Nights of Horror (1954) Joe Shuster 0

[Daniel Tapia]

I am currently hunting down these books and if anyone has any information or has a copy they want to sell I am very interested!

Now here is some history on this book for the ones who care to know!
 

Nights of Horror.

And why it’s definitely one of my favorite books in my personal collection.

Not because of its content but because of the sad and crazy story behind the person who illustrated it and the effects it had on society. 

Going broke, going blind, and struggling from losing the rights to Superman to DC, Joe Shuster started illustrating fetish comic books for money. These books were about situations of BDSM, bondage, torture, sexual slavery, and all that wild stuff. Most likely ashamed of the work he was doing, he did not sign any of his work and went by the alias “Clancy”. It was in 2004 when it was confirmed that Clancy was Joe Shuster. 

ANOTHER reason why this book is so cool is because of how RARE it is. 

Nights of Horror was used in the trial of the Brooklyn Thrill Killers where it was confirmed by one of the killers that Nights of Horror took a big part in who he became to be. The book was banned first in New York and when the trial moved to Supreme Court of the United States it upheld New York’s ban and approved their request to DESTROY every copy of Nights of Horror. So I wonder how many of these books still exist? But yea if anyone has one let me know! Or if you just want to share your own copy do so as well! 

Edited February 10, 2021 by Daniel Tapia

[FoggyNelson]

Thanks for the good post above👍‼️😷

[rjpb]

I think the number of people who just added this to their want list exceeds the number of copies that will ever surface.

[Raze]

Is there a collected tpb? or somewhere to read them?

[rjpb]

5 hours ago, Raze said:

Is there a collected tpb? or somewhere to read them?

Many of the illustrations show up in Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster

As I recall, it doesn't reprint any the text from Night of Horror.

https://books.google.com/books/about/Secret_Identity.html?id=3KgmOgAACAAJ

The material is in public domain, and it looks as if at least one issue has been reprinted in a print edition.

https://www.amazon.com/Nights-Horror-Gar-King/dp/129109864X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Nights+of+Horror+gar+king&qid=1616307108&s=books&sr=1-1

[FoggyNelson]

Is there a centerfold😃🤪🤣