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# The Horror Comics: Fiends, Freaks and Fantastic Creatures, 1940s-1980s

**Author:** Schoell, William
**Price:** $29.95
**Category:** Manga
**Age Rating:** 13+
**Genres:** graphic-novel
**Pages:** 288
**Publisher:** McFarland & Company
**Publication Date:** 2014-07-01

## Description

From the Golden Age of the 1940s, through the Silver Age of the '60s, up until the early '80s--the end of the Bronze Age. Included are the earliest series, like American Comics Group's Adventures into the Unknown and Prize Comics' Frankenstein, and the controversial and gory comics of the '40s, such as EC's infamous and influential Tales from the Crypt. The resurgence of monster-horror titles during the '60s is explored, along with the return of horror anthologies like Dell Comics' Ghost Stories

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