| ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN |
Adventures Into the Unknown was a horror and supernatural comic series from the Golden Age of
Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing (later known as American
Comics Group) and enjoyed a run of 174 issues over a nearly twenty year period, ceasing
publication in August 1967. Though not the first horror comic published (one-shot Eerie Comics of
January 1947 holds the distinction), Adventures was the first horror comic to enjoy regularly
scheduled publication. In comparison with other horror titles of the period, Adventures Into the
Unknown was somewhat restrained in its depiction of violence, gore, zombie-ism, werewolfism,
cannibalism, sexual perversion, sadism, torture, scantily clad young women bound with ropes, and
other gruesome trappings of horror fiction. B&I based the book on traditional prose ghost stories,
rather than radio drama or earlier comics, with the first issue featuring an adaptation of Horace
Walpole's eighteenth century gothic novel The Castle of Otranto. Adventures Into the Unknown was a
popular success. Unlike many horror comics of the Golden Age, it weathered the public criticism of
the early 1950s and survived the aftermath of the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency
hearings of April and June 1954 when the comics industry attempted self-regulation with a highly
restrictive Comics Code.
All 174 Issues
Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing (later known as American
Comics Group) and enjoyed a run of 174 issues over a nearly twenty year period, ceasing
publication in August 1967. Though not the first horror comic published (one-shot Eerie Comics of
January 1947 holds the distinction), Adventures was the first horror comic to enjoy regularly
scheduled publication. In comparison with other horror titles of the period, Adventures Into the
Unknown was somewhat restrained in its depiction of violence, gore, zombie-ism, werewolfism,
cannibalism, sexual perversion, sadism, torture, scantily clad young women bound with ropes, and
other gruesome trappings of horror fiction. B&I based the book on traditional prose ghost stories,
rather than radio drama or earlier comics, with the first issue featuring an adaptation of Horace
Walpole's eighteenth century gothic novel The Castle of Otranto. Adventures Into the Unknown was a
popular success. Unlike many horror comics of the Golden Age, it weathered the public criticism of
the early 1950s and survived the aftermath of the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency
hearings of April and June 1954 when the comics industry attempted self-regulation with a highly
restrictive Comics Code.
All 174 Issues
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