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Graphic horror has a rich history that began simultaneously with the advent of comics. The first superhero stories borrowed a lot of elements from scary stories: Batman in the early comics resembles a vampire-like creature that seemed to have stepped out of the pages of horror stories, and the Joker character owes his appearance to the main character of the classic movie "The Man who Laughs" (1928). But the real boom in full-fledged horror comics took place in the post-war years. If during the war American soldiers enthusiastically read optimistic stories about Captain America and Superman, after their return home the demand for super cosmetics dropped. Disappointed by the society they fought for, the soldiers didn't want any more naive fairy tales. Along with erotica and tabloid crime novels, horror comics quickly became the favorite entertainment of postwar America.

Note: During the Second World War, superhero comics were sent to the front in huge numbers and significantly increased their circulation due to the patriotic theme. The post-war depression hit publishing houses and the popularity of heroes in tights hard.

The first wave of horror comics flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. The authors were inspired by the scary films of the Universal film studio, adapted the story of Edgar Allan Poe and came up with new adventures for the audience's favorites Dracula and Frankenstein's monster. The most famous American graphic horror publisher of this period was EC. Max Gaines, the editor of All American Publications, founded his own publishing house after the company merged with DC. Although Gaines dreamed of publishing science comics and Christian ethics, things turned out differently. After Max Gaines' death, the company passed into the hands of his son Bill, and Educational Comics turned into Entertainment Comics.

Entertainment Comics was an industry leader in the 1950s, and their comics amazed readers with violent, dynamic plots. The series "Tales from the Crypt", "The Vault of Horror" and "The Haunt of Fear" were in particular demand. The Tales from the Crypt series later even received a successful TV adaptation, which at one time featured, among others, Tom Hanks, Steve Buscemi, Gunsn Roses guitarist Slash, Demi Moore and Tim Roth.

Already in the forties, comics began to be criticized by parent organizations and Christian communities. Psychiatrist Fredrik Vertaram became the flagship of the struggle for the souls of young readers. In 1954, Vertram published his work Seduction of the Innocent, in which he claimed that comics caused juvenile delinquency. https://mostbets.cz/