Eerie Comics Comic

Summary

Eerie is a one-shot horror comic book cover-dated January 1947 and published by Avon Periodicals as Eerie #1. Its creative team includes Joe Kubert and Fred Kida. The book's contents comprise six full-length horror feature stories and a 2-page humorous tale. The title went dormant for a number of years but returned to newsstands as Eerie #1 in 1951. The book holds the distinction of being the first true, stand-alone horror comic book and is credited with establishing the horror comics genre. The issue featured six stories that were fairly tame in the depiction of the gore and violence generally found in horror fiction. The Eerie series was resurrected in 1951 again with 17 additional issues.