Alvin Schwartz (1) [1927–1992]

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Alvin Schwartz was born in New York City in 1916. He wrote his first comics for Fairy Tale Parade in 1939, followed by his first Batman story in 1942, his first Batman newspaper strip in August 1944 and his first Superman newspaper strip in October 1944. Before that, he had written extensively for an editor at Max Gaines. He had also written for Fawcett's now defunct Captain Marvel. While writing most of DC's newspaper strips between 1944 and 1952, he also went on to do Aquaman, Vigilante, Slam Bradley, Date With Judy, Buzzy, House of Mystery, Tomahawk, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Newsboy Legion and numerous others in a long career with DC that ended in 1958. After his 1958 departure from comics, Schwartz developed the now well-known techniques of psycho-graphics, typological identification and others, as Research Director for The Institute for Motivational Research. He also provided strucural and marketing advice to some of America's largest corporations ranging from General Motors to General Foods. He was subsequently appointed to an advisory committee of the American Association of Advertising Agencies Schwartz wrote extensively outside of comics. He authored three novels for Arco Press. His novel, The Blowtop was published by Dial in 1948. Under the title Le Cinglé, it became a best seller in France. He also wrote and lectured on superheroes at various universities and received a prestigious Canada Council Grant for a study on the religious symbolism in popular culture, using Superman as a springboard. In 1968, he moved to Canada, where he wrote many documentaries for the Canadian National Film Board, as well as a number of economic and social studies for the Canadian government. In the 1980s, he wrote a metaphysical autobiography, An Unlikely Prophet and a weekly web column while writing. Alvin Schwartz died in 2011 of heart-related complications. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark … (more)

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 3,510 copies, 80 reviews

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2,192 copies, 33 reviews

Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones 1,778 copies, 23 reviews

Scary Stories Treasury: Three Books to Chill Your Bones 1,445 copies, 28 reviews

In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories 1,330 copies, 12 reviews

There Is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales (Retold by) 571 copies, 10 reviews

Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore 365 copies, 2 reviews

I Saw You in the Bathtub: And Other Folk Rhymes 188 copies, 2 reviews

Twister of Twists and Tangler of Tongues 154 copies, 3 reviews

Ten Copycats in a Boat, and Other Riddles 146 copies, 1 review

Whoppers: Tall Tales and Other Lies 120 copies, 2 reviews

And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry from Everyone 105 copies, 2 reviews

Busy Buzzing Bumblebees and Other Tongue Twisters (I Can Read Book 1) 89 copies, 2 reviews

Tomfoolery: Trickery and Foolery With Words 77 copies, 2 reviews

Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat: Superstitions and Other Beliefs 76 copies, 1 review

Kickle Snifters and Other Fearsome Critters 60 copies, 2 reviews

Unriddling: All Sorts of Riddles to Puzzle Your Guessery 58 copies

All of Our Noses Are Here and Other Noodle Tales 55 copies

Stories to Tell a Cat 51 copies, 1 review

The Cat's Elbow: and Other Secret Languages 47 copies

Witcracks 'Jokes and Jests from American Folklore' 42 copies, 1 review

Gold and Silver, Silver and Gold: Tales of Hidden Treasure 36 copies

Fat Man in a Fur Coat and Other Bear Stories 26 copies, 1 review

Tales of Trickery from the Land of Spoof 24 copies

Flapdoodle, Pure Nonsense from American Folklore 19 copies

Telling Fortunes 16 copies

Chin music : tall talk and other talk 14 copies

Rainy Day Book 13 copies

The Browns Take The Day Off (Early Success) 11 copies

Hobbies 11 copies

When I Grew Up Long Ago 9 copies

Museum; the story of America's treasure houses 6 copies

Going Camping 5 copies

How to fly a kite, catch a fish, grow a flower, and other activities for… 5 copies

The night workers 5 copies, 1 review

The unions: what they are, how they came to be, how they affect each of us 4 copies

Scary stories to tell in the dark. Storie spaventose da raccontare al buio 3 copies

Scary Stories Audio Collection 3 copies

Karanlikta Anlatilacak Korkunç Öyküler - Korkunç Öyküler 1 1 copy

Karanlikta Anlatilacak Bambaska Korkunç Öyküler - Korkunç Öyküler 2 1 copy

Tüylerinizi Ürpertecek Yepyeni Öyküler - Korkunç Öyküler 3 1 copy

Stores 1 copy

Scary Stories book set: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark & More Scary… 1 copy

A parent's guide to children's play and recreation 1 copy

Central city/spread city;: The metropolitan regions where more and more of… 1 copy

Tongue Twisters - From the Collection of Alvin Schwartz Read by George… 1 copy

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Beware!: R.L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories (Contributor) 203 copies, 5 reviews

Scary Stories to Read When It's Dark (Contributor) 93 copies, 2 reviews

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, April 1975 (Contributor) 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1, September 1976 (Contributor) 2 copies

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1927-04-25

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Princeton, New Jersey, USA

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