Web of Evil

*Web of Evil*
Web of Evil
Publication information
Publisher	Quality Comics
Genre	Horror
Publication date	November 1952 - December 1954
No. of issues	21
Creative team
Artist(s)	Jack Cole

Web of Evil is a publication of Quality Comics,^[1] which began in November 1952. The comic had a run of twenty-one issues.,^[2] the final issue being #21 (December 1954).^[3] Web of Evil is considered by writer Nicky Wright to be an inferior imitation of Exciting Comics' style horror comics.^[1]

The final comic book work of artist Jack Cole was in Web of Evil.^[4] Web of Evil themes include #1 (morphine use), #5 (electrocution), #14 (old witch swipe), #17 (opium drug propaganda), and #18 (acid-in-face story).^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b The Classic Era of American Comics, Nicky Wright, Contemporary Books, 2000, Pg. 178.
^ Web of Evil, Comic Values Annual 1999, Antique Trader Books, 1998, Pg. 431.
^ ^a ^b Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, Gemstone Publishing, May 2002, Pg. 837.
^ Jack Cole and Plastic Man: forms stretched to their limits, Art Spiegelman and Chip Kidd, Chronicle Books, 2001, Pg. 93.

[nicky-1] The Classic Era of American Comics, Nicky Wright, Contemporary Books, 2000, Pg. 178.

[2] Web of Evil, Comic Values Annual 1999, Antique Trader Books, 1998, Pg. 431.

[gem-3] Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, Gemstone Publishing, May 2002, Pg. 837.

[4] Jack Cole and Plastic Man: forms stretched to their limits, Art Spiegelman and Chip Kidd, Chronicle Books, 2001, Pg. 93.

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