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11.1 Comics Graveyard

In The Ten-Cent Plague, David Hajdu lists some 896 artists, writers, letterers, colorists, and others who never again worked in comics after the industry ‘purge’ was completed. This page collects a sampling of the titles that ceased publication after the Comics Magazine Association of America implemented the Comics Code.

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All-Famous Police Cases

Star Publications, August 1952 – September 1954

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Crime and Justice

Charlton, March 1951 – September 1955

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Crime and Punishment

Lev Gleason, April 1948 – August 1955

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Crime Does Not Pay

Lev Gleason, July 1942 – July 1955

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Crime Mysteries

Trojan/Ribage, May 1952 – September 1954

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Crime Smashers

Trojan, October 1950 – March 1953

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Crime SuspenStories

EC, October/November 1950 – February/March 1955

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Fight Against Crime

Story, May 1951 – September 1954

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Adventures into Darkness

Standard, August 1952 – June 1954

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Beware

Trojan, January 1953 – March 1955

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Chamber of Chills

Harvey, June 1951—December 1954

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Eerie

Avon, May/June 1951 – August/September 1954

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Ghostly Weird Stories

Star, September 1953 – September 1954

The Haunt of Fear

EC, May/June 1950 – November/December 1954

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Journey into Fear

Superior, May 1951 – September 1954

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Mysteries Weird and Strange

Superior, May 1953 – January 1955

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Nightmare

St. John, December 1953 – August 1954

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Out of the Shadows

Standard, July 1952 – August 1954

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Shocking Mystery Cases

Star, September 1952 – October 1954

Shock SuspenStories

EC, February/March 1952 – December/January 1954/1955

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Strange Mysteries

Superior, September 1951 – January 1955

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Startling Terror Tales

Star, April 1953 – November 1954

Tales from the Crypt

EC, October/November 1950 – February/March 1955

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Tales of Horror

Toby, June 1952 – October 1954

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The Unseen

Standard, June 1952 – July 1954

The Vault of Horror

EC, April/May 1950 – December/January 1954/1955

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Voodoo

Ajax-Farrell, May 1952 – January/February 1955

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Web of Evil

Quality, November 1952 – December 1954

Weird Science-Fantasy

EC, Spring 1955 – May/June 1955

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Witches Tales

Harvey, January 1951 – December 1954