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The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You to Read! by R.L. Stine, Jim Trombetta
5.0
This book was so, so cool. This is a book that's part historical piece about the horror comics of the comics code days, and part museum of sorts, as the book is packed full of covers and excerpts from those classic comics.
It's a great read on its own. The historical primer, both on the time of the comics of the era and of how we got to that point, is fascinating. The pieces are provided in bite-size form, with just enough detail to keep you interested and leaving enough to the imagination that I must have Googled a bunch of different names and figures while reading.
The best part, though, is absolutely the different comics. There's a wide range of different books from the era, from zombie books to skeleton books to alien horror to some really gruesome (for the time) stuff. You look at them today at how corny they are, and yet you realize how much they got the government nervous.
Absolutely worth your time if you care about comics, or history, or some combination of the two. A really, really fun read.
It's a great read on its own. The historical primer, both on the time of the comics of the era and of how we got to that point, is fascinating. The pieces are provided in bite-size form, with just enough detail to keep you interested and leaving enough to the imagination that I must have Googled a bunch of different names and figures while reading.
The best part, though, is absolutely the different comics. There's a wide range of different books from the era, from zombie books to skeleton books to alien horror to some really gruesome (for the time) stuff. You look at them today at how corny they are, and yet you realize how much they got the government nervous.
Absolutely worth your time if you care about comics, or history, or some combination of the two. A really, really fun read.