I Dare You..! A DC '70s Horror Line Appreciation - 2020

[Lee Stone]

Do you know if they are collected in book form?

Ghosts
Showcase Presents Ghosts #1 -reprints #1-18

House of Mystery
House of Mystery - DC Treasury Edition (1973) -various reprints
House of Mystery - Bronze Age Omnibus #1, 2 -reprints #174-226
Showcase Presents House of Mystery #1-3 -reprints #174-226

House of Secrets
House of Secrets - The Bronze Age Omnibus #1, 2 -reprints #81-154
Showcase Presents House of Secrets #1, 2 -reprints #81-119

Night Force
DC Comics Presents Night Force #1 - reprints #1-4
Night Force: The Complete Series -reprints #1-14

Phantom Stranger
Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger #1, 2 -reprints #1-41, and a few appearances

Secrets of Sinister House
Showcase Presents Secrets of Sinister House #1 -reprints #1-18

Swamp Thing
Roots of Swamp Thing -reprints Swamp Thing (1972) #1-13
Secret of the Swamp Thing -reprints Swamp Thing (1972) #1-10
Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis -reprints Swamp Thing (1972) #1-10
Swamp Thing The Bronze Age #1, 2 -reprints Swamp Thing (1972) #1-24, and a few appearances
Saga of the Swamp Thing #1-6 -reprints Swamp Thing (1982) #20-64

Weird War Tales
Creature Commandos: A Weird War Tales Collection -reprints Creature Commando stories
Showcase Presents Weird War Tales #1 -reprints #1-21

The Witching Hour
Showcase Presents The Witching Hour #1 -reprints #1-21

[signalman112]

Elvira's House of Mystery. I know its from the 80's but I like the covers.

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[Phoenixx9]

Ghosts
Showcase Presents Ghosts #1 -reprints #1-18

House of Mystery
House of Mystery - DC Treasury Edition (1973) -various reprints
House of Mystery - Bronze Age Omnibus #1, 2 -reprints #174-226
Showcase Presents House of Mystery #1-3 -reprints #174-226

House of Secrets
House of Secrets - The Bronze Age Omnibus #1, 2 -reprints #81-154
Showcase Presents House of Secrets #1, 2 -reprints #81-119

Night Force
DC Comics Presents Night Force #1 - reprints #1-4
Night Force: The Complete Series -reprints #1-14

Phantom Stranger
Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger #1, 2 -reprints #1-41, and a few appearances

Secrets of Sinister House
Showcase Presents Secrets of Sinister House #1 -reprints #1-18

Swamp Thing
Roots of Swamp Thing -reprints Swamp Thing (1972) #1-13
Secret of the Swamp Thing -reprints Swamp Thing (1972) #1-10
Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis -reprints Swamp Thing (1972) #1-10
Swamp Thing The Bronze Age #1, 2 -reprints Swamp Thing (1972) #1-24, and a few appearances
Saga of the Swamp Thing #1-6 -reprints Swamp Thing (1982) #20-64

Weird War Tales
Creature Commandos: A Weird War Tales Collection -reprints Creature Commando stories
Showcase Presents Weird War Tales #1 -reprints #1-21

The Witching Hour
Showcase Presents The Witching Hour #1 -reprints #1-21

Thank you my friend!

[Lee Stone]

Welcome, Phoenixx9.


And here's the letter from the letter column of Phantom Stranger #30, where Joe Orlando mentioned that the mystery comics sold better than the superhero comics at the time.



Note that the reader considered the Phantom Stranger a 'superhero'.

[Lee Stone]

[Lee Stone]

Recently digitized in the last two weeks:

Elvira's House of Mystery #1,2
The Phantom Stranger #10
Weird Mystery Tales #10
The Witching Hour #9

Updated list:

The Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love #1-15 (15 issues)
Doorway to Nightmare #1-5 (5 issues)
Elvira's House of Mystery #1,2 (2 issues, currently being digitized)
Ghosts #97 (1 issue)
House of Mystery #174-211, 290-304 (53 issues)

House of Secrets #92-135 (44 issues)
The Phantom Stranger #1-10 (10 issues, currently being digitized)
Swamp Thing (1972) #1-24 (24 issues)
Swamp Thing (1982) #1-171, Annual 2, 7 (173 issues)
Weird Mystery Tales #1-4, 8-10 (7 issues)

The Witching Hour #1, 2, 4-9 (8 issues, currently being digitized)
DC Comics Presents: Night Force #1 (reprints Night Force #1-4)