائمين على هذا الموقع من المؤسسين والمنفذين وحتى الاصدقاء المتابعين على جهودهم الواضحة والكبيرة من حيث التنطيم والمتابعة . ايها السادة لكم ترفع القبعة .. ملاحظة : اعتذر عن كتابتي لتعليقي باللغة العربية و ذلك لأني اردت التعبير بما يعتمل في صدري من الحب باللغة التي اتقنها . لكم مني كل التحيات |
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| The covers remind me of the old “Shudder Pulps” of the ‘30s. I wonder if that was intentional. The actual stories are much tamer. |
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| Really good and creepy. I'm a 50's kid, born 1938, loved these pre-code comic mags then and again now; with thanks to this wonderful site. Thank you to all concerned. |
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| Wow! As one who grew up in the 50s and 60s on Silver Age comics, where certain things just didn't happen, this is an eye opener. Grudgingly, I would have to say I think Wertham may have had a point, sort of. I can understand wanting to limit kids' access to stuff like this, but some of his other choices on this list strike me as silly, and a stretch as far as being harmful. |
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| Publication | April 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Synopsis | A man is trapped in a chamber of horrors. |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Avison | Inks: Al Avison |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Pit of the Damned! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A carnival owner reads from a forbidden book of evil to conjure up demons for a new exhibit in order to increase business. The demons eventually take him to Hell. |
| Credits | Script: Bob Powell? | Pencils: Bob Powell | Inks: Howard Nostrand |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Crawling Death (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two couples land on a mysterious island and are attacked by giant human-like crabs. |
| Credits | Pencils: Abe Simon | Inks: Don Perlin |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Inker credit from George Hagenauer via the error list (January 2007) after his examination of the original art and finding both Don Perlin and Abe Simon's names on the back. |
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| Comic Story | Garden of Horror (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A man buys a cursed vase that will cause anything he puts into it to die. When he destroys the vase and the dead plants, they begin to grow into a huge garden on his estate. Anyone that comes into contact with the garden will die instantly. He goes mad and lures numerous people into his garden where they die horrible deaths. Eventually the dead come back to life and force him into the garden. |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Certa | Inks: Vic Donahue? |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Seal of Satan (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A down on his luck gambler makes a deal with the devil where the devil promises him that he will never lose again. After becoming rich, he tries to double cross the devil by destroying the contract. It doesn't work. |
| Credits | Pencils: Manny Stallman | Inks: John Giunta |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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