Pre-Code Horror Comics and How One Man Tried to Stop Them.
In the 1930s and 1940s, the world of comics was essentially the Wild West. Publishers could print whatever they wanted and, at the time, America was obsessed with the creepy, macabre, and grotesque. Publishers and artists had no problem catering to these dark interests as the stands were full of books about monsters, ghosts, ghouls, murder, aliens and all kinds of horrific things. Among these horror comics one particular publisher stood above the rest: EC Comics. EC Comics pr
