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Oct 28, 2008 · The words "crime," "horror," and "terror" were banned from the titles of comic books! For several years after the introduction of the Code, horror comics would be euphemistically called "mystery" comic books. It was in 1971 that the Comics Code was revised.
- Terence Towles Canote
Ghosts is a horror comics anthology series published by DC Comics for 112 issues from September–October 1971 to May 1982. Its tagline was "True Tales of the Weird and Supernatural" (December 1978), changed to "New Tales of the Weird and Supernatural", as of #75 (April 1979), and dropped after #104 (September 1981).
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- September–October 1971 to May 1982
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Apr 26, 2023 · C. DC Comics: A Spooky Resurgence. While Marvel Comics was making a name for itself with horror magazines that rivaled and sometimes outsold Warren Publishing’s fare, DC Comics also dabbled in spine-tingling tales throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, albeit in strictly comic book form.
Oct 27, 2020 · However, with Vertigo fully continuing DC’s horror tradition, scary comics published under the DC label became less common. They never went away completely, though, and even the characters from Wildstorm got into the spirit in 1997 as they took on elements of the supernatural in the Wildstorm Halloween Special.
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Oct 31, 2021 · We’ve now taken a look at how the changes to the Comics Code in 1971 affected three publishers – Marvel’s take on classic monsters, DC’s new original horror and occult inspired creations, and Warren’s output in their magazines, including Vampirella.
Oct 17, 2021 · by Doug Ohlandt | October 17, 2021. Last week, we took a look at the changes to the Comics Code that occurred in 1971 and how that led to a 1970s horror comics boom, as well as the investment potential in Marvel’s big three monster titles: Tomb of Dracula, Werewolf By Night, and Frankenstein .
Oct 7, 2021 · However, zombies, or more particularly, “the walking dead,” and “torture,” were still no longer allowed. The floodgates were opened, and this led to a boom in horror comics that would last most of the decade. DC had continued publishing horror titles by replacing words such as, “horror,” with words like “mystery”.
