Fantastic Fears
Farrell · 1953–1954 · 9 issues
About the series
From 1953 to 1954, Farrell Publications offered nine issues of Fantastic Fears, a pre-Code horror anthology that leaned into the era's fascination with the macabre and the supernatural. The series drew on the Iger Shop's assembly-line artistry—with regulars like Robert Webb and Howard Nostrand—while writers Frank Belknap Long and Ruth Roche spun grim, twist-filled tales of vengeful spirits, monstrous transformations, and eerie comeuppances. It stands as a concise, atmospheric example of the genre's raw, unregulated energy before the Comics Code Authority reshaped the industry.