THE RETURN OF THE
ZOMBIES
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HE CHILLING ARCHIVES OF HORROR COMICS first gave the world the book Zombies! Now, by popular dead-mand we present more, never-before-assembled, terrifying tales of the walking dead! Dug from graves, these grisly, gory, gruesome Pre-Code comic book stories rotted kids’ minds in the 1950s and were condemned by the Senate!
THE RETURN OF THE
The most deft and depraved artists of the time serve up these spine-chilling horrors! Enjoy the putrescent labors of Matt Baker, George Evans, Lin Streeter, and many more defunct—but not forgotten—draftsmen of the nefarious!
ZOMBIES
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INTRODUCtion BY
Lone Fleming Edited BY
Steve Banes CRAIG YOE
Dedicated to
Tommy Stanziola our very good fiend! —Craig Yoe
The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics™ Book #1 is Dick Briefer’s Frankenstein Book #2 is Bob Powell’s Terror Book #3 is Zombies Book #4 is Jack Cole’s Deadly Horror Book #5 is Haunted Horror: Banned Comics From the 1950s (Volume 1) Book #6 is The Worst of Eerie Book #7 is Howard Nostrand’s Nightmares Book #8 is Tom Sutton’s Creepy Things Book #9 is Haunted Horror: Comics Your Mother Warned You About (Volume 2) Book #10 is Haunted Horror: Pre-Code Comics So Good, They’re Scary (Volume 3) Book #11 is Ghosts and Girls of Fiction House Book #12 is The Complete Voodoo (Vol. 1) Book #13 is Horror by Heck Book #14 is Devil Tales Special Edition: Pre-Code Covers Coloring Book Book #15 is Snake Tales Book #16 is Haunted Horror: Candles For The Dead and Much More! (Volume 4) Book #17 is The Complete Voodoo (Vol. 2) Book #18 is The Return of The Zombies Book #19 is Jay Disbrow’s Monster Invasion If you like this book, please blog; post on Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Amazon, and Goodreads; podcast and tweet about it! Visit The Horrors of It All http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com. Join the Facebook group, Horror Comics: 1950s and Beyond! Become a fan of YOE Books on Facebook! Friend Craig Yoe on Facebook! A special thanks to Mike Howlett. Many thanks to Giovanna Anzaldi; Alan Bartholomew; Tillmann Courth; Lone Fleming; Toxic Thomas O’Brien; Dave O’Dell; Ben Samuels; and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. ISBN: 978-1-63140-630-0 19 18 17 16 1234 YoeBooks.com Craig Yoe & Clizia Gussoni, Chief Executive Officers and Creative Directors • Jeff Trexler, Attorney • Mark Lerer, Peter Sanderson, and Steven Thompson, Proofreaders and Fact-checkers • Steven Thompson, Publicist. IDW Publishing Ted Adams, CEO & Publisher • Greg Goldstein, President & COO • Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist • Chris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer/Editor-inChief • Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer • Jeff Webber, VP of Licensing, Digital and Subsidiary Rights • Jerry Bennington, VP of New Project Development • Dirk Wood, VP of Marketing • Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services. September 2016. First printing. The Return of The Zombies is © 2016 Gussoni-Yoe Studio, Inc. All Rights Reserved, including the digital remastering of the material not held by copyright owners. Yoe Books is a trademark of Gussoni-Yoe Studio, Inc. Yoe is a registered trademark of Gussoni-Yoe Studio, Inc. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 2765 Truxtun Road, San Diego, CA 92106. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.
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Horrific #4, March 1953. Artist unknown. Publisher: Comic Media.
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