What are your favorite pre-code horror/ or crime comics?

[comicOD]

Just out of curiosity.

I'm not really sure how big the pre code horror and crime genres are with
most people here. Would like to know that, as well. Are there any
other PC horror/crime comic fans on here?

Obviously there are, or the comics I'm mentioning would never be uploaded?

[jfglade]

 I do have a fondness for some of the EC comics which aren't available here, namely "Shock Suspenstories" and "Two Fisted Tales" (which is neither crime nor horror). I do enjoy "Guns for Gangsters" which is in the crime genre but really isn't typical, and I have read my share of "Crime Doesn't Pay" which is the flagship title of the genre.

 Harvey has some of the titles that had some of the most extreme horror stories and I can't say I really care for them. Charlton published some nice early Ditko stories and "The Thing," and it is a book I can generally recommend. A lot of ACG is junk, but it is entertaining junk.

[josemas]

I've recently been reading through some of the Ziff-Davis horror titles available here on the site such as Weird Thrillers and Eerie Adventures and have been consistently impressed with the artwork.

Fox's Women Outlaws, while not particularly strong on good art, is a crime title that has some mean shootem' ups that I'm sure outraged the authorities looking to ban comics back in the day. 

Best

Joe

[jfglade]

 I forgot to mention "The Unseen" which was Better/Pine's morbid contribution to the horror genre.

 I haven't paid much attention to the Ziff-Davis books. I'll have to check them out.

[narfstar]

ZD had some really awesome covers.

[comicOD]

I do have a fondness for some of the EC comics which aren't available here, namely "Shock Suspenstories" and "Two Fisted Tales" (which is neither crime nor horror). I do enjoy "Guns for Gangsters" which is in the crime genre but really isn't typical, and I have read my share of "Crime Doesn't Pay" which is the flagship title of the genre.

 Harvey has some of the titles that had some of the most extreme horror stories and I can't say I really care for them. Charlton published some nice early Ditko stories and "The Thing," and it is a book I can generally recommend. A lot of ACG is junk, but it is entertaining junk.

There was a blog site at wordpress, that is no longer around. They had EC, Marvel and some other popular
comics from the day uploaded there.

I loved EC from what I'd read. I also happened to download and read ShockSuspenstories. What great
artwork. It was eye opening for me at 37, to see that there were comics being sold in the early
50's, that dealt with rape, racism, murder etc.  Unbelievable!

Also really enjoyed reading Weird Science.

I know "Crime Doesn't Pay" was extremely popular. I plan to check out some of those comics.
The stories weren't all about mobsters and gangsters, were they? I'm guessing they wouldn't
have been as graphic, or as extremely violent as EC's titles were?

I did some of Harvey's  horror titles, like Witches Tales, Tomb of Horror, Chamber of chills.

[Yoc]

COD,
You owe it to yourself to check out this blog devoted to horror comics, especially those of the Golden Age.
http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/

-Yoc

[Drusilla lives!]

... I loved EC from what I'd read. I also happened to download and read ShockSuspenstories. What great
artwork. It was eye opening for me at 37, to see that there were comics being sold in the early
50's, that dealt with rape, racism, murder etc.  Unbelievable!

Also really enjoyed reading Weird Science.

... I'm guessing they wouldn't have been as graphic, or as extremely violent as EC's titles were?

I'm just curious here, what did you exactly like about them... that is... when they dealt with rape, murder and racism? 

Did you find the stories as being constructed in such a way as to be an excuse to display the "graphic violence" or did you see that violence as occurring naturally, as a passing necessity to reach some other idea?  Being an EC fan myself and having seen and read most (if not all of the material) I'm sorta of the latter opinion myself.

[staunton]

I suppose it's like trying to pick your favourite flavour of ice cream, so many to consider, but I do have a liking for the Marvel Atlas titles. Pity they can't be uploaded