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25 Valuable Pre Code Horror Comics

25 Pre Code Horror Comics Worth Big Money!

We had so much fun putting together the Top 30 Horror Comics of the 1950s that we expanded it to a second article!

These additional 25 vintage horror comic books were too cool to leave out.

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25 Amazing Pre Code Horror Comics!

Chamber of Chills #23
Classic Zombie kiss cover

Lowest price $1,400

Average price $5,000

Record price $22,800

This is a very popular issue, showing a Zombie French kissing a beautiful blonde who suddenly wishes she was somewhere, anywhere, else.

Mister Mystery #11
Classic ant torture cover

Lowest price $200

Average price $6,000

Record price $22,800

Clever forms of torture is a recurring thrme in pre Code horror comics!

There are good ways to go and bad ways to go. Being buried up to your neck and having ants attack you is not a good way!

Weird Mysteries #5
Classic brain removal cover

Lowest price $1,800

Average price $12,000

Record price $22,800

This is pretty gruesome... One of the most popular retro horror comic covers ever published.

Underworld Crime #7
Woman threatened by hot poker

Lowest price $900

Average price $4,500

Record price $21,600

At the very least, the publisher of this crime comic didn't show the woman actually being tortured: it's just the THREAT of torture.

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Weird Comics #1
Bizarre science cover

Lowest price $1,500

Average price $5,000

Record price $21,600

It's not clear whether the scientist has turned himself into a monster, or he is a monster conducting science experiments. Or what the gorilla has to do with anything...

Lawbreakers Suspense Stories #11
Classic severed tongues cover

Lowest price $500

Average price $2,900

Record price $19,200

Just in case you're wondering, the caption reads: "I know you are a mute, Miss Kimberley, but even if you COULD yell, the people downstairs couldn't call the police. You see... I already cut all their tongues out!"

Not easy to see in the image above, so enjoy the detail below. Ick.

Miss Kimberley is a classic "headlights" babe from horror comics of the 1950s. No wonder these titles were so popular.

Dark Mysteries #19
Classic torture cover

Lowest price $500

Average price $2,500

Record price $18,000

Yet another way to torture a pretty blonde. As if walking skeletons were not torture enough...

Lawbreakers Suspense Stories #11: Classic severed tongues cover detailLawbreakers Suspense Stories #11: Classic severed tongues cover detail

Mister Mystery #4
Classic bondage cover

Lowest price $200

Average price $1,200

Record price $18,000

So you're a pretty woman and you decide to allow a weird-looking artist to paint you. For some reason, he convinces you to have your hands bound.

Can you REALLY be surprised that he reveals his plans to stab you in the heart by painting it onto your portrait? No.

Mysterious Adventures #13
Classic skull cover

Lowest price $400

Average price $3,200

Record price $18,000

Boy meets girl. Boy somehow gets sucked into giant skull demon. Girl attempts to pull boy out. Just your regular pre Code horror comics date night.

Weird Tales of the Future #3
Classic cover

Lowest price $450

Average price $3,500

Record price $18,000

I feel like a pretty blonde who chooses to hang out in a graveyard for some reason kind of deserves a giant undead creature to burst out of the ground. Just sayin'.

Blue Bolt #112
Classic LB Cole cover

Lowest price $150

Average price $1,800

Record price $17,200

Rather like long-running DC Comics titles, such as Sensation Comics and Captain America Comics, Blue Bolt comics had the extra title "Weird Tales of Terror" added to underline that they are now horror titles.

An awesome cover by LB Cole featuring a green demon grabbing handfuls of people.

Menace #5
Origin and 1st appearance, the Zombie

Lowest price $300

Average price $3,000

Record price $15,600

Back in the 1950s, Zombies were very uncommon in culture. Now, of course, they are everywhere.

Menace #9
Classic Atlas Comics undead cover

Lowest price $200

Average price $1,100

Record price $15,600

Another classic Atlas cover image featuring walking dead and terrified humans.

Haunt of Fear #15 (#1)
1st issue of the series

Lowest price $500

Average price $2,800

Record price $13,000

A classic EC Comics horror comic book. EC set the standard for pre Code horror comics, and all others are judged by their work.

This series has confusion numbering. Issue #15 is really #1. There is a later issue #15 with a different cover image and contents.

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Witches Tales #25
Classic severed head cover

Lowest price $500

Average price $3,500

Record price $10,800

This is an insanely creative cover! A severed rotting head used in a bell as a clapper.

Weird Mysteries #12
Classic cover

Lowest price $600

Average price $3,000

Record price $9,600

The dating scene is rough on guys. Sometimes, you have to take whatever you can dig up.

Ghostly Weird Stories #122
Classic horror sci-fi cover by LB Cole

Lowest price $900

Average price $3,600

Record price $9,300

The name change from Blue Bolt comics was official by now. A wonderful LB Cole cover showing an astronaut turned into a corpse.

Spellbound #14
Classic Atlas pre Code horror comic

Lowest price $300

Average price $1,400

Record price $9,000

A love story just isn't complete without undead. A pretty funny cover when you look closely.

Exposed True Crime Cases #1
Violent spouse cover

Lowest price $200

Average price $1,800

Record price $8,400

A warning for all nagging wives out there.

Web of Evil #5
Classic electric chair cover

Lowest price $700

Average price $3,000

Record price $8,400

A striking cover featuring a laughing criminal being given the juice.

Ghost Comics #1
First in pre Code horror comics series

Lowest price $150

Average price $900

Record price $7,800

A classic demon chasing a pretty girl through a spooky graveyard cover image.

Mister Mystery #16
Classic bondage cover

Lowest price $150

Average price $1,100

Record price $7,500

Many women grow up dreaming of becoming a mommy.

Unfortunately, this girl is going to become a Mummy...

Horrific #3
Classic bullet hole in head cover

Lowest price $1,000

Average price $2,500

Record price $5,000

This is a very popular pre Code horror comic.

There hasn't been a sale of a high-grade example for a while: when one comes to market, $5K will seem very cheap.

The Thing! #7
Classic eye injury cover

Lowest price $200

Average price $1,000

Record price $3,600

Another comic book that hasn't had a new bar set for it. This incredibly gruesome image of a vampire gouging out a man's eyes is keenly sought-after when it comes to market.

Out of the Shadows #8
Classic shrunken heads cover

Lowest price $200

Average price $1,500

Record price $2,500

Another awesome cover image showing a madman boiling heads to shrink them. Another pre Code horror comic that's long overdue for a new record sale price.

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