Indicia, copyright information, and acknowledgements along the left two-thirds of the page. The right third includes the introduction to the story "Monsters".

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Phil Elliott
Pencils: Paul Grist
Inks: Paul Grist
Letters: Paul Grist

Genre: horror-suspense

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Franz Kafka (original story); Kenneth Smith (adaptation)
Pencils: Kenneth Smith
Inks: Kenneth Smith
Letters: Kenneth Smith

Genre: horror-suspense

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Eddie Campbell
Inks: Eddie Campbell
Letters: typeset

Reprints

in From Hell (Eddie Campbell Comics, 1999 series) (November 1999)

in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) (Noviembre 2001)

in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2000 series) #2 (mayo 2000)
in From Hell: Master Edition (IDW, 2018 series) #4 (2019)

From Hell / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Eddie Campbell
Inks: Eddie Campbell
Letters: Eddie Campbell

Genre

crime; historical; horror-suspense

Characters

Fred Abberline; Charles Warren; Robert Anderson; George Godley; Wynne Baxter; Emily Holland; James Hatfield; William Nicholls; Mr. Walker; Edward Nicholls; William Thick; Mexico Joe; Black Elk; Mr. Allison; Marie Kelly

Synopsis

Abberline beings investigating the murder of Polly Nichols.

Awards

Eisner Award - Best Serialized Story (1993)

Reprints

in From Hell (Mad Love Publishing, 1991 series) #3 (December 1993)
in From Hell (Eddie Campbell Comics, 1999 series) (November 1999)

in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) (Noviembre 2001)

in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2000 series) #2 (mayo 2000)
in From Hell (Top Shelf, 2004 series) (April 2004)
in Prosto z piekła (Timof i cisi wspólnicy, 2008 series) ([październik] 2008)
in From Hell: Master Edition (IDW, 2018 series) #4 (2019)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Joe Coleman
Pencils: Joe Coleman
Inks: Joe Coleman
Letters: typeset

Genre: horror-suspense

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script: Randy Lofficier (translation); Jean-Marc Lofficier (translation); Philippe Foerster
Pencils: Philippe Foerster
Inks: Philippe Foerster
Letters: Mary Kelleher

Genre: horror-suspense

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

Through the Habitrails / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script: Jeff Nicholson
Pencils: Jeff Nicholson
Inks: Jeff Nicholson
Letters: Chad Woody

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

in Through the Habitrails (Bad Habit, 1994 series) (February 1994)

Through the Habitrails / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Jeff Nicholson
Pencils: Jeff Nicholson
Inks: Jeff Nicholson
Letters: Chad Woody ?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

in Through the Habitrails (Bad Habit, 1994 series) (February 1994)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

Lost Girls / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Melinda Gebbie (painting); C. D. Alexander (art assist)
Inks: Melinda Gebbie (painting); C. D. Alexander (art assist)
Colors: Melinda Gebbie (painting); C. D. Alexander (art assist)
Letters: C. D. Alexander

Reprints

in Lost Girls (Kitchen Sink Press, 1995 series) #2 (February 1996)
in Lost Girls (Top Shelf, 2006 series) #1 (August 2006)

Keywords

adult

Lost Girls / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Melinda Gebbie (painting); C. D. Alexander (art assist)
Inks: Melinda Gebbie (painting); C. D. Alexander (art assist)
Colors: Melinda Gebbie (painting); C. D. Alexander (art assist)
Letters: C. D. Alexander

Reprints

in Lost Girls (Kitchen Sink Press, 1995 series) #2 (February 1996)
in Lost Girls (Top Shelf, 2006 series) #1 (August 2006)

Keywords

adult

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Pencils: Rick Grimes
Inks: Rick Grimes
Letters: typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes spot illustrations by Rick Grimes.

