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Top 60 Best Horror Comic Books
60 Most Expensive Horror Comic Books
Ready for some scarily high prices on horror comics? Here are the top 60 all-time highest sales. Click on any image or link to see current item prices.
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60 All-Time Highest "Gross-ing" Horror Comic Books
1. Suspense Comics #3
Highly controversial cover with Nazis,
sacrifice and Klan images
Record sale: $173,000
Minimum value: $3,000
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2. Prize Comics #7
1st Horror Comic Book ever published
Record sale: $35,000
Minimum value: $750
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NEW ENTRY! Punch Comics #12 (1945):
Shootout in Giant Skull Cover
Record sale: $31,000
Minimum value: $800
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3. Vault of Horror #12
Classic Torture and Bondage cover
Record sale: $29,000
Minimum value: $200
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4. Weird Mysteries #5
Brain Removed from Head cover
Record sale: $18,000
Minimum value: $200
5. Werewolf by Night #32
1st Appearance of Moon Knight
Record sale: $14,500
Minimum value: $30
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6. Captain America Comics #74 (1949):
Rare Captain America horror
comic, retitled to
"Captain America's Weird Tales"
in an attempt to revive sales
Record sale: $14,400
Minimum value: $500
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7. House of Secrets #92 (1970):
1st Swamp Thing
Established Bernie Wrightson in
horror comics
Record sale: $14,000
Minimum value: $50
8. Tales to Astonish #1 (1959):
Classic Marvel horror, 1st in series
Record sale: $13,100
Minimum value: $150
9. Haunt of Fear #15 (1950):
First issue of the series (continued from “Gunfighter”);
Classic Graham Ingels artwork
Record sale: $13,000
Minimum value: $150
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NEW ENTRY! Famous Monsters of Filmland #1 (1958):
First issue of the series of
magazine-sized horror comics
Record sale: $12,500
Minimum value: $100
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10. Vampirella #1 (1969):
Origin and 1st Appearance of
Vampirella in Horror Comic Books
Record sale: $13,000
Minimum value: $50
NEW ENTRY! Walking Dead #1 (2003):
First issue of the series of
modern horror comic books;
TV show drives values
Record sale: $11,000
Minimum value: $200
11. Haunt of Fear #17 (1950):
Origin stories for Crypt of Terror,
Vault of Horror, and Haunt of Fear;
Classic Graham Ingels artwork
Record sale: $10,200
Minimum value: $200
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12. Weird Tales of the Future #3 (1952):
Classic Cover art
Record sale: $9,500
Minimum value: $300
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13. Eerie #1 (1947):
Rare Avon Per One-Shot;
Publisher revived Horror Comic
Books series in 1951
Record sale: $9,500
Minimum value: $400
14. Crime SuspenStories #22 (1954):
Classic Severed Head cover
Record sale: $9,500
Minimum value: $200
15. Crypt of Terror #17 (1950):
First issue of the series that later became "Tales from the Crypt"
Record sale: $9,000
Minimum value: $75
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16. Tomb of Terror #15 (1952):
Disgusting Exploding Face
Cover Art!
Record sale: $9,000
Minimum value: $75
17. Adventures in the Unknown #1 (1948): Earliest Ongoing Series of
Horror Comic Books
Record sale: $7,700
Minimum value: $50
NEW ENTRY! Spellbound #14 (1953):
Classic Cover with Man and Zombies in Romantic Park
Record sale: $8,300
Minimum value: $50
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18. Crime Patrol #15 (1950):
1st Appearance of the Crypt-Keeper
Record sale: $7,500
Minimum value: $150
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19. Mister Mystery #12 (1953):
Classic Flame Approaching
Eye Cover art
Record sale: $7,000
Minimum value: $50
20. Startling Terror Tales #11 (1952):
Classic L. B. Cole cover art
Record sale: $6,800
Minimum value: $50
21. Crime Patrol #16 (1950):
Last in series before renamed "Crypt of Terror"
Record sale: $6,600
Minimum value: $50
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22. Black Cat Mystery #50 (1954):
Explicit Radium-Rotted Corpse cover
Record sale: $6,200
Minimum value: $100
23. Captain America Comics #75 (1950):
Rare Captain America horror comic,
retitled "Captain America's Weird Tales"; last Cap comic until 1954
Record sale: $5,900
Minimum value: $100
24. Haunt of Fear #16 (1950):
Origin and first appearance, Old Witch;
Classic Graham Ingels artwork
Record sale: $5,300
Minimum value: $25
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25. Tales of Terror Annual #1 (1951):
Very rare Golden Age
horror comic -- only 13
CGC-graded copies!
Record sale: $5,100
Minimum value: $???
26. Moon Girl #5 (1948):
The first of EC's infamous
horror comic books
Record sale: $5,000
Minimum value: $100
27. Tales from the Crypt #20 (1950):
First issue of the series; retitled
from "Crypt of Terror"
Record sale: $5,000
Minimum value: $50
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NEW ENTRY! Crime Does Not Pay #24 (1942):
Criminal Pushes Woman's Head on to Flaming Stove
Record sale: $24,000
Minimum value: $300
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28. Tomb of Dracula #10 (1973):
First Appearance of
Blade the Vampire Slayer
Record sale: $4,300
Minimum value: $20
NEW ENTRY! Underworld Crime #7 (1953):
Woman Threatened by Hot Poker
Record sale: $4,300
Minimum value: $100
30. Fight Against Crime #20 (1954):
Decapitated Woman's Head Dumped in Sewer cover!
