Best Anthology Comics
Tales from the Crypt was an anthology comic series published by EC Comics between 1950 and 1955. It presented a collection of horror stories centered around the character of the Crypt-Keeper, a sardonic host who introduced each tale. The series’ dark themes and graphic content significantly influenc...
2000 AD is a long-running British science fiction comic anthology series. Established in 1977, it’s notable for pioneering British sci-fi storytelling and launching the careers of influential creators like Alan Moore. The magazine features diverse stories across various science fiction subgenres app...
Shock SuspenStories was an EC Comics anthology published from 1952 to 1955. Its stories combined crime, horror, suspense, and science fiction, often using violent or unsettling plots to address racism, antisemitism, mob violence, police corruption, McCarthyism, and domestic abuse. The series was edi...
Weird Science was a science fiction anthology comic published by EC Comics from 1950 to 1953 under editor Al Feldstein. Its stories combined space travel, alien encounters, speculative technology, and ironic endings, with artwork by contributors such as Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, and Joe Orlando. The s...
The Vault of Horror was an American horror anthology comic published by EC Comics during the early 1950s, following an earlier incarnation of the title as War Against Crime. Stories were introduced by the Vault-Keeper and typically combined supernatural or criminal plots with irony, graphic conseque...
Weird Fantasy was a science-fiction anthology comic published by EC Comics from 1950 to 1953. Edited by Al Feldstein, it featured self-contained stories involving space travel, alien contact, dystopian societies, time travel, and ironic reversals, with artwork by prominent EC illustrators. It was a...
The Haunt of Fear was an American horror-comics anthology published by EC Comics from 1950 to 1954. Stories were introduced by the Old Witch, one of EC's three principal horror hosts, alongside the Crypt-Keeper and the Vault-Keeper, and combined supernatural plots, crime, irony, and graphic punishme...
Heavy Metal is an American illustrated magazine of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and erotic comics, launched in 1977 as an English-language counterpart to the French magazine Métal Hurlant. Its anthology format introduced many English-speaking readers to European creators, including Moebius, Enk...
Strange Tales is an American comic-book anthology first published in 1951 by Atlas Comics, the company that developed into Marvel Comics. Initially centered on horror, suspense, science fiction, and monster stories, it later became a superhero title featuring recurring characters. Doctor Strange deb...
House of Mystery was a DC Comics anthology title published from 1951 to 1983 across 321 issues. It began with supernatural mystery stories, shifted toward science fiction and superhero material, and later returned to horror under editor Joe Orlando. Cain, introduced as the house's sardonic caretaker...
House of Secrets is the title of several DC Comics series, most notably a supernatural and mystery anthology first published in 1956. During its horror-oriented period, stories were introduced by Abel, a recurring host who became part of DC's wider supernatural mythology. Issue 92, published in 1971...