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Rick Grimes
Pencils: Rick Grimes
Inks: Rick Grimes
Letters: Rick Grimes

Genre: horror-suspense

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script: Jack Butterworth
Pencils: Eric Vincent
Inks: Eric Vincent
Letters: Eric Vincent

Genre: horror-suspense

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

Sweeny Todd / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: Michael Zulli
Inks: Michael Zulli
Letters: Michael Zulli

Genre: horror-suspense

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Dave Thorpe
Pencils: Adrian Potts
Inks: Adrian Potts
Letters: Adrian Potts

Genre: horror-suspense

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Pencils: Stephen R. Bissette
Inks: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: Stephen R. Bissette

Genre: horror-suspense
Synopsis: "Cover" image for Spider Baby Comix #0, which includes Stephen R. Bissette's 24-hour comic "A Life In Black And White".

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: typeset

comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script: Stephen R. Bissette
Pencils: Stephen R. Bissette
Inks: Stephen R. Bissette
Letters: Stephen R. Bissette

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

in Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1977 series) #139 (October 1990)
in S.R. Bissette’s SpiderBaby Comix (Spiderbaby Grafix & Publications, 1996 series) #2 ([February] 1997)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Tony Salmons
Inks: Tony Salmons

Genre: horror-suspense

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Brian Sendelbach (painting)
Inks: Brian Sendelbach (painting)
Colors: Brian Sendelbach (painting)

Genre: horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing

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Related Scans

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Series Information

Table of Contents

0. American Gothic
1. The Job
2. [Table of Contents] / "Garden of Dead Souls"
3. [Indicia] / ["Monsters" Introduction]
4. Monsters
5. ["Odradek" Introduction]
6. Odradek
7. ["From Hell" Title Page]
8. Chapter Six: September
From Hell
9. ["A Good Christian" Introduction]
10. A Good Christian
11. ["L'Araignée Mélomane" ("The Music-Loving Spider") Introduction]
12. L'Araignée Mélomane ("The Music-Loving Spider")
13. ["Through the Habitrails" Introduction]
14. "Be Creative"
Through the Habitrails
15. Escape #2: "The Dry Creek Bed"
Through the Habitrails
16. ["Lost Girls" Introduction]
17. Chapter Four: Poppies
Lost Girls
18. Chapter Five: Straight on 'Til Morning
Lost Girls
19. ["Breathing Is for Sissies" Introduction]
20. Breathing Is for Sissies
21. ["Bad Things" Introduction]
22. Bad Things
23. ["Sweeny Todd" Introduction]
24. Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Prologue
Sweeny Todd
25. ["After Life" Introduction]
26. After Life: Marquis My Love
27. ["Spider Baby Comix #0: A Life in Black and White" Title Page]
28. ["A Life in Black and White" Introduction]
29. A Life in Black and White
30. Those Wacky Cartoonists
31. [no title indexed]
32. Untitled XL

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Taboo #7 (1992)

Issue Notes

American Gothic (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

The Job (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

[Table of Contents] / "Garden of Dead Souls" (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

[Indicia] / ["Monsters" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Monsters (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

["Odradek" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Odradek (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

["From Hell" Title Page] (Table of Contents: 7)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Chapter Six: September (Table of Contents: 8)

From Hell / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

["A Good Christian" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 9)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

A Good Christian (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

["L'Araignée Mélomane" ("The Music-Loving Spider") Introduction] (Table of Contents: 11)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

L'Araignée Mélomane ("The Music-Loving Spider") (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

["Through the Habitrails" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 13)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

"Be Creative" (Table of Contents: 14)

Through the Habitrails / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Escape #2: "The Dry Creek Bed" (Table of Contents: 15)

Through the Habitrails / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

["Lost Girls" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 16)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Chapter Four: Poppies (Table of Contents: 17)

Lost Girls / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Chapter Five: Straight on 'Til Morning (Table of Contents: 18)

Lost Girls / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

["Breathing Is for Sissies" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 19)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Breathing Is for Sissies (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

["Bad Things" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 21)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Bad Things (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

["Sweeny Todd" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 23)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Prologue (Table of Contents: 24)

Sweeny Todd / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

["After Life" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 25)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

After Life: Marquis My Love (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

["Spider Baby Comix #0: A Life in Black and White" Title Page] (Table of Contents: 27)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

["A Life in Black and White" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 28)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

A Life in Black and White (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Those Wacky Cartoonists (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Untitled XL (Table of Contents: 32)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Taboo #7

(1992)