Death Rattle (comics)

Death Rattle
The cover of Death Rattle vol. 2, #1 (Oct. 1985), artwork by Richard Corben.
Publication information
PublisherKitchen Sink Press
Schedule(vol. 1) biannually; (vol. 2 & 3) monthly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication date(vol. 1) June 1972–June 1973
(vol. 2) Oct. 1985–Oct. 1988
(vol. 3) Dec. 1995–June 1996
No. of issues(vol. 1) 3
(vol. 2) 18
(vol. 3) 5
Creative team
Written by(vol. 1) Tom Veitch; (vol. 2) Mike Baron, Wally Wood; (vol. 3) John Wagner, James O'Barr
Artist(s)(vol. 1) Tim Boxell, Richard Corben, Peter Poplaski, John M. Pound, Mike Vosburg; (vol. 2) Charles Burns, Richard Corben, Will Eisner, Steve Stiles, Sam Kieth, Basil Wolverton, Stephen R. Bissette, Spain Rodriguez, William Stout, Mark Schultz, Joe Coleman, Al Williamson, Don Simpson, Dan Burr, Frank Miller; (vol. 3) James O'Barr, Brian Biggs, Mark Schultz, Mark A. Nelson, Alexander Maleev, Tony Millionaire, John Wooley, Tom Sutton, Matt Howarth, Thomas Ott
Editor(s)(vol. 2) Denis Kitchen, Dave Schreiner; (vol. 3) Phil Amara, N. C. Christopher Couch, Catherine Gornie

Death Rattle was an American black-and-white horror anthology comic book series published in three volumes by Kitchen Sink Press in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Death Rattle is not related to the Australian one-shot comic Death Rattle, published by Gredown in c. 1983.[1]

Starting out as an underground comix homage to classic horror comics like Tales from the Crypt,[2][3] Death Rattle did not fall under the purview of the Comics Code, allowing the title to feature stronger content — such as profanity, nudity, and graphic violence — than other comparable horror titles.[3]

  1. ^ "Death Rattle (Predawn)", Grand Comics Database. Accessed Oct. 23, 2016.
  2. ^ Sabin, Roger (1996). "Going underground". Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History Of Comic Art. London, United Kingdom: Phaidon Press. pp. 92; 94–95; 103–107; 110; 111; 116; 119; 124–126; 128. ISBN 0-7148-3008-9.
  3. ^ a b Fox, M. Steven. "Death Rattle, Volume 1", ComixJoint. Accessed Oct. 23, 2016.