In the genre's peak period (1951-1954), before it almost destroyed the comics industry, before the watchdog groups and Congress, over fifty horror titles appeared each month, and Four Color Fear collects the finest of these into a single robust and affordable volume. EC is the comic book company most fans associate with horror: therefore, for the average reader there remains unseen quite a batch of genuinely disturbing, compulsive, imaginative, at times even touching, horror stories presented from a variety of visions and perspectives, many of which at their best can stand toe to toe with EC. In Four Color Fear, the better horror companies are represented, and artist perennials contribute both stories and covers, with many of the forty full-sized covers created by specialists Bernard Baily, L.B. Cole, William Eckgren, and Matt Fox.
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EC is often at the center of the story [of Pre-Code horror comics]... Four Color Fear strives to provide an accessible sampler of everything else. Editor Greg Sadowski is adept at such missions. --Joe McCulloch
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Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fair. Editors Benson and Sadowski have sifted through hundreds of rare books to cherry-pick the most compelling scripts and art. They provide extensive background notes on the artists, writers and companies involved in their creation. Digital restoration has been performed with subtlety and restraint, with every effort made to retain the flavour of the original comics. Readers will feel like they've found an old bound volume of the finest non-EC horror covers of the pre-code era. Seller Inventory # 00109220521
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Condition: good. Used - Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. Seller Inventory # CSIV.1606993437.G
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Paperback. Condition: Near fine. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Quarto. 7.5 x 10.5 in. 320 pp. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions of comic art, including a suite of glossy color reproductions of original comicbook covers. Near fine in original pictorial wrappers with faint foxing to edge of text block. Featuring contributions from Sid Check, Jack Cole, the Iger Studio, Jack Katz, Fred Kida, Basil Wolverton, Frank Frazetta, and many others. Seller Inventory # 9065
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