Web of Evil

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Web of Evil
Publication information
Publisher Quality Comics
GenreHorror
Publication dateNovember 1952 - December 1954
No. of issues21
Creative team
Artist(s)Jack Cole

Web of Evil is a publication of Quality Comics, [1] which began in November 1952. The comic had a run of twenty-one issues., [2] the final issue being #21 (December 1954). [3] Comics historian Nicky Wright has described Web of Evil as an inferior imitation of Exciting Comics' style horror comics. [1]

The final comic book work of artist Jack Cole was in Web of Evil. [4] Web of Evil themes include #1 (morphine use), #5 (electrocution), #14 (old witch swipe), #17 (opium drug propaganda), and #18 (acid-in-face story). [3]

References

  1. 1 2 The Classic Era of American Comics, Nicky Wright, Contemporary Books, 2000, Pg. 178.
  2. ↑ Web of Evil, Comic Values Annual 1999, Antique Trader Books, 1998, Pg. 431.
  3. 1 2 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide , Gemstone Publishing, May 2002, Pg. 837.
  4. ↑ Jack Cole and Plastic Man: forms stretched to their limits, Art Spiegelman and Chip Kidd, Chronicle Books, 2001, Pg. 93.
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