Death Rattle (comics)
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The cover of Death Rattle vol. 2, #1 (Oct. 1985). Artwork by Richard Corben.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Kitchen Sink Press |
| Schedule | (vol. 1) biannually; (vol. 2 & 3) monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
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| Publication date | (vol. 1) June 1972–June 1973 (vol. 2) Oct. 1985–Oct. 1988 (vol. 3) Dec. 1995–June 1996 |
| Number of issues | (vol. 1) 3 (vol. 2) 18 (vol. 3) 5 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | (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.
Starting out as an underground comix homage to classic horror comics like Tales from the Crypt,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.
Death Rattle is not related to the Australian one-shot comic Death Rattle, published by Gredown in c. 1983.
Death Rattle volume 1 was published from June 1972–June 1973 under the Krupp Comic Works imprint, putting out three issues in all.
Twelve years later, Death Rattle was revived for volume 2, publishing 18 issues between October 1985–October 1988 under the Kitchen Sink Comix imprint. The first five issues were in full color, but for issue #6 onwards the title reverted to black-and-white.
Death Rattle volume 3 ran five issues from Dec. 1995–June 1996, again under the Kitchen Sink Comix imprint.
The early 1970s saw a number of underground publishers putting out horror comics, from the San Francisco Comic Book Company's Bogeyman; Rip Off Press' Skull and Up From the Deep; Richard Corben's Fantagor; the Print Mint's Insect Fear and Deviant Slice; Shroud's Gory Stories ; and Last Gasp's Two Fisted Zombies. Kitchen Sink Press was no different, with Death Rattle.
The first volume of Death Rattle featured the work of Tim Boxell as well as contributions from a number of other creators, including Richard Corben, Peter Poplaski, John M. Pound, Mike Vosburg, and Tom Veitch.
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