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Horror Comic Books of the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s
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Horror Comic Books, 1970s
The Tomb of Dracula comic book series centers on Count Dracula as the primary antagonist, pursued by a dedicated band of vampire hunters. The sprawling, multi-year saga details his conflicts with these hunters and other supernatural threats across th...
Tomb of Dracula (1972 - 1979) | Comic Series
The Werewolf by Night comic books primarily follow Jack Russell, a man who inherits a family curse that transforms him into a savage werewolf on the three nights of the full moon. Jack then seeks a cure for his condition to protect himself and his si...
Werewolf By Night Comic Book List
Marvel's "The Monster of Frankenstein" (1970s) comic series reimagined the creature in modern times, often battling horror tropes, super-science, and his own tragic origins as a misunderstood outcast, with plots involving mad scientists (like Sinoda)...
Frankenstein's Monster (Earth-616) - Marvel Database - Fandom
The Man-Thing comic book synopsis centers on Dr. Ted Sallis, a biochemist who is transformed into a mindless, empathic swamp monster. The creature, which guards the "Nexus of All Realities" in the Florida Everglades, instinctively burns anyone who fe...
Man-Thing (Marvel Comics)
Strange Tales in the 1970s at Marvel Comics shifted from its earlier monster/sci-fi roots (featuring Human Torch/Thing) to focus heavily on supernatural, horror, and mystical tales, becoming a primary vehicle for characters like Doctor Strange (becom...
Strange Tales Vol 1
House of Mystery in the 1970s, primarily an anthology horror/supernatural comic from DC, featured creepy tales hosted by the mysterious Cain, often with an eerie framing story inside the titular magical mansion, exploring ghosts, monsters, curses, an...
The House of Mystery
Creepy was an American horror comics magazine launched by Warren Publishing in 1964. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and did not carry the seal of the Comics Code Authority.
Creepy Comics
Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white magazine intended for newsstand distribution and did not submit its stories to the comic book industry's voluntary Comics Code...
Eerie Comics
Vampirella, a heroic living vampire, initially hails from the planet Drakulon, where blood flows like water. After a spaceship from Earth crashes there, she travels to Earth, discovers humans have blood, and begins a new life fighting evil, often usi...
Vampirella
Horror Comic Books, 1980s
The Sandman is a dark fantasy comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics. The main character of The Sandman is Dream, also known as Morpheus and other names, who is one of the seven Endless. The other Endless are Destiny, Dea...
The Sandman
The core premise of Evil Ernie is that an abused, telepathic teenager named Ernest Fairchild is driven to murder and, after dying during an experimental treatment, is resurrected as an undead psychopath by Lady Death to cause "Megadeath" on Earth.
Evil Ernie
Aliens is a line of several comic books set in the fictional universe of the Alien films published by Dark Horse Comics from 1988 forward. The stories often feature the company Weyland-Yutani and the United States Colonial Marines. Originally intende...
Search for “aliens” :: Dark Horse Comics
Hellblazer follows John Constantine, a cynical, chain-smoking British con-man and occult detective who uses his cunning and minor magical skills to fight supernatural threats. The series' core theme is the personal tragedy that inevitably befalls any...
Hellblazer, Vol. 1
The Hellraiser comic books primarily serve as an anthology series exploring the mythology created by Clive Barker, rather than a single overarching narrative. The central premise involves a puzzle box, the Lament Configuration, which, when solved, su...
Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 1
Clive Barker's Tapping the Vein is a horror comic series collecting Barker's short stories, with the first issue featuring "Human Remains," about a male escort named Gavin who meets an odd artifact collector, Kenneth Reynolds, leading to strange disc...
Tapping the Vein Vol 1 | Headhunter's Horror House Wiki | Fandom
From Hell, by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell, is a dense, historically-grounded graphic novel reimagining the Jack the Ripper murders as a vast Masonic/Royal conspiracy involving Queen Victoria, royal bloodlines, occult rituals, and the birth of the...
