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ROBERT WEBB - 1952 HORROR PRE-CODE IN JUMBO COMICS

Artist: ROBERT WEBB (Penciller)

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ROBERT WEBB - 1952 HORROR PRE-CODE IN JUMBO COMICS Comic Art

 

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a story of Ghost Gallery published in Italy

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Jumbo Comics #165 - 1952

 

   

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Title: ROBERT WEBB - 1952 HORROR PRE-CODE IN JUMBO COMICS
Artist: ROBERT WEBB (Penciller)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS - private collection
Views: 235
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Comments: 5
Added to Site: 2/24/2024
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ROBERT WEBB – JUMBO COMICS #165 “Ghost Gallery” Story Page 5 Original Art (Fiction House, 1952).
"Pay-Off from a Corpse":
The grave can't hold the restless, as murderers Sam and Sue find out on this great ghastly story from the Pre-Code days. Ink on Bristol paper with an image area of 12" x 18.5".
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Prima dell’istituzione della Comics Code Authority nel 1954, i fumetti erano totalmente immuni da qualsiasi forma di censura. Per questo motivo, scrittori e artisti hanno pubblicato alcune delle storie a fumetti più raccapriccianti e terrificanti durante il periodo che storici e collezionisti definiscono col termine “Pre-Code Horror” (PCH).
L'orrore invase anche i fumetti di altri generi, poiché gli editori cercarono di trarre vantaggio dalla tendenza PCH. Ad esempio, gli albi Jumbo Comics della Fiction House di questo periodo spesso presentavano un taglio horror o soprannaturale detto “Ghost Gallery”.

Questa tavola originale proviene proprio da un albo Jumbo Comics ed è la quinta pagina della prima storia intitolata "Pay-Off from a Corpse" disegnata da Robert Webb famoso disegnatore presso l’Iger Studio e non a caso mentore di Al Feldstein, colonna portante della EC Comics, la casa editrice più famosa dei fumetti americani Horror degli anni ’50.
Alcune brevi storie tratte dalla Ghost Gallery furono pubblicate in Italia dall'editore De Leo sugli albi Jumbo Comics 1/8 (l'editore mantenne il nome originale Usa)

Inutile dire che dopo l’avvio del “Comics Code” del 1954 le cose non furono più le stesse, molte testate, soprattutto horror, chiusero i battenti e le poche sopravvissute dovettero adattarsi ai rigorosissimi nuovi criteri di censura.
In definitiva c’è un enorme differenza, sia nei testi che nei disegni, tra una tavola pre-code ed una successiva, fatto che rende questi pezzi molto affascinanti, non solo esteticamente, ma anche da un punto di vista storico/culturale.

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CIRO SCOGNAMIGLIO
Joined: July 2009
Last Login: September 2025
Country: ITALY
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Jerry C. 
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 2/24/2024

(Used to own a page from this story) gorgeous and fun. The glory days of pre code horror art! Big congrats.

Max Comic Box   . 
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 2/24/2024

Very beautiful!!! How I love this somewhat charged 50's graphic style...which also foreshadowed then the seed that led to the 60's-70's Underground comics...kudos excellent catch!

Molto bella! Quanto mi piace questo stile grafico anni 50 un po carico.. che presagiva poi anche il seme che porto' al fumetto Underground anni 60-70.. complimenti ottima presa!

artless artmore 
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 2/25/2024

Wonderful!

Marcus Wai 
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 2/25/2024

Great ghouly and ghastly fun!  Pulse pounding suspense that ran uncensored with all that savory youth corruption! 

Red Raven 
Member Since 2012

1 - Posted on 5/1/2024

impressionnant piece golden âge - Bravo !!

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