Cover: Tom Taggart

The Big Book of Freaks #[nn]

Apr 1996 · DC · 14.95 USD; 20.95 CAD

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This volume from DC's Factoid Books imprint compiles a series of illustrated profiles exploring historical and cultural figures labeled as 'freaks,' from sideshow performers to misunderstood outliers. The collection blends educational text with comic-style artwork, covering topics like conjoined twins, bearded ladies, and human curiosities with a mix of empathy and sensationalism typical of the 1990s Factoid Books line.

Contains 48 stories

Strange Power

2 pp

Whole Races of Freaks

4 pp

Goliath

3 pp

Maximus: Emperor of Rome

5 pp

The Monster of Ravenna

2 pp

Bartholomew Fair

5 pp

Gargoyles

2 pp

Chang and Eng

5 pp

The Elephant Man

4 pp

Carl Herman Unthan: Born Armless and Stubborn

6 pp

One-and-a-Halfs

5 pp

Freaks Made to Order

3 pp

P. T. Barnum

9 pp

Lavinia, Beloved of Tom

4 pp

Jo-Jo, the Dog-Faced Boy

3 pp

Giant Hearts

8 pp

P. T. Barnum's Jumbo

2 pp

The Ten-in-One

4 pp

How to Run a Flea Circus

8 pp

The Living Skeleton

2 pp

Snake Charmers

4 pp

Geeks

5 pp

The Most Embarrassing Freak I Ever Saw

2 pp

A Bounty of Bearded Beauties

2 pp

Madame Clofullia

5 pp

Annie Jones

3 pp

Catherine Delait

2 pp

Lady Olga

3 pp

The Ugliest Woman in the World

7 pp

Omi the Great

4 pp

The Tattooed Prince

3 pp

Baby Ruth

3 pp

Zip

7 pp

Joined Jazz Babies

9 pp

Mortado

3 pp

Doomed to Loom

7 pp

The Lobster Boy Murder Caper

6 pp

The Cardiff Giant

4 pp

Makin' 'Em Bigger 'n' Smaller

3 pp

Packaged Primitives

3 pp

Building Beggars

3 pp

The Art of Gaffing Freaks

3 pp

Pickled Punks

2 pp

Carny Cons

4 pp

Still Going Strong

3 pp

Tod Browning's Freaks

8 pp

Freaks R Us

4 pp

Space Freaks

2 pp

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Full credits

writer, artist, inker Gahan Wilson

cover pencils, inks Tom Taggart

Reprints

Reprinted in 100% True? #1 (1996), 100% True? #2 (1997), Weird #2 (1998), Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Frank Quitely #[nn] (2014)

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