PS ARTBOOKS CLASSICS HORROR COMICS HC (2025)

Synopsis: Star Publications - Terrifying Tales #11 January 1953                                                           Sterling - The Tormented #1 July 1954 & #2 September 1954                                                           Stanley Morse - CLIMAX! #1 July 1955 & #2 September 1955                                                             Introducing our first volume of CLASSIC HORROR COMICS - where we've unearthed some right little horrors! Starting with Terrifying Tales #11 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 & #2. Climax #1 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 gives us 'The Witness' where Tony Paris commits murder but picks the wrong girl to be his alibi! So you better make sure you have your alibi ready when we ask ya if you've bought this already?

We've unearthed some more little horrors for our second volume of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Tales of Horror and Terror in 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!

We've unearthed some more little horrors! 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! Collects Do You Believe in Nightmares #1-2 (November 1957-January 1958) and Eerie #1 and #8-9 (1958).

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. Collects Fantastic Fears #2-3 (July-September 1953) and Haunted Thrills #10-11 (July-September 1953).

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! Collects Strange World of Your Dreams #1-4 (August 1952-Jan/Feb 1953) and Challenge of the Unknown #6 (September 1950).

We've unearthed some more little horrors for Volume 6 of Classic Horror Comics! Starting with Fantastic Comics #10, 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?'" Collects Fantastic Comics #10 (Nov/Dec 1954) and Eerie Tales #10-12 and #15 (1963-1964).

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 The 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!

More horror and suspense for Classic Horror Comics Volume 8! Starting with this little gem: Front Page 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 stories with an added cash incentive for the lucky 1950s reader if they can 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! So if your mom tells you that you're restricted to just one comic book this week, then this baby is for you, no question! So don't miss the chance to buy this little horror! Also available in a Deluxe Slipcased edition.

We've unearthed more little horrors! Beginning with Tales of Horror and Terror-Haunted Thrills #12 (November 1953) were practical joker Biff inherits a haunted house in "Death Laughs Last." And from issue #13 (January 1954), "Death Do Us Part," the baboon kills his wife! Quickly followed by Tales of Stalking Terror-woe be to those receiving the deadly invitation... all it said was "Be My Ghost!" in Fantastic Fears #8 (July 1954) and from issue #9 (September 1954), "If a Body Kill a Body," two Scottish highlanders from warring families come back as ghosts to get their revenge! And finally, even more horror and suspense from the Man in Black #2 (1957); a faceless occult avenger tells strange stories, sometimes intervening in person, other times merely letting ironic fate unfold.

We've unearthed some more little horrors for Volume 10 of Classic Horror Comics! Beginning with Tales of Horror and Terror-Haunted Thrills #14 where Wanda marries Hubert for his money and betrays him with the chauffeur. When Hubert finds out, he locks her in an ice-cold vault and lets her freeze to death. Just like all the other women who had only married him for his money in 'Frigid Fear!'. All the way to the end of the run for Haunted Thrills with issue #18 and 'No Place to Go' where Wilbur Cummings, a mild-mannered and harmless man, dies after falling down the stair. Neither Heaven nor Hell want to admit him, because he didn't do anything, be it good or evil, so Cumming gets a second chance and is sent back to life! Collects Haunted Thrills #14-18 (March/April-November 1954).

We've unearthed some more little horrors for Volume 11 of Classic Horror Comics! Beginning with Startling Terror Tales, complete with classic L.B. Cole covers and tales such as 'Footprint of Death,' 'The Case of the Strange Murder,' 'The Curse of the Phantom Brigade,' 'The Forbidden Tomb,' and 'The Horrible Entity'! Plus, Amazing Adventures in Fantastic Comics with 'Bewitched Battalion,' a re-telling of legendary angelic archers assisting World War I British soldiers at the Battle of Mons as told by Arthur Machen-a totally made up story-but that didn't stop the rumors of the events being real! Reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be, just like the original comics! Collects Startling Tales #6 (August 1953), #8 (February 1954), #9 (May 1954), and #11 (November 1954), plus Fantastic Comics #11 (January 1955).