Chilling Tales
Youthful · 1952–1953 · 5 issues
About the series
Published by Youthful from 1952 to 1953, Chilling Tales was a five-issue horror comic that delivered classic EC-style frights with a twist of mid-century pulp energy. Artists Harry Harrison, Bob Baer, and Steve Kirkel were the primary visual architects of its brief run, crafting eerie, atmospheric panels that leaned into the macabre. Though short-lived, the series stands as a tidy artifact of the pre-Code horror boom, capturing the unbridled, grim creativity that defined the era before industry censorship tightened.