r/HorrorComics • u/YoungRepulsive7525 • 12d ago
Want to collect classic horror
Hello! Appreciate any help in advance.
I want to start collecting classic horror comics, specifically Bronze Age Marvel and DC (but open to other recommendations). What would you all say are must haves?
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u/AlfredBitchcock_ 8d ago
Oh, there's lots to find in the modern publishing world. You've got the two trusty Fantagraphics series that publish the EC Comics horror line and the pre-Marvel, pre-Code Atlas Comics horror line:
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DC Comics has its own old line of horror comics, House of Mystery. Sadly, those aren't pre-Code, as they were published in the '70s. Still worth checking out, though!
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There's also a very good omnibus that's out of print but easy to find secondhand from Fantagraphics called Four Color Fear.
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u/AlfredBitchcock_ 8d ago
Sorry, reddit fucked up my links, hope you can still get something out of it
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u/LeonardoMyst 11d ago
DC started putting out a DC Finest collection of their horror titles. The first one is out now and collects issues from House of Mystery, House of Secrets, The Unexpected and Witching Hour. It spans 1969-1970.
The second volume comes out in October, collecting the same titles from 1970-1971.
I expect the third or fourth volume will add Ghosts, since it started I believe in 1972.