Haunted Horror: Comics Your Mother Warned You About!: (Volume 2)

by Bob Powell (Illustrations), Jack Cole (Illustrations), Steve Ditko (Illustrations)

Back from the opened grave are more masterpieces of the macabre from the horror comics of the 1950s. Genius horror artists of the known, such as Jack Cole, Bob Powell, Steve Ditko, and the unknown variety poured their tortured souls into these comics. The best and rarest stories have been chosen with the help of top horror comic collectors, all lovingly restored and presented in full-creepy color. You will be thrilled, chilled, and maybe even a little sickened by the over-the-top ghouls and gore in this latest addition to the Chilling Archives of Horror!

Genres: Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Stanislav Robert Pawlowski, known as Bob Powell, is the creator of "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" and the co-creator, with Wallace Wood, of "Mars Attacks!" the Topps trading card series.

Reviews

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty much more of the same as Volume One, although I did see more artists I recognized in this issue. Killer puppets, vampires, ghosts, it's all here again. I supposed we're all a bit jaded, because nothing in here seems all that shocking. Back in the 1950s though, when comics were still looked at as mostly for children, I'm sure this material was very disturbing.

Very entertaining, and a must for fans of Golden and Silver Age horror comics.

[April Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great collection of older horror comics. Kids who read these back in the ‘50s needed to have a good command of the English language, too. Some of them are a bit hit or miss, but one in particular really stands out to me: the baseball one. If you want to see what things concerned the population of the ‘50s, check out this book!

[Mkittysamom · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gross! And Dated..

I really didn’t like this, not my cup of tea. The stories were boring and the art was creepy.. all the googly eyes ewww...Anyways I’m sure that someone who likes old horror comics might like it but I wouldn’t know.. it was my first and prob last taste. I feel bad because someone put in work putting this together. But yeah.. I can’t believe I read it all.. noticed some spelling errors too. But I suppose that can’t be changed lol. Why do people like these pulp horror Comics? I don’t know? Im glad I had the experience though so that’s a good thing.

[Liam Ostermann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great fun. But maybe it was volume 1 I read, I've had trouble tracking it down on Goodreads so I work on the basis this, or it, was more of the same. Anyway I read a collection of old horror comics from the 1950s and 6os and they were enjoyable but I didn't enjoy them as much as I did when I was 10 to 12/13 years old - but why would I? Seriously by 14 I was discovering way more challenging and exciting literature (and I don't mean porn). I'd be worried if I enjoyed these comics as much as I used to.

I don't hate graphics, I just prefer words.

[David Paco · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had a great time reading these to wind down before bed. The artwork is beautiful and the stories are all fun. They're not particularly great or scary stories, but some are a little twisted and have some dark humor. I can't wait to get the rest of the collections!

[Robert Marsh · Rating 5 out of 5]

What fun! And gruesome too! Wheeee!