Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff, the real-life Hollywood horror legend, made an early comics appearance in the Platinum Age anthology More Fun Comics before later fronting Western Publishing's long-running anthology series Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, where his name and persona lent authority to supernatural and suspense stories.

Long before Hollywood horror became a genre unto itself, Boris Karloff made his comics debut in the pages of More Fun Comics #34 in 1938 — a Platinum Age appearance brought to life by none other than the legendary duo of Siegel and Shuster. From that remarkable origin, his name graced nearly six decades of publication, most notably anchoring the long-running Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery for Western Publishing. A presence in Mad and Magic Comics as well, this is a fascinating corner of comics history where pop culture and the four-color page collide in genuinely collectible fashion.