From Hell (Moore, Alan)
While the iconic Tales from the Crypt (TFTC) host, the Crypt Keeper, debuted in 1950s EC Comics, the 1980s saw its revival and adaptation, especially the 1989 HBO series, bringing those gory, darkly humorous, and satirical stories of grim fates (ofte...
Tales from the Crypt (1980s Revival)
Twisted Tales (1980s) was a short-lived but influential horror anthology comic from Pacific Comics, known for graphic, gruesome tales inspired by EC Comics but pushing boundaries with 80s splatter, featuring artists like Dave Stevens & writers li...
Twisted Tales
Alien Worlds is an American science fiction anthology comic that was published by Pacific Comics and then Eclipse Comics between 1982 and 1985. It was edited by Bruce Jones and his partner April Campbell. It was a sister title to Jones' horror anthol...
Alien Worlds
Horror Comic Books, 1990s
Preacher, by Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon, follows Texan preacher Jesse Custer, who, after his church is destroyed and he's possessed by Genesis (angel-demon baby), gains the "Word of God" (mind control) and hits the road with his ex-girlfriend Tul...
Preacher
The Spawn comic book series primarily follows Al Simmons, a murdered government assassin who makes a deal with the demon Malebolgia to return to Earth to see his wife one last time. He is resurrected as a Hellspawn, a disfigured, superpowered anti-he...
Spawn
Dr. Michael Morbius is a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who, in a desperate attempt to cure his rare, fatal blood disease, inadvertently transforms himself into a living vampire through an experimental treatment involving vampire bat DNA and electros...
Morbius Vol 1 | Marvel Horror Wiki | Fandom
The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned (Anne Rice's first book in the series) follows the immortal Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses the Great, resurrected by an elixir of life, as he navigates Edwardian London as "Dr. Ramsey," grappling with endless hunger and longi...
The Mummy or Ramses the Damned
Nightbreed comic books on a wooden table Nightbreed comics expand on Clive Barker's tale of hunted underground creatures (the Nightbreed) and their hidden city, Midian, following protagonist Aaron Boon, a man manipulated by a serial killer, Decker, w...
Nightbreed (franchise)
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac follows the story of a young, mentally unstable man named Johnny C. (or "Nny") who commits a string of elaborate murders, often with an elaborate justification. The series blends black humor and gore with philosophical mon...
Johnny The Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut
The Vampire Lestat comic book follows the novel's plot: Lestat awakens in the 1980s, becomes a rock star to reveal vampires, and recounts his life from aristocratic 18th-century France through his creation, his search for other vampires (meeting Mari...
Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat: A Graphic Novel
Splatter is a collection of shock stories that mix alternative comix' love of graphic oddness with a B-grade horror flick's love of gore. Serial killers, backwoods zombies, and ultra-violent psychopaths are standard fare for the series.
Splatter comic books
The Taboo comic book, edited by Steve Bissette, was a groundbreaking horror/adult anthology series featuring gritty, boundary-pushing stories from creators like Eddie Campbell and Scott McCloud, exploring dark themes beyond mainstream comics, notably...
Taboo (Bissette, Stephen R.)
The legend of the Dark 'Un, the strange beast that roamed Pale Dove Mountain. The dark monster that no one had ever seen -- at least not and lived to tell about it -- except, so it was said, old Fletcher Brice who lived at the foot of the mountain. N...
Something Out There (Ronald Kelly)
Horror Comic Books, 2000s
The 30 Days of Night comic book series is a horror story about the isolated Alaskan town of Barrow, which is plunged into complete darkness for 30 consecutive days each winter. This natural phenomenon attracts a savage horde of vampires who exploit t...
30 Days of Night
Seriously…at this point, do you REALLY need me to give you a summary of what this story is about?
The Walking Dead
The Locke & Key comic book series is a dark fantasy and horror story about the Locke children who, after their father's murder, move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, and discover a collection of magical keys. They must use these keys to prote...
