The John Hix Scrapbook

A short-lived but visually distinctive oddity from Eastern Color, The John Hix Scrapbook (1937–1939) offered readers a two-issue collection of bizarre news clippings, odd facts, and macabre curiosities, presented in the style of a scrapbook filled with photographs and illustrations. It was a precursor to the sensationalized "true crime" and "weird news" comics of the era, capitalizing on the public's fascination with the strange and unusual. Though its run was brief, the series stands as an early example of the non-fiction, anthology-style comic that would later flourish in titles like True Crime Comics and Weird Science.