Lot Details
| Story | A Death for a Death |
|---|---|
| Cover price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Genre / era | Horror-Suspense · Golden Age |
| Characters | Dr. Ansel Jarrat, a naturalist, works at the Natural History Museum. Dr. Jarrat never cared that he put many insects through incredible pain by pulling them apart and dissecting them without chloroform for the museum's exhibits. After all they were only insects. But now the insects will have their revenge. Every night Dr. Jarrat finds himself turning into an insect. A caterpillar one night, a cockroach the next. Will Dr. Jarrat find a way out of this curse or will he die the death of an insect, like so many he has killed? |
Issue details: Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worlds of Fear #6
Published by Fawcett Publications with a cover date of September 1952, Worlds of Fear #6 stands as a key mid-century horror anthology feature from the pre-Code era. The issue features classic horror illustration work by artists including Sheldon Moldoff, documenting the publisher's expansion into dark supernatural fiction prior to the implementation of the Comics Code Authority.
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Lot Details
| Story | A Death for a Death |
|---|---|
| Cover price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Genre / era | Horror-Suspense · Golden Age |
| Characters | Dr. Ansel Jarrat, a naturalist, works at the Natural History Museum. Dr. Jarrat never cared that he put many insects through incredible pain by pulling them apart and dissecting them without chloroform for the museum's exhibits. After all they were only insects. But now the insects will have their revenge. Every night Dr. Jarrat finds himself turning into an insect. A caterpillar one night, a cockroach the next. Will Dr. Jarrat find a way out of this curse or will he die the death of an insect, like so many he has killed? |
Issue details: Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worlds of Fear
Published by Fawcett Publications, Worlds of Fear debuted in 1952 during the post-war surge of supernatural and suspense fiction in the American comic book industry. Running for a total of ten issues through 1953, the title operated as a multi-feature horror anthology during the pre-Code era. The series featured contributions from notable comic book illustrators of the period, including Sheldon Moldoff and Bob Webb, who delivered graphic interior story art tailored toward the growing market for macabre, edge-of-your-seat tales.
The series holds historical relevance as a clear representation of mid-century horror comics produced prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority in 1954. Its narratives regularly featured classic horror tropes, including spine-chilling encounters, dark twists, and moral fables centered on the supernatural. Following the industry-wide backlash against horror titles and the subsequent creation of self-censorship guidelines by comic publishers, Worlds of Fear was cancelled along with many of Fawcett's other genre titles, making its brief publication run an important artifact of early 1950s publishing history.
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