Although EC's horror comics took off in the early 50s, Atlas Comics had started their own book in 1949 called Marvel Tales. Atlas would eventually become Marvel Comics.
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| This "Ghoul" looks like some beefy guy in a cheap costume! |
After the EC boom, several publishers including Atlas starting putting out more horror books to capitalize on their popularity. Here's a look at covers from some of them. If you'd like to check out any of the below books, head over to Comic Book Plus where you can
read them online or download them after free registration.
The stories may be quaint but there's no denying the retro-covers go all out in their
attempt to grab your pocket change!
The stories may be quaint but there's no denying the retro-covers go all out in their
attempt to grab your pocket change!
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Beautiful, to me. I'd do a room in those covers, wall to wall.
ReplyDeleteOh man, that would be pretty sweet!
DeleteMan i love the covers of those books!
ReplyDeleteThey really knew how to make them back then.
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