A Haunt of Fears: The Strange History of the British Horror Comics Campaign by Martin Barker

A Haunt of Fears: The Strange History of the British Horror Comics Campaign

Martin Barker

252 pages first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction comics history adventurous dark medium-paced
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Between 1949 and 1955 Britain was swept by a rising tide of panic about "American-style" or "horror" comics. The British press cried out in alarm: "Now Ban This Filth That Poisons Our Children," "Drive Out the Horror Comics." As one frenzied colum...

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