About 20 years ago I was in a kind of partnership with another film historian who told me that, no, there wasn’t a market for a book on pre-code movies. I can only wonder what he thinks today after ...

In the years preceding what we now consider the Pre-Code era, his covers at publisher Continental on titles like Suspense Comics, Power Comics, and Mask Comics included iconic examples of comic book ...

Despite only lasting four short years from 1930 to 1934, the pre-code era of Hollywood’s Golden Age produced films that pushed the boundaries of cinema and storytelling, even by today’s standards.

Before the establishment of the Comics Code Authority, horror was able to reign supreme in comic books with stories both gory and goofy that would influence the future of the genre. Super7 is now ...

Lasting for for 21 issues 1951-1955, Strange Mysteries was a successful Pre-Code Horror title by any standard. Its publisher Superior Publications was a Canadian company that reprinted a wide range of ...

Halloween is just around the corner and Super7 is getting in the spooky mood with a new set of figures that honor the early days of comic book-bound horror. Following the release of their Pre-Code ...

Thematically, film noir frequently centered on portrayals of women of questionable virtue—this had become rare in Hollywood post the pre-Code era. Double Indemnity, directed by Billy Wilder; setting ...