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Oct 28, 2008 · By issue #173, March/April 1968, however, House of Mystery would return as a horror title. House of Mystery #173, March/April 1968 featured reprints of a few horror stories still permissible under the Comics Code at that time. It would be the next issue, House of Mystery #174, May/June 1968 that would mark the title's full return to horror.
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- Swamp Thing, DC. The all-time classic from Len Wein and Wrightson. Even if the story was terrible (which it most definitely is not), it would still be worth it just for the Wrightson artwork, dripping with forbidding shadows and swampy atmosphere.
- Tomb of Dracula, Marvel. The handbook for how to do a horror anti-hero as the lead for your series. Brilliant work from Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan for nearly 70 issues (Marv didn’t take over as writer until a few issues into the series).
- Ghost Rider, Marvel. Sometimes you sell your soul to the devil and you go to hell. Sometimes you become a superhero. Probably the best melding of horror and superhero in any cohesive universe, with a little Evel Knievel (another ’70s touchstone) thrown in for good measure.
- Man-Thing, Marvel. Marvel’s muck monster graduated to his own series in the horror-centric era. Introduced right around the same time as DC’s Swamp Thing, the character found its footing — no pun intended — when Steve Gerber took over the scripting.
Oct 17, 2021 · The Phantom Stranger, originally conceived by John Broome and Carmine Infantino in 1952, was a short-lived character who finally saw a reboot in 1969’s Phantom Stranger #4 . Delving into the occult, sorcery, and witchcraft prior to the lifting of code restrictions in 1971, this book is an often-overlooked gem worth speculating on.
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A June 19 sale of a 9.8 copy of Marvel Spotlight #5 – one of only four in the CGC census – made headlines when it went for $264,000 in a Heritage Auction. This jaw-dropping sale affected sales in all grades initially. For example, a 6.0 sold for $1,740 in a May 3 Heritage Auction. Two months later, that same grade sold for $2,499 on eBay.
Oct 7, 2021 · The series began in 1972 and lasted 70 issues. The final issue came out at the end of the decade in 1979, as horror sales flagged. With the consistent creative team of writer Marv Wolfman, who began on the series with Tomb of Dracula #7, and Gene Colan, the penciller for all 70 issues, the series was considered one of the best of the 1970s.
Oct 27, 2020 · House of Mystery #290 introduced Andrew Bennett, a vampire who struggled to control his bloodlust. After House of Mystery closed its doors, Andrew terrified readers in his own title, I, Vampire. With horror experiencing a resurgence, Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion was the next piece of spooky real estate to come from DC.
Oct 31, 2023 · James Tynion and Álvaro Martínez Bueno’s Nice House on the Lake is one of the newer books on this list, but that doesn't make it any less essential to a Halloween horror collection. Following the story of a strange man who invites a group of people over to—you guessed it—a very nice house on a lake to ride out an even stranger ...
