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70 of the Best Horror Comics

Description: Paste Magazine's List of the 70 Best Horror Comics https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/10/required-reading-50-of-the-best-horror-comics.html I have included full series so this list will go well over 70.

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Rank Title Author Added

1

Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites

348 members

24 reviews

4.2

4 Members: guyalice, mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary, juki2222

2

Afterlife with Archie, Vol. 1: Escape from Riverdale

by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

317 members

31 reviews

4.1

3 Members: guyalice, mellowout124, juki2222

3

by Charles Burns

2,683 members

83 reviews

3.8

4 Members: guyalice, mellowout124, juki2222, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #1

by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

73 members

8 reviews

4

3 Members: guyalice, mellowout124, juki2222

5

30 Days of Night

882 members

35 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: mellowout124, juki2222

6

3,778 members

85 reviews

4.1

3 Members: guyalice, mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

7

The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Vol. 1

by Al Feldstein

143 members

4.1

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

8

by Grant Morrison

2,793 members

79 reviews

3.9

2 Members: mellowout124, juki2222

9

The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Vol. 2

by Al Feldstein

99 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Beautiful Darkness

by Fabien Vehlmann

489 members

28 reviews

4

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

11

Clean Room Vol. 1: Immaculate Conception

190 members

13 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

12

Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft

2,577 members

177 reviews

4

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

13

In The Dark: A Horror Anthology

by Rachel Deering

30 members

2 reviews

3

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

14

Locke & Key: Head Games

1,463 members

78 reviews

4.2

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Sleep of Reason: An Anthology of Horror

by Spike Trotman

64 members

3 reviews

3.1

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

16

Southern Cross, Volume 1

by Becky Cloonan

117 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

17

Survivors' Club: The Complete Series

by Lauren Beukes

43 members

3 reviews

3

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

18

Through the Woods

by Emily Carroll

1,779 members

147 reviews

4

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

19

Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows

1,222 members

67 reviews

4.2

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Gyo (Deluxe Edition)

