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6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 So bad it's good. Jun 07, 2009
By G. B. Keefer
"Star Wars freak"
Back in the 70's black and white horror mags were the forbidden fruit. At 75 cents to even (gasp!) 1.00 they were often just beyond my meager allowance so we often just read them at the corner drugstore and then put them back on the shelf. There were a few cut rate titles out there that were a little cheaper than the gold standard Creepy and Eerie. These are the books you will find reprinted here. Some stories have decent writing and some have decent art. Almost none have both at the same time. That said even though they are definitely B grade they manage in most cases to be so bad that they are good if that makes any sense. Very enjoyable even though some of it is so danged stupid it makes you wonder if they even HAD editors on these books. If this book represents some of the best these books had to offer imagine how incredibly suck the stuff that didn't make the grade was and despair. I loved this book!
One of my favorite aspects of these books was their love of eyes popping out of their sockets. They often found ways to make sure to have shots of severed heads not only flying through the air but also having their eyeballs popping out of their sockets. Maybe that is what the editors on these books did. "Uh Bob, I got the art on the new story and I was wondering if we could make one little change. Is there a way we could have the eyeballs popping out of the head flying through the air on page 3? Great Bob, thanks"
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Back from the GRAVE and Hungry as HELL! Nov 12, 2007
By Robert
With the release of Zombie Factory, mankind is reminded that there are things that go "bump in the night" that DO want to RIP OUT YOUR THROAT for a midnight snack.
Republishing these pre-CCA horrific stories that originally appeared in TALES OF TERROR and TALES OF VOODOO, fans will delight to see zombies doing what they do best - hunting humans, consuming flesh (and brains) all for the purpose of continuing the HUNT. Readers BEWARE - these stories are not for the weak!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Unearthed horrors! Oct 07, 2007
By Shelby
This gruesome collection of black and white horror comics, spawned from the decade of Charles Manson, race riots and the Vietnam War, will surely entertain the most jaded zombie fan! This evil little tome features great quality reproductions of vintage pre-code "eye-popping" artwork from some of the finest creators in the comic field. Great introduction and afterword too.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Zombie comics with teeth! Jun 30, 2007
By Bill7704
Back in the early seventies, after a long week of homework and chores I would ride my bike to the candy store to spend my 75 cents allowance on three Marvel comics. But when I got there, my eyes would wander to the magazine rack to spy the lurid monster magazines. I would never buy one because I knew my mother would throw it in the trash, and I was totally hooked on the exploits of Captain America, the Hulk, Spider-Man and the like. Now I am making up for lost time and collecting all things monster.
From the same publishers of Dick Briefer's THE MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE ZOMBIE ZACTORY is a handsomely reproduced collection of diverse blood-splattering tales of reanimated corpses, who have acquired a taste for death and destruction. Zombies, ghouls, mummies, voodoo priests, mad scientists and skeletons perform all sorts of vicious acts in LIVING CORPSES, THE WALKING DEAD, SKULL IN A BOX, GHOULS GRAVEYARD, A JURY OF SKELETONS, GIVE ME BACK MY BRAIN, A CUP OF DEATH, THE HEAD SHRINKERS, THE HORROR DOLL, A CORPSE FOR A COFFIN, THE DEVIL'S ZOMBIE, EERIE BONES, CARELESS CORPSE, VOODOO TERROR, TERROR OF THE DEAD, THE ZOMBIES VAULT, A RING OF CORPSES, THE STRANGE ESCAPE, THE ZOMBIE BRIDE, NIGHTMARE MANSION, HANDS OF TERROR, THESLIMY MUMMY, THE OLD CRONE'S VOODOO, SWAMP MONSTERS, THE HEADLESS ONES, NAKED HORROR, and THE STRANGE FRIEND.
For just under 20 buck, the price of 6 Marvel comics today, this book is a steal! Pick it up fellow comic collectors and see what you have been missing.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
A must for horror fans Jun 26, 2007
By Riley0091
If you like the Marvel Zombies or The Walking Dead, you will love these twenty-seven gruesome and bizarre undead horror comics from the sixties.
Included in the collection is Chic Stone's The Slimy Mummy, described by Stephen Sennitt in his book Ghastly Terrors: The horrible story of the Horror Comics as, "the almost psychotically unbelievable story of a group of bearded ancients who are cursed to live with the dead... [the artwork is ] Mind-numbing... Staggering... Sheer primitive genius."
Well worth the price for any and all fans of horror movies and comics!
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