Ghosts and Girls of Fiction House! (Chilling Archives of Horror Comics)

by Various

Other authorsMatt Baker (Illustrator), Maurice Whitman (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2015

Status

Available

Call number

PN6726.G463

Publication

Yoe Books (2015), Edition: Illustrated, 152 pages

Description

The publisher Fiction House was infamous for what anti-comics crusader Dr. Fredric Wertham called "headlight comics," i.e. comics featuring the ample female bosom. The Pre-Code publisher used their buxom heroines to star in jungle comics, science fiction tales, and scary GHOST STORIES! The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics series curates the sexiest and scariest of these poltergeist-infused Good Girl Art comics in a pulse-pounding tome, Ghosts and Girls! Your hair will stand on end and at the same time your toes will curl! Featuring faithfully reprinted original art from these 1940s and 1950s by brilliant masters Matt Baker, Maurice Whitman, and more, don't miss this must-have, large format collection edited by comics historian and filmmaker Michael Price, with its lovingly restored comics.… (more)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

152 p.; 11.31 inches

ISBN

9781631404047
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