Classic Horror Comics
Selected classic (gold, silver, bronze ages) horror comics & graphic novels in the library collection. For more, try searching the Library Catalog for the following subjects:
- Ghosts -- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Horror comic books, strips, etc.
- Vampires -- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Zombies -- Comic books, strips, etc.
You can also view over a thousand of public domain horror comics from the 1940s and 1950s online at Comic Book Plus.
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Four Color Fear: forgotten horror comics of the 1950s
Call Number: PN 6726 .F68 2011ISBN: 9781606993439Publication Date: 2011 -
Ghosts: Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics
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Call Number: PN 6726 .G49 2019ISBN: 9781684055494Publication Date: 2019 -
The Horror! The Horror!: comic books the government didn't want you to read!
Call Number: PN 6726 .H67 2010ISBN: 9780810955950Publication Date: 2010 -
Jay Disbrow's Monster Invasion
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Call Number: PN 6727 .D576 J39 2017ISBN: 9781631407956Publication Date: 2017 -
The Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics
Call Number: PN 6726 .M335 2008ISBN: 9780786720729Publication Date: 2008 -
Showcase presents Ghosts
Call Number: PN 6728 .G49 C37 2011ISBN: 9781401233174Publication Date: 2011 -
Showcase presents The House of Mystery
Call Number: PN 6728 .H684 H68 2006ISBN: 9781401207861Publication Date: 2009 -
Showcase presents The House of Secrets
Call Number: PN 6728 .H687 S56 2008ISBN: 1401218180Publication Date: 2008 -
Showcase Presents the Secrets of Sinister House
Call Number: PN 6728 .S397 S56 2010ISBN: 9781401226268Publication Date: 2010
Modern Horror Comics
Selected modern (post-bronze age) horror comics & graphic novels in the library collection. For more, try searching the Library Catalog for the following subjects:
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Ghost comics : a benefit anthology for RS Eden
Call Number: PN 6720 .G46 2009ISBN: 0615285074Publication Date: 2009 -
The Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics
Call Number: PN 6720 .M369 2008ISBN: 9780762433988Publication Date: 2008 -
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Theater of terror! : revenge of the queers
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Call Number: PN 6726 .T46 2019ISBN: 9781943890484Publication Date: 2019 -
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Books - History & Criticism
Selected works of history & criticism on horror comics.
For more, try the following subject searches in the Library Catalog:
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Gothic in Comics and Graphic Novels
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Call Number: PN 6714 .R74 2014ISBN: 9780786449804Publication Date: 2014 -
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A Haunt of Fears: the strange history of the British horror comics campaign
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 0878055940Publication Date: 1992 -
The Horror Comics : fiends, freaks and fantastic creatures, 1940s-1980s
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Call Number: PN 6725 .S365 2014ISBN: 9780786470273Publication Date: 2014 -
Horror Comics in Black and White: a history and catalog, 1964-2004
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Call Number: PN 6725 .A76 2013ISBN: 9780786470259Publication Date: 2013 -
The Horror Comic Never Dies: a grisly history
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Call Number: PN 6725 .W27 2019ISBN: 9781476675367Publication Date: 2019 -
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Rue Morgue magazine's Blood in four colours : a graphic history of horror comics
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Call Number: PN 6700 .R84 no. 6Publication Date: 2016 -
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The Weird World of Eerie Publications: Comic Gore That Warped Millions of Young Minds
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Call Number: PN 6726 .H67 2010ISBN: 9781932595871Publication Date: 2010
Horror Comics - Scholarly Articles
Below you'll find selected scholarly articles about horror comics that are available online. To find more try searching in Library Article Search: "horror comics" with the 'Articles from scholarly journals only' option checked.
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“Corpses … Coast to Coast!” Trauma, gender, and race in 1950s horror comicsSmith, Philip, and Michael Goodrum. Literature Compass 14.9 (2017): e12404.
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Transatlantic Terror! French Horror Theater and American Pre‐Code ComicsHand, Richard J., and Michael Wilson. Journal of Popular Culture (Boston) 45.2 (2012): 301-319.