PS Artbooks Presents: Classic Horror Comics HC (2022 PS Artbooks) comic books

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Terrifying Tales (1953) #11, The Tormented, The (1954) #1-2, and Climax! (1955) #1-2.

Introducing our first volume of Classic Horror Comics, where we've unearthed some right little horrors!

Starting with Terrifying Tales #11 (January 1953) Black Magic! Voodoo! Jungle Mystery! And cover artwork by L.B. Cole. And there's more with shocking and eerie tales including cannibalism in the pages of The Tormented #1 and #2 (July & September 1954). Climax! #1 (July 1955) from publisher Stanley Morse features the aptly titled "Fate!" where no matter which road Rocky Webster chooses he meets justice! And it would be an injustice, if you miss the chance to buy this beauty! Climax! #2 (September 1955) gives us "The Witness" where Tony Paris commits murder but picks the wrong girl to be his alibi!

Featuring Work by L.B. Cole, Alvin Hollingsworth, Mike Roy, Mike Sekowsky, Bill Ely, Sal Trapani, Eugene Hughes, and Fred Bell.

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $46.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Haunted Thrills (1952) #3 and 7, Terrifying Tales (1953) #12, Weird Chills (1954) #1 and 3.

Cover by Bernard Baily.

We've unearthed some more little horrors for our second volume of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Haunted Thrills #3 (October 1952) and Haunted Thrills #7 (March 1953) where scientist George Norton saves the brain of an executed wife killer, making contact with it to develop it's evil ways? Then Terrifying Tales #12 (April 1953) complete with a classic L.B.Cole cover, where not even Jo-Jo realized what horrors lurked beneath the surface of a crystal clear lake! Finishing our grim journey with Weird Chills #1 (July 1954) where the doctor oversees a blood transfusion between a woman and a zombie! And in Weird Chills #3 (November 1954) we discover the "Terror on TV"-vampiric monsters take over the studio, attacking the cast and crew, while the audience just think it's all part of the show? Momma always said TV was bad for you, so you better stick to reading the comics!

Featuring the work of Carl Burgos, L.B. Cole, Iger Shop, Jay Disbrow, Bernard Baily, Eugene E. Hughes, Sal Trapani, and Basil Wolverton.

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $52.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $22.00

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Do You Believe in Nightmares (1958 St. John) #1-2, Eerie (1951 Avon Series) #17, and Eerie (1964 I.W. Reprint) #8-9. We've unearthed some more little horrors for our latest volume of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Do You Believe in Nightmares, originally these stories were produced for Charlton editor Al Fago, who when he left reportedly sold them to St. John. And with the likes of the "Nightmare" served up for us by the great Steve Ditko, where a man attempts to avoid the fate that his wife has dreamed for him, it's a good job he did! And in the 1958 series of Eerie we have everything from "Up Pops The Devil!" with Mister Lucifer, no less, to "The Mirror of Cagliostro" featuring the Italian adventurer and self-styled magician with a passion for various occult arts! Featuring Sreve Ditko, Dick Ayers, Maurice Gutwirth, Ed Goldfarb, Joe Kubert, Bill Benulis, Jerry Grandenetti, Wally Wood, and Luois Ravelli. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Fears (1953-1954) #2-3 and Haunted Thrills (1952-1954) #10-11. We've unearthed some more little horrors! Beginning with Fantastic Fears #2 and "Fiends From The Crypt"-chasing a thief named Banco into the Rome sewers, Signor Renzi and his partner, Pietro find Banco with all his body eaten. Quickly followed by Haunted Thrills #10 and "Death At The Mardi Gras"-Marcus Kemp creates a robot duplicate so realistic he gets blamed for the murders it committed. And finally, even more horror and suspense from Beware #15, all brought to you by those masters of 1950's comics Robert Webb, Iger Shop, Myron Fass, Alvin Hollingsworth, Marty Elkin, and Tony Tallarico. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "August 1952-Jan/Feb 1953 and September 1950!" Collects Strange World of Your Dreams (1952) #1-4 and Challenge of the Unknown (1950) #6. Cover art by Jack Kirby. Featuring Stories by Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Bill Draut, Bob McCarthy, Warren Kremer, Frank Giusto, Kenneth Rice, and Lin Streeter. As a spin off to the successful Black Magic comics that started a couple of years earlier came this offering-Strange World of Your Dreams, certainly one of the oddest comic anthology series ever created-its focus on the dream theme gave it a special flavor. The idea of a dream comic came from Mort Meskin. Order your copy and don't miss out on this little gem, otherwise your dreams may just turn into nightmares! Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Nov/Dec 1954/1963-1964!" Collects Fantastic Comics (1954 Ajax) #10 and Eerie Tales (1963 Super) #10-12 and 15. We've unearthed some more little horrors for Volume 6 of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Fantastic Comics #10 from 1954-a hush falls over the audience as the lights dim... steady now... for when the curtain rises "Fate Laughs at Clowns!" Eerie Tales #10 you better not miss the secret of "Dr. Hill's Lab!" In issue #11 The Purple Claw encounters a creepy old man that turns into a huge "Death Flower" at night that lives in the Florida swamps and feasts on human flesh. Issue #12 tempts us with another terrible secret this time of "The Pit." And finally #15 asks where did if come from - what was it that caused the strange happenings-what was "The Unknown Presence?" All brought to you by those masters of 1950's comics Bob Webb, Iger Shop, Ross Andru, L.B. Cole, Ben Brown, Moe Marcus, Fred Kida, Jay Disbrow and Basil Wolverton. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "November 1953-January 1954/January-May 1953!" Collects Fantastic Fears (1953) #4-5 and Purple Claw (1953 Minoan) #1-3. Cover by Ben Brown and David Gantz. More horror and suspense for Volume 7 of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with tales of stalking terror with Fantastic Fears #4 (November 1953) and in Fantastic Fears #5 (January 1954) we have Steve Ditko's "Stretching Things" story, his first sold to a publisher! Followed up with the iconic Purple Claw (issues #1-3, January-May 1953)-after Dr. Jonathon Weir told an African witch doctor how to combat malaria he was given, in gratitude the Purple Claw! All brought to you by those masters of 1950's comics - Iger Shop, Howard Nostrand, Steve Ditko, Jack Abel and Ben Brown. Reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be-just like the original comic! Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $52.99

Add to cart Near Mint $52.99

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "1945, May-September 1955, and September 1957!" Collects Front Page Comic Book (1945), Prize Mystery (1955) #1-3, and Man in Black (1957 Harvey) #1. Cover by Bob Fujitani (credited as B. Fuje). Featuring Stories by Bob Fujitani, Joe Kubert, George Roussos, Lou Ferstadt, Eugene E. Hughes, Sal Trapani, and Bob Powell. More horror and suspense for Classic Horror Comics Volume 8! Starting with this little gem-Front Page Comic Book is a Pre-Code anthology from Harvey that contains the origin and first appearance of the Man in Black. This was the only issue of the series. Prize Mystery added a cash incentive for the lucky 1950s reader if they could solve a two-page mystery involving murder. Ironically, solutions to the prize mysteries were to be announced in the issue #4... but, alas it never happened. Man in Black, the faceless occult avenger, tells strange stories, sometimes intervening in person, other times merely letting ironic fate unfold. Reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be, just like the original comic! Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.