638 members

17 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: guyalice, mellowout124

21

Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom

1,076 members

64 reviews

4.2

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

22

John Constantine, Hellblazer: Original Sins

by Jamie Delano

921 members

13 reviews

3.9

2 Members: guyalice, mellowout124

23

Locke & Key: Clockworks

947 members

64 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others

by Mike Mignola

1,004 members

15 reviews

4.2

2 Members: guyalice, mellowout124

25

Locke & Key: Alpha & Omega

810 members

63 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

26

Hellboy: The Crooked Man and Others

by Mike Mignola

270 members

5 reviews

4

2 Members: guyalice, mellowout124

27

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: The Director's Cut

by Jhonen Vasquez

1,540 members

16 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: guyalice, mellowout124

28

The Absolute Sandman Volume One

1,973 members

35 reviews

½ 4.7

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

29

The Absolute Sandman Volume Two

1,185 members

18 reviews

½ 4.7

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

30

The Absolute Sandman Volume Three

904 members

15 reviews

½ 4.7

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

31

The Absolute Sandman Volume Four

785 members

11 reviews

4.8

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

32

The Absolute Sandman Volume Five

279 members

2 reviews

½ 4.6

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

33

Aliens: Salvation

by Dave Gibbons

63 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: mellowout124

34

American Vampire Vol. 1

by Scott Snyder

925 members

52 reviews

3.8

Member: mellowout124

35

American Vampire Vol. 2

by Scott Snyder

385 members

14 reviews

3.8

Member: mellowout124

36

American Vampire Vol. 3

by Scott Snyder

281 members

17 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

37

American Vampire Vol. 4

by Scott Snyder

209 members

6 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

38

American Vampire Vol. 5

by Scott Snyder

191 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

39

American Vampire Vol. 6

by Scott Snyder

139 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: mellowout124

40

American Vampire Vol. 7

by Scott Snyder

110 members

2 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

41

American Vampire Vol. 8

by Scott Snyder

92 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

42

Batman: Haunted Knight

606 members

20 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: mellowout124

43

Batman: The Long Halloween

2,692 members

65 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

44

The Beauty Volume 1

186 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: mellowout124

45

B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs, Volume 1

by Mike Mignola

208 members

4

Member: mellowout124

46

B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs, Volume 2

by Mike Mignola

153 members

4.2

Member: mellowout124

47

B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs, Volume 3

by Mike Mignola

132 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

48

B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs, Volume 4

by Mike Mignola

124 members

1 review

½ 4.6

Member: mellowout124

49

B.P.R.D.: 1946-1948

by Mike Mignola

95 members

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

50

Cat Eyed Boy, Vol. 1

58 members

½ 3.3

Member: mellowout124

51

Cat Eyed Boy, Vol. 2

32 members

3

Member: mellowout124

52

Colder Volume 1

45 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: mellowout124

53

Colder Volume 2: The Bad Seed

14 members

1 review

3.8

Member: mellowout124

54

Colder Volume 3: Toss the Bones

12 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: mellowout124

55

Crossed Volume 1

234 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: mellowout124

56

Crossed Volume 2: Family Values

by David Lapham

76 members

1 review

3.1

Member: mellowout124

57

Crossed Volume 3: Psychopath

by David Lapham

60 members

1 review

3.1

Member: mellowout124

58

Crossed Volume 4: Badlands Part 1

47 members

½ 3.5

Member: mellowout124

59

Crossed Volume 5: Badlands Part 2

by David Lapham

35 members

½ 3.4

Member: mellowout124

60

Crossed Volume 6: Badlands Part 3

35 members

3.8

Member: mellowout124

61

Crossed Volume 7: Badlands Part 4

by Christos Gage

27 members

3.8

Member: mellowout124

62

Crossed Volume 8: Badlands Part 5

by Simon Spurrier

24 members

½ 3.7

Member: mellowout124

63

Crossed Volume 9: Badlands Part 6

by Simon Spurrier

24 members

½ 3.3

Member: mellowout124

64

Crossed Volume 10: Badlands Part 7

27 members

½ 3.6

Member: mellowout124

65

Crossed Volume 11: Badlands Part 8

by Simon Spurrier

24 members

3

Member: mellowout124

66

Crossed Volume 12: Badlands Part 9

by David Lapham

22 members

½ 3.3

Member: mellowout124

67

Crossed Volume 13: Badlands Part 10

19 members

½ 3.3

Member: mellowout124

68

Crossed Volume 14: Badlands Part 11

by Kieron Gillen

19 members

3.8

Member: mellowout124

69

Crossed Volume 15: Badlands Part 12

15 members

3

Member: mellowout124

70

Crossed Volume 16: Badlands Part 13

17 members

½ 2.7

Member: mellowout124

71

The Dark & The Bloody Vol. 1

by Shawn Aldridge

6 members

4

Member: mellowout124

72

Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural, Vol. 1

by Rick Remender

17 members

3.8

Member: mellowout124

73

by Richard Sala

103 members

3 reviews

3.2

Member: mellowout124

74

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1

202 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: mellowout124

75

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 2

115 members

2 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

76

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 3

98 members

3.9

Member: mellowout124

77

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 4

88 members

3.8

Member: mellowout124

78

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 5

81 members

1 review

3.8

Member: mellowout124

79

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 6

77 members

3.8

Member: mellowout124

80

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 7

58 members

3.9

Member: mellowout124

81

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 8

57 members

3.9

Member: mellowout124

82

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 9

52 members

4.1

Member: mellowout124

83

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 10

49 members

4

Member: mellowout124

84

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 11

51 members

3.9

Member: mellowout124

85

The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Vol. 3

47 members

4.1

Member: mellowout124

86

The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Vol. 4

35 members

½ 4.6

Member: mellowout124

87

The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Vol. 5

by Russ Cochran

16 members

½ 4.5

Member: mellowout124

88

The Eyes of the Cat

by Alejandro Jodorowsky

119 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: mellowout124

89

Fatale, Volume 1: Death Chases Me

476 members

19 reviews

3.8

Member: mellowout124

90

Fatale, Volume 2: The Devil's Business

243 members

11 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

91

Fatale, Volume 3: West of Hell

196 members

6 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

92

Fatale, Volume 4: Pray For Rain

163 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: mellowout124

93

Fatale, Volume 5: Curse the Demon

135 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: mellowout124

94

The EC Archives: Vault of Horror Volume 1

by Al Feldstein

73 members

1 review

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

95

The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Vol. 2

27 members

2.8

Member: mellowout124

96

The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 3

21 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

97

The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Vol. 4

by Jonathan Maberry

16 members

3.8

Member: mellowout124

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2 members

Member: mellowout124

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3 members

Member: mellowout124

100

2 members

Member: mellowout124

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Started: mellowout124
October 2016
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