Locke and Key
Bite Club is a gritty comic about vampire mobsters, blending urban fantasy with mafia drama, following young Leto as he navigates family succession in a vampiric crime syndicate, dealing with power plays and uncovering secrets, presented with sharp d...
BITE CLUB
Hack/Slash is a horror comic book series that flips the slasher genre on its head, following Cassie Hack, a "final girl" survivor who becomes the hunter, traveling the country to eliminate slasher-style monsters.
Hack/Slash
The comic book series Blackgas, written by Warren Ellis, is a horrific zombie apocalypse tale about a mysterious substance that turns people into self-aware, cannibalistic monsters.
Warren Ellis' Blackgas
The 2000s Texas Chainsaw Massacre comics, primarily from the Wildstorm era (early 2000s), adapt the grim, intense vibe of the 2003 remake, following college kids stranded in Texas who stumble upon the cannibalistic Sawyer family, led by the masked, c...
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
The 2007-2008 Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash comic book series serves as a direct sequel to the film Freddy vs. Jason, where Freddy Krueger is trapped and clinging to the last shreds of existence within Jason Voorhees' mind. To escape his torment, Freddy m...
FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH
Hexed (by Michael Alan Nelson & Emma Rios) follows Lucifer, a sharp, street-smart supernatural thief stealing magical artifacts from the occult underworld for her mentor, battling demons & protecting her surrogate family in a dark, mystical c...
Hexed
The Lucifer comic series (Vertigo/DC) follows Lucifer Morningstar, the fallen angel, after he quits Hell to open a piano bar in Los Angeles, but gets drawn into cosmic battles involving angels, demons, and the Creator, exploring free will, destiny, a...
Lucifer
Horror Comic Books, 2010s
The Image Comics series Revival is a "rural noir" horror-mystery that centers on a rural Wisconsin town where the dead suddenly return to life, focusing on a local cop investigating a murder where the victim is one of the "revived".
Revival
The Wake, an Eisner Award-winning 10-issue science fiction/horror limited series by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy (published by Vertigo/DC Comics), is a two-part story that blends underwater terror with a post-apocalyptic future.
The Wake
Neonomicon is a Lovecraftian horror comic book series by Alan Moore and artist Jacen Burrows that serves as a modern, explicit re-imagining and sequel to the works of H.P. Lovecraft. The story explores themes of cosmic horror, sexual violence, and a ...
Neonomicon:
The comic book series Wytches, created by Scott Snyder and Jock, is a dark, psychological horror story that reimagines witch mythology. It centers on the Rooks family, who move to a remote New Hampshire town to escape a past trauma, only to discover ...
Wytches
American Vampire, by Scott Snyder & Stephen King, is a generational horror epic about a new, stronger type of vampire born in the American West, focusing on outlaw Skinner Sweet, who becomes the first "American" vamp, immune to sunlight, and his ...
American Vampire
Baltimore: The Plague Ships kicks off a horror series by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden, set post-WWI, where a devastating plague unleashes vampires, turning battlefields into undead nightmares, following WWI vet Lord Baltimore as he hunts the...
Baltimore Volume 1: The Plague Ships
Crossed: Badlands is an anthology horror comic book series that features a collection of shorter, rotating story arcs by different writers and artists, rather than a single overarching synopsis. Each arc expands upon the brutal, post-apocalyptic worl...
Crossed: Badlands
Gideon Falls is an Eisner Award-winning supernatural horror comic book series that explores themes of obsession, mental illness, and faith. The story centers on two seemingly unrelated characters whose lives become intertwined around a mysterious, ot...
Gideon Falls
Ice Cream Man is an Image Comics anthology horror comic book series where each self-contained issue presents a different tale of sorrow, wonder, or redemption, linked by the mysterious, reality-warping figure of the Ice Cream Man, Rick (also known as...
Ice Cream Man
Harrow County is a Southern Gothic horror comic book series that follows a young woman named Emmy as she discovers a dark and powerful legacy on the eve of her eighteenth birthday.
The Complete Harrow County