When publisher Jim Warren created Creepy magazine in 1962, he soon realized he'd hit pay dirt on a gruesome gold mine of great comics storytelling. Under the leadership of editor/writer Archie Goodwin, Warren's hit line of horror comics magazines grew another lurid limb with the introduction of Eerie in 1964, and soon there were two great horror magazines on the rack instead of one. Following in the fetid footsteps of our sinfully successful archive...

Mike Mignola returns with his first new Hellboy collection since 2002's Conqueror Worm. After leaving the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, Hellboy's travels take him briefly to Africa, then for a two-year stint at the bottom of the ocean. An ancient witch doctor, a giant fish woman and the keeper of the secret history of the universe force Hellboy to either accept his role in the coming apocalypse, or have that role stolen from him. Weird...

Throughout his journeys across feudal Japan, rabbit ronin Usagi has faced many dangers, crossed paths with some who have become his sworn enemies and forged bonds of friendship stronger than any threat that might cross his path. Collected here are six tales featuring those companions Usagi holds dear. Showdown finds Usagi traveling with master swordsman Gen, as the two disrupt the dueling influences of a pair of corrupt families. Neko ninja clan leader...

Cat-Man was raised by tigers, so he has super-strength, enhanced agility, night vision and nine lives. He fights evil with his partner, Kitten.

Novelty Press sold the character and rights of Blue Bolt to L. B. Cole, who was the cover artist for the character. Cole and Kramer began Star Publications with the known Blue Bolt character, even continuing the issue numbering where Novelty Press ended, with issue number 102. With increasing demand for horror and occult genres, Star Publications made a shift in Blue Bolt, renaming it Blue Bolt Weird Tales, and later Ghostly Weird Stories. Star Publications...

Planet Comics is one of the longest-running Golden Age science fiction comic series. It is considered to be the best of the Fiction House publications and is highly collected and valued. One of the reasons it is so interesting to collectors is the excellent quality of 'good girl art,' a term that refers to beautiful women, often scantily clad, found within the pages of comic books. ↵↵These women often needed saving from a repulsive-looking alien,...

Story Comics' series Mysterious Adventures is an excellent example of the horror-suspense genre popular during the Golden Age of comics (1930s, '40s and '50s). Story Comics pushed the envelope of what was acceptable in terms of violence and gore and their comics certainly contributed to the eventual founding of the Comics Code Authority in 1954. Full of mysterious tales of the undead and monsters beyond the imagination, the stories are richly illustrated...

Startling Terror Tales is excellent example of the horror genre that was extremely popular during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Comic books pushed the limits of acceptable graphic representation of violence and gore to the point where society blamed comics for widespread juvenile delinquency. The U.S. Senate formed a sub-committee to investigate the influence of horror genre comics, which resulted in the creation of the Comics Code, a form of censorship....

Several of the best artists and story writers from the Golden Age of Comics contributed to Space Adventures, including Jon D'Agostino, Steve Ditko, Dick Giordano, Tony Tallarico and Joe Gill. Gill and Ditko created Atom Man, who appeared in late issues of Space Adventures shortly before they collaborated on Spider-Man. This issue features a fictional trip to the moon a little over a decade before it the dream became a reality.

Beginning an all-new direction for the Hardy Boys, reflecting the storylines in the upcoming Simon and Schuster revamped Hardy Boys novels. Who or what is the mysterious organization known as A.T.A.C.? And how are Frank, Joe, and even Fenton Hardy involved? Are the Hardys leaving Bayport forever? How has Laura Hardy's life changed? Why is Aunt Gertrude acting so strange? Where's Iola and Callie? Uncover the clues to these questions and more as Frank...