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- 30 Days of Night. Writer: Steve Niles. Artist: Ben Templesmith. Publisher: IDW Publishing. Every time I read Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith’s grisly vampire yarn, 30 Days of Night, I say the same thing over and over: “How did no one ever think of this genius story before?”
- Afterlife With Archie. Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Artist: Francesco Francavilla. Publisher: Archie Comics. In 2013, the Archie editorial crew took the definition of on-brand and fed it to a ravenous horde of flesh-eating shamblers.
- Aliens: Dead Orbit. Writer/Artist: James Stokoe. Publisher: Dark Horse Comics. Like fellow precision artists Geof Darrow and the late, great Bernie Wrightson, James Stokoe doesn’t stop drawing until nearly every millimeter of canvas is shaded, hatched and stylized.
- Aliens: Salvation. Writer: Dave Gibbons. Artist: Mike Mignola. Publisher: Dark Horse. The Aliens franchise has seen a host of worthy comic installments under the purview of longtime license holder Dark Horse, but few have tapped into the oppressive terror of Ridley Scott’s original vision rather than the guns-blazing sci-fi action of the sequels.
Aug 30, 2022 · The best horror comics of all time are far more than just supernatural action stories. While we all enjoy vampires, ghosts, and other creepies and crawlies that go bump in the night, due to the...
- Tales from the Crypt/ Vault of Horror/Haunt of Fear (1950-1955) By Many Masters of blood curdling Mayhem. In the first half of the 1950s, one comic company ruled the roost when it came to vivid horror, and that company was EC Comics.
- Swamp Thing (1973- present with so many horrific stops in between) By Len Wein, Bernie Wrightson, Nestor Redondo, Martin Pasko, Alan Moore, John Totleben, Steve Bissette, Rick Veitch, Nancy A. Collins, Mark Millar, Brian K. Vaughan, Andy Diggle, Scott Snyder, and holy crap, so many more.
- The Walking Dead (2003 – Present) By Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. Now here’s a little comic you may have heard of. There hasn’t been a bigger comic book success story in the 21st Century than The Walking Dead.
- Creepy (1964-1983) Eerie (1966-1983) By So many madmen, lunatics, and mad scientists. EC Comics may be the most famous horror publisher of all time, but Warren Publishing raised it to the next level of atrocity.
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- 4 Sandman #18
- 3 The Saga of The Swamp Thing #21
- 2 Crime Suspenstories #22
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You may not be sure where "Rumania" is, but Frank Brummer was so multitalented that he can certainly be forgiven one little spelling error and some sketchy cultural research. He wrote, penciled, and inked this classic Christmas horror gem for April 1970's Web of Horror #3. Santa's Clawsis a seven-page short created in the classic horror anthology "...
Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan's Tomb of Dracula was one of comics' finest hours in many ways. The duo created Blade, a character who went on to have his own movie franchise featuring Wesley Snipes and is soon to be rebooted with Mahershala Ali. The seminal horror series served as a training ground for both comic book greats to explore their storytell...
Written by Bill Gaines, co-plotted by Al Feldstein, and masterfully illustrated by legendary artist, Jack Davis this 1950s Tales From the Crypt: Crypt of Terrortale still holds up well today. The story is seen through the eyes of the protagonist who wakes up and emerges from a "swirling sea of darkness" into a world that he doesn't understand. It's...
This one may seem out of place at first glance. Spider-Man isn't traditionally associated with horror. But 1982's Death By Spider by writer Jan Strnad and artist Rick Leonardi delivers plenty of scares—especially for those who are arachnophobic. Spider-Man is not quite feeling himself, and he finds that he's suddenly prone to fits of anger. One of ...
Grant Morrison and Dave McKean's spine-chilling Batman tale takes place in Gotham's famous holding facility for the criminally insane. The lunatics have taken over the asylum, all led by the Joker,who takes Batman on a journey down a darker rabbit hole than Lewis Caroll could ever have imagined. This story is less about Batman catching villains tha...
What could possibly be more terrifying than finding out that you have no control over your life whatsoever? What if you discovered that everything you felt, experienced, and lived through every day, was merely created for someone's entertainment? This is the premise behind Grant Morrison's final issue of Animal Man. Morrison creates one of the most...
Both Neil Gaiman and Kelley Jones had to be included somewhere on this list, and how fitting that they appear together. This issue of Sandmangives readers an inside look at the shadowy secret lives of cats, as told by a cat who shares her dream with her feline followers. In her dream, she goes on a journey to visit the "Cat of Dreams," who tells th...
Alan Moore'sSwamp Thingtales were moody, dark, and full of suspense, but intermingled with equal measures of empathy and humanity. His entire run on the series is generally recommended reading in the horror genre and singling out any story is not an easy task. That said, The Anatomy Lesson, written by Moore and illustrated by artists John Totlebena...
This issue is being featured in its entirety, largely because of its notoriety and its unavoidable involvement in the fall of horror comics in the 1950s. The issue features some classic suspense and drama, with In Each and Every Package (the cover story), and a back-up tale called Monotonyabout a shady bank employee who takes advantage of a vulnera...
The late Bernie Wrightston was comic book royalty. He was highly praised by the likes of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Guillermo del Toro, and many comic book greats. Wrightston made an indelible mark on comics history, particularly in the horror genre, and possibly one of the most beautiful pieces of art created in the 20th century was Bernie Wrights...
A list of horror comics that shaped the genre, from EC Comics to Vertigo, featuring Dracula, Spider-Man, Batman, and more. Discover the stories that made horror comics a staple of pop culture and comics history.
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- Basketful of Heads – Joe Hill, Leomacs, & Dave Stewart. Basketful of Heads is one of the best horror comics in the dark comedy genre. DC Comics released their Black Label imprint in 2018, reprinting comics from the discontinued Vertigo line and introducing new mature comics in prestige format.
- Bitter Root – David F. Walker, Chuck Brown & Sanford Greene. Monsters are no match for magical root workers in the Bitter Root comic saga. Bitter Root examines themes about race, phenomenology, and the supernatural.
- Blue In Green — Ram V & Anand RK. Musicians are known for their dedication to their art. Sometimes, the intensity to perform – to reach an unattainable level of perfection – breeds a certain kind of unhinged psychosis.
- Bunny Mask – Paul Tobin & Andrea Mutti. Bunny Mask effuses terror in a graphic display of horror. The series from AfterShock Comics casts its characters in a foggy world where fiction and fantasy blend together.
The first dedicated horror comic books appear to be Gilberton Publications' Classic Comics #13 (August 1943), with its full-length adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Avon Publications' anthology Eerie #1 (January 1947), the first horror comic with original content.
Mar 20, 2022 · Whether its superhero horrors like Swamp Thing or classic chillers like From Hell, there is a wealth of terrifying comics to spook unsuspecting readers. Despite the popularity of the genre as a whole, users on Ranker took to the site to upvote the ones that scared them the most.
