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The line of mostly black-and-white anthology magazines predominantly featured horror, sword and sorcery, and science fiction. The magazines did not carry the Marvel name, but were produced by Marvel staffers and freelancers, and featured characters regularly found in Marvel comic books, as well as some creator-owned material.
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The first issue was published in September 1934 [1] One of the most successful horror magazines, it was joined shortly afterwards (1935) with its sister horror pulp, Horror Stories, also from the same publisher.
All of these magazines featured grisly, lurid color covers and no advertisements, [citation needed] having the final page of a story on the back cover. New material was mixed with reprints from 1950s pre- Comics Code horror comics.
Horror comics are comic books, graphic novels, black-and-white comics magazines, and manga focusing on horror fiction.In the US market, horror comic books reached a peak in the late 1940s through the mid-1950s, when concern over content and the imposition of the self-censorship Comics Code Authority contributed to the demise of many titles and the toning down of others.
Judy Garland tribute magazine (1970). Cover artist unknown. Another two-issue title, The Crime Machine, consisted solely of comic-book crime fiction reprints from the 1950s. [9] A remaining title, Science Fiction Odyssey, was planned for September 1971 publication, but withdrawn; some of its stories eventually appeared in the horror magazines.
Tales of the Zombie was an American black-and-white horror comics magazine published by Magazine Management, a corporate sibling of Marvel Comics. [1] The series ran 10 issues and one Super Annual from 1973 to 1975, many featuring stories of the Zombie (Simon Garth) by writer Steve Gerber and artist Pablo Marcos.
House of Hammer (Top Sellers/General Books, 23 issues, Oct. 1976–July 1978) — changed title to Hammer's House of Horror and Hammer's Halls of Horror; later revived as Halls of Horror by Quality Communications; Kid Colt Outlaw (Thorpe & Porter, 58 issues, 1950–1960) — contained black-and-white reprints from both Atlas Comics and DC Comics