Cheap, nasty, gruesome, and revolting, blah, blah, blah. And these were just the good points of Eerie Comics’ gory publication Weird which ran for 69 issues between 1966 and 1981.
The brainchild of “gun-toting” publisher Myron Fass and editor Carl Burgos who “ground his axe against the entire comics industry,” Weird rehashed pre-code comic strips with violent, shocking, blood-splattered tales of Frankenstein’s monster, “Sewer Werewolves,” “Flesh-rippers.” and the “Horrorama of Squirming Demons and Vampires.”
Taking its lead from EC’s Tales from the Crypt and Warren’s Creepy, Weird eschewed any pretence for good taste and decorum and aimed straight at the teenage jugular. It literally chewed the face off its competition with nasty, badly-drawn tales of the most gruesome excesses—cannibalism, torture, murder, and sordid occult rites. If there is a need to show evidence that brutal horror does not corrupt innocent minds, then may I present Exhibit A.: Weird.
Via Monster Brains.
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‘Horror Comic Books’: A vintage news report on the evils of reading
Castle of Frankenstein: The first US magazine to seriously cover comics, horror & underground films
Thrill to ‘The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor,’ forgotten comic book hero
Thrill to the covers of Boris Karloff’s ‘Tales of Mystery’ comic
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Bizarre, sexually depraved covers of vintage Italian adult comics from the 70s and 80s
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