![]() ![]() From an industry standpoint, horror comics (and true crime comics for that matter) served as a great landing point for many pulp writers, who could at last provide images to go along with their sordid tales of murderous mad men and dangerous damsels. As the first real visual outlet for the sort of macabre tales of murder, mayhem, ghouls and ghosts, comics like *Tales from the Crypt* and *Adventures Into the Unknown* introduced an entire generation of readers to the dark side of fiction. In both horror and heavy metal circles, the role of grotesque pulp comics from the ‘50s and ‘60s in the shaping of the general aesthetic and development of these art forms can not be overstated. ![]() Listen to the latest episode of our weekly comics podcast! ![]()
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