Witchcraft
Writer: Various
Artists: Various
Publisher: Olympian Publishing
Review by: Rob Caprilozzi
If this book looks familiar to you, then you are correct. The cover is
a copy of an old Avon comic. Inside, the stories are reprint PRE-CODE
material. The book is
introduced with a splash page by Dan Brereton, of Nocturnals fame, which
features Polychrome and Halloween Girl introducing the book, in EC Comics
fashion.
The stories in the book are: The Death Tattoo, The Vampire Puppet, The
Devil's Stones, Scream in the Night, The Vengeance Vat, The Vampire goes
West, The Accursed, Ghost in the Gallows, The Ring of Horror, House to
Let, The Hungry Lodger, The Nine Horrors, and The Little Children.
From the onset it is obvious that Olympian Publishing has put a lot of
time into remastering this book. Olympian Publishing says that there will
be more books to follow to help expose younger readers to the original
horror comics from the 40's and 50's.
Another thing I like about this book is that it HONORS writers, artists
and companies that put out pre code horror. A portion of the proceeds
is being donated to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and ACTOR: A Commitment
To Our Roots.
Fans of pre-code horror should jump on this fast. It is a great book
to add to any collection.
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