Featuring Pre-Code Horror issues with cover or interior art depicting decapitations Pre-Code refers to the time before the establishment of the 1954 Comics Code Authority industry regulating standards

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Atlas ⋅ 1954

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$110
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$330
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$1.1k

Timely ⋅ 1954

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$170
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$510
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$1.7k

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Decapitation cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

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$95
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$290
High
$965

Farrell ⋅ 1953

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$310
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$930
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$3.1k

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Decapitation cover

Media Pub. ⋅ 1954

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$350
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$950
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$3.5k

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Decapitation cover art, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Media Pub. ⋅ 1954

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$190
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$570
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$1.9k

Marvel ⋅ 1952

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$40
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$115
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$390

Street and Smith ⋅ 1944

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$180
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$600
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$1.8k

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Decapitation cover published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Fiction House ⋅ 1944

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$600
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$1.8k
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$6k

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Controversial cover art depicting a soldier decapitating his enemy

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$65
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$195
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$650

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Cover art depicting decapitation

Street and Smith ⋅ 1940

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$700
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$2.3k
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$7k

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Decapitation cover

Charlton ⋅ 1952

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$180
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$600
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$1.8k

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Decapitation cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Stanley Morse ⋅ 1953

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$330
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$1.1k
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$3.3k

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Decapitation cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

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Decapitation cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Harvey ⋅ 1954

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$550
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$3.1k
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$11.5k

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Decapitation cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

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$2.5k
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$8.8k
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$25k

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Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

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$2.8k
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$9.1k
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$28k

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One of the comic books used during the cross-examination of EC publisher William Gaines during hearings in front of the Senate Committee

Tap cover and swipe to view excerpts from the testimony

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