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On 1/18/2023 at 4:16 PM, Nic8612 said:

The grail of all grails for horror comic fans (or maybe just me?)

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Nah, it's never done anything for me. I appreciate it's significance but the cover doesn't have the Bill Hicks factor for me.

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On 1/13/2023 at 10:12 PM, Dark Knight said:

Finally bought one

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Let’s see:

Giant eyeballs!

Graveyard at night!

Melting flesh!

Puddle of yuk!

Screaming lady!
 

Maneely’s precode horror masterpiece cover!

ON SALE MONTHLY!

 

 

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On 1/18/2023 at 1:27 PM, bronze johnny said:

Important transition book for the early history of the comic book horror genre and a very nice copy! 

That book would have come out in late 1946, with a cover date of January 1947.  The next all horror comic I believe was Adventures Into The Unknown, dated Fall, 1948, almost two years later.  After that, EC's Tales From The Crypt, Oct-Nov 1950, again about two years later.  So it took awhile for the genre to develop.  Once it did though, it went like wildfire until public hysteria chilled it in '54.  

 

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