The mighty Marvel Comics universe may have been built on the backs of superheroes, but it never shied away from featuring non-superhero characters when urgency or inclination called for it. Such was ...
Marvel Comics has been around long enough to ensure there’s something for everyone, from fans of daring tales of rescue to those who prefer more lighthearted adventures. Then there’s the darker side ...
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Michael Dean, editor of a new collection of long-forgotten Marvel horror comics called "Lost Marvels No.1: Tower of Shadows." Comic books in the 1950s were full of ...
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Horror comics boom in our age of anxiety

Horror sells right now. Subsequent works "The House on the Lake" or "The Department of Truth" have tackled human survival and conspiracy theories, helping turn Tynion into one of the top-selling ...
To the average superhero fan, Venom is Eddie Brock’s goofy buddy, a lethal protector who will occasionally munch on a ...
Both the horror genre and Comics medium are viewed as somewhat disreputable. How much of this is due to their shared roots in the counterculture is a subject of scholarly debate. Regardless, it cannot ...
Marvel fans, get ready to delve into the darker side of the supernatural with Hulu's new horror series "Helstrom." The show follows estranged siblings Daimon and Ana Helstrom, the offspring of a ...
The work of Stephen King has been adapted in just about every format, including in an inventive online project from Marvel ...
Comic books in the 1950s were full of superheroes swishing about in their capes and masks, but another genre was gaining ground fast - horror. These comics featured vampires, werewolves, axe murderers ...