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More psychedelic day-glo gloriousness from STARTLING TERROR TALES! A truly unique pre-code horror title. Nobody else had covers like this.

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2023-03-12

For your Sunday, the pre-code GOAT... CHAMBER OF CHILLS by Lee Elias, paired with the original art (which sold for $174,000 in 2020 by the way!)

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2022-11-21

Summer is over, and so too is our fond look back at glorious Gold Key covers! Here's one last quad box of Ripley's covers. Next week: a return to classic pre-code horror, just in time for Halloween!

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2022-09-17

I’ve had a horrifically good time selecting the stories I’ll tweet during October, in the run-up to Halloween! Each day during the month, I’ll post a page from complete pre-Code horror stories, so get ready…IF YOU DARE!

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2022-09-14

man, do mid 2000s mecha anime pre-Code Geass slap

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2022-06-27

1950s: Pre-Code Horror Comics (EC, HARVEY).

1970s: Black & White Comic Magazines (CREEPY, VAMPIRELLA, SKYWALD, EERIE PUBS).

1980s: Small-Press Explosion comics: (DEADWORLD, GORE SHRIEK).

2020s: WULF & BATSY!

Trying my best to bring a gruesome old tradition back from the dead!

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2022-03-23

On Sale In Comic Shops now VAMPIRES GHASTLY PRE-CODE HORROR edited by Steve Karswell Banes (IDWs Haunted Horror and more) features retro inspired back cover art by
https://t.co/tYdugVeQkY

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2022-02-21

Harlow’s first film at MGM is pre-code at its apex—gloriously unabashed in its celebration of female sexuality, even at its most nefarious. Harlow’s character Lillian ultimately faces no consequences despite her utilization of feminine wiles to climb her way up the social ladder.

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2022-02-06

Who likes Classic Horror? from the Tomb- is this PRE-CODE OR POST-CODE? in any case--pretty cool

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2021-10-16

Coming November 2nd!

The Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
• NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Michael Schlesinger
• Trailers
• English Subtitles

This delightfully chilling Pre-Code murder-mystery was directed by Kurt Neumann (Son of Ali Baba, Kronos, The Fly).

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2021-08-13

Paramount Pictures herald advertising the pre-Code adventure film, “The Sea God” (1930). Written and directed by George Abbott, the film stars Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Eugene Pallette, Ivan Simpson, Maurice Black, and Bob Perry. “The Sea God” was one of … https://t.co/GoC1lyd9I0

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2021-05-13

📣 Give me a P!

Chorus girls form the shape of a letter P as part of spelling out the title of the 1930 pre-Code revue PARAMOUNT ON PARADE.

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2021-05-03

A Look in the Mirror opening page in Issue 1 of Creepsi is complete. A taste of our upcoming horror issues. I like to think of it as a twist of pre-code horror with a Twilight Zone vibe. https://t.co/w4QSEx0Iis

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2021-04-07

A quartet of pre-code movie posters

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2021-03-09

Kicking off the new week with another quad-box of pre-code horror panels!

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2021-02-09

1930 Goldwyn Girl Mary Ashcraft Risqué Pre-Code Photograph from the film Whoopee!

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2021-01-16

A trade ad for the announced pre-Code adaptation of THE GLASS KEY—entitled GRAFT and starring Gary Cooper—which was never made.

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2021-01-10

My doodle of January Star of the Month Miriam Hopkins! I'm excited for a night of some of her pre-code films, especially TROUBLE IN PARADISE and DESIGN FOR LIVING.

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2021-01-08

How about a little NIGHTMARE before Christmas?? A quad-box of gorgeous painted covers from St. John's often-overlooked entry in the pre-code horror comics sweepstakes!

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2020-12-25