Record sale: $4,000
Minimum value: $200
29. Vampirella #113:
Last issue, very low print run
Record sale: $4,000
Minimum value: $50
NEW ENTRY! Marvel Preview #7 (1976):
1st Appearance Satana; 1st Rocket Raccoon
Record sale: $3,800
Minimum value: $100
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31. Lawbreakers Suspense
Stories #11 (1953): Madman Holding Severed Tongues Cover!
Record sale: $3,300
Minimum value: $75
32. Chilling Tales #13 (1952):
First issue of series; Rare, only
17 CGC-rated copies
Record sale: $3,200
Minimum value: $100
33. Strange Tales #1 (1951):
Classic pre-hero Marvel Horror
Record sale: $3,000
Minimum value: $200
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34. Creepy #1 (1964):
First issue of the magazine-sized
Horror comic books series
Record sale: $3,000
Minimum value: $10
35. Haunt of Fear #4 (1950):
First Appearance of Crypt Keeper
and Vault Keeper in this
Horror Comic series
Record sale: $2,900
Minimum value: $50
36. Journey into Mystery #1 (1951):
First issue of long-running Horror and Suspense series
Record sale: $2,900
Minimum value: $50
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37. Venus #19 (1952):
Last issue of series, rare,
only 32 of these horror comic
books certified by CGC
Record sale: $2,900
Minimum value: $300
38. Witches' Tales #25 (1954):
Controversial Decapitated Head
as Bell Clapper cover!
Record sale: $2,500
Minimum value: $100
NEW ENTRY! Beware #10 (1954):
Zombies Drag Top-Heavy Woman into Grave
Record sale: $2,800
Minimum value: $100
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39. Tales from the Crypt #33 (1952):
Origin of Crypt Keeper
Record sale: $2,400
Minimum value: $25
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40. Crime SuspenStories #20 (1954):
Graphic and Controversial
Hanged Man Cover
Record sale: $2,400
Minimum value: $50
41. House of Mystery #1 (1952):
First issue of long-running
series of suspense and
horror comic books
Record sale: $2,300
Minimum value: $75
42. Black Magic #1 (1950):
First issue of series; Jack Kirby cover
Record sale: $2,200
Minimum value: $50
NEW ENTRY! Thing #7 (1953):
Vampire Gouging Out Eyes cover
Record sale: $2,100
Minimum value: $50
NEW ENTRY! Savage Tales #1 (1971):
First "graphic" Conan; published as magazine under
Curtis label to avoid Comics Code Authority
rules on horror comic books;
First Appearance of Man-Thing
Record sale: $1,800
Minimum value: $50
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43. Tomb of Dracula #1 (1972):
1st in Series, Neal Adams cover
Record sale: $2,000
Minimum value: $5
44. Witching Hour #1 (1969):
1st in Series
Record sale: $1,700
Minimum value: $5
45. Amazing Mysteries #32 (1949):
1st Ever Marvel / Atlas Horror comic book
Record sale: $1,600
Minimum value: $50
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46. Creatures on the Loose #10:
First issue of the horror
comic books series retitled from
"Tower of Shadows"
Record sale: $1,550
Minimum value: $5
48. Horrific #3 (1953):
Classic Bullethole in Forehead cover
Record sale: $1,500
Minimum value: $200
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NEW ENTRY! Dracula Lives! #1 (1973):
Curtis magazine (Marvel): rare in high grade
Record sale: $1,200
Minimum value: $20
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49. Classic Comics / Classics
Illustrated #13 (1943): Very early
horror comic book
Record sale: $1,400
Minimum value: $20
50. Worlds of Fear #10 (1953):
Classic Eye-Theme Cover
Record sale: $1,000
Minimum value: $75
51. Tales of Horror #1 (1952):
First issue in Golden Age horror
comic books series
Record sale: $900
Minimum value: $25
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NEW ENTRY! Vampire Tales magazine #2 (1973):
Curtis (Marvel) publication, rare in high grade
Record sale: $820
Minimum value: $15
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52. Fantastic Fears #5 (1964):
First Steve Ditko art
Record sale: $800
Minimum value: $25
53. Chamber of Chills #21 (1951):
First issue in this classic series
of horror comic books
Record sale: $770
Minimum value: $25
54. Tower of Shadows #1 (1969):
1st issue of classic Marvel
horror comic books series
Record sale: $770
Minimum value: $5
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55. House of Secrets #1 (1956):
First issue of classic horror
comic books series
Record sale: $760
Minimum value: $20
56. Tales of Terror #1 (1952):
First in Golden Age Horror
comic books series
Record sale: $700
Minimum value: $25
57. Tales from the Tomb #1 (1969):
First in Series
Record sale: $650
Minimum value: $1
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58. Chamber of Chills #23 (1954):
Classic horror comic books
cover, Woman kissing Zombie!
Record sale: $640
Minimum value: $100
59. Chamber of Darkness #1 (1969):
1st in this Silver Age horror
comic books series
Record sale: $570
Minimum value: $5
60. Eerie #2 (#1 in series) (1966):
First issue of Magazine horror
Record sale: $500
Minimum value: $5
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