Barker, Martin. A Haunt of Fears: The Strange History of the
British Horror Comics Campaign. London: Pluto P, 1984. Rpt. Jackson
and London: U P of Mississippi, 1992. ISBN 0-87805-594-0 (paper).
Contents of the 1992 Edition:
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Introduction . . . 4
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Officially, the Comics Campaign . . . 8
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The True Story . . . 18
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The Campaign Narrows . . . 36
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Enter the Professionals, Staged Right . . . 49
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Fredric Wertham's Nightmare . . . 56
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The Rest of the Critics . . . 71
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What's In a Comic? . . . 84
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Lucy's Tale . . . 91
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The Genre of Horror . . . 112
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Criminal Varieties . . . 146
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The Psychoanalysis of Lucy . . . 159
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The Contradictions of the Comics Campaign . . . 170
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Postscript . . . 188
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Appendix: The Forgotten Cause for Concern . . . 200
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Notes . . . 218
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Bibliography . . . 229
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Index . . . 237
Reviews in Print:
1984 edition
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Luciano, Dale. "Books: A History, An Original, and a Collection." [Reviews
of A Haunt of Fears, The Cowboy Wally Show, and Usagi Yojimbo.]
The
Comics Journal 123 (July 1988): 45-48 (45).
1992 edition
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Pint, John J. ["Hit List" Review.] The Comics Journal 159 (May 1993):
113.
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