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''This Magazine is Haunted'' was a horror comic originally published by Fawcett〔Although ''Haunted's'' indicia identifies Fawcett as the publisher, the magazine never carried the company's logo on its covers. Speaking in an interview with Roy Thomas, ''Haunted's'' creator Sheldon Moldoff stated that Fawcett had been very reluctant to carry any horror titles, and only agreed to publish ''Haunted'' after the genre was too popular to ignore. See ''Alter Ego'', vol. 3, #4 (Spring 2000).〕 between 1951 and 1953. Running 14 issues, it was the first of Fawcett's supernatural line; a string of titles which included ''Beware! Terror Tales'', ''Worlds of Fear'', ''Strange Suspense Stories'', and ''Unknown Worlds''. After Fawcett ceased publication, ''This Magazine is Haunted'' was sold to and published by Charlton Comics from 1954 to 1958. ==Format== Debuting with a cover date of October 1951, ''This Magazine is Haunted'' was Fawcett's first successful attempt to enter the lucrative horror market with a comic devoted specifically to supernatural fiction. The book represented a break from Fawcett's more familiar product, which ranged from superheroes (Captain Marvel) to movie adaptations and teen humor. Created by Sheldon Moldoff and edited by Will Leiberson and Al Jetter, the book was loosely modeled after EC's New Trend, particularly their highly successful horror titles.〔As noted by Watt-Evans, Fawcett's horror comics were "loosely modeled after the E.C. format but not directly imitating E.C.'s approach".〕 Like its better-known competitors, ''This Magazine is Haunted'' was notable for its black humor and frequent O. Henry climaxes. Drawing on the considerable creative resources of the Fawcett stable, ''Haunted'' storylines dealt with the standard horror themes of the period: vengeance from beyond the grave, macabre retribution and 'dark' justice, all of which were presented with an appropriate level of irony. Human folly played a key role in many stories; characters were constantly led into disaster by their own greed, stupidity or outright corruption. Numerous plots revolved around violent criminals meeting grisly but entirely deserving fates, while others featured hapless bystanders trapped in bizarre or terrifying circumstances. Comics historian Stephen Sennitt describes the Fawcett line as "genuinely eerie"〔Sennitt, p. 36. Sennitt considers EC's narrative structure to be "formulaic" in comparison to Fawcett's approach. He did, however, rank EC amongst the highest quality publications of the period.〕 in contrast to EC's more visceral approach.〔There were exceptions of course; the cover of ''Haunted'' 10 features a severed head on the end of a fishing line, precisely the kind of imagery anti-comics crusader Fredric Wertham objected to.〕 Aside from the evident cinematic influences, ''Haunted'' and its companions followed at least two literary traditions derived from the pulp literature of the previous decades. The first was the Crime-Horror imagery of magazines like Black Mask or ''Flynn's Detective Fiction,'' which emphasized murder, violence, and horrific crimes. Many authorities believe that the tradition was passed down to the 50s horror genre via the Crime comics of the later forties;〔Les Daniels was one of the first to discuss the relationship in ''Comix: A History of the Comic Book in America,'' arguing that horror comics were an outgrowth of the popular 'true crime' genre of the 1940s.〕 ''Haunted'' featured numerous stories combining the two areas. Of course, by far the most potent influence on ''This Magazine is Haunted'' was the horror comic genre itself, which according to Watt-Evans, represented around one sixth of the comics market at its 1954 peak. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「This Magazine Is Haunted」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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