Most Valuable DC Horror Comics

Most Expensive DC Horror Comics Price Guide

DC Comics have published many old horror comics series over the years, from the 1950s to 1980s and beyond.

We've rounded up many of the key issues, including lots of comic books you definitely will have heard of, and many that you probably won't recognize.

DC has dabbled in this market non-stop, one foot in, one foot out.

Marvel and DC follow fashions. For a while, 70s horror comics were all the rage.

Then they stopped selling, so the big two stopped producing most of them.

Fortunately for horror fans, the niche has never really died. You might find yourself looking through an old collection and come across a stack of horror comics.

How to make sense of them?

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10 Most Valuable DC Horror Comics

These are all-time record sales for books in exceptional condition from the Bronze Age of comics.

If you find these horror comics, then chances are they won't be mint. We publish an average price to help you figure out how valuable your comics are, and a minimum in case they are really thrashed.

House of Secrets #92
1st Swamp Thing

Lowest price $200

Average price $2,000

Record price $90,000

An absolute classic by Bernie Wrightson, Swamp Thing's debut features an outstanding cover which is one of the most iconic of the Bronze Age.

Demon #1
Jack Kirby art

Lowest price $35

Average price $150

Record price $4,250

Jack Kirby brings his work to DC horror comics with this dark, cartoonish cover.

House of Secrets #123
Classic cover by Frank Robbins

Lowest price $30

Average price $140

Record price $2,000

A dripping ice-cream cone with a hideous face: this is somewhat reminiscent of the 50s horror comics banned by the Comics Code Authority rules.

Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love #1
Grey tone cover; text story by Wes Craven

Lowest price $30

Average price $120

Record price $1,100

Wes Craven would go on to make some of the 80s' most memorable horror movies.

Other DC Horror Comics, 1930s to 2000s

Weird Mystery Tales #1

Lowest price $10

Average price $100

Record price $1,000

A classic 70s horror comics series by DC Comics.

Witching Hour #28
Undead Santa cover by Nick Cardy

Lowest price $10

Average price $80

Record price $900

There's something undeniably creepy about Santa, even before he's depicted as a skeletal figure...

Doorway to Nightmare #1
1st Madame Xanadu

Lowest price $15

Average price $100

Record price $675

Madame Xanadu was a popular character in DC horror comics of the 1970s and 1980s.

Black Magic #1 (1973)
Cool 70s DC horror

Lowest price $5

Average price $60

Record price $375

Another 70s DC horror comics series with great art and a limited amount of graphic horror available for its readers.

Looking ahead to what was published in the 80s, it's hard not to feel disappointed for another lost decade of horror.

G. I. Combat #87
1st Haunted Tank

Lowest price $200

Average price $500

Record price $3,900

A cool crossover between horror and war which, like Weird War Tales, takes WWII in a whole creepy new direction.

Phantom Stranger #1 (1952)
Early DC horror comics series

Lowest price $200

Average price $2,000

Record price $24,000

A very creepy 1950s horror cover. The series ran for six issues, and the others never quite reach the heights of #1. Scarce in the marketplace.

Preacher #1
Adapted into a TV series

Lowest price $5

Average price $50

Recent 9.8 Sale $250

Record price $1,340

The heyday of this book has come and gone, with the TV series running to a successful conclusion. It's a cool DC horror comics series if you're looking for something to read.

Sandman #1 (1989)
Neil Gaiman scripts

Lowest price $5

Average price $100

Recent 9.8 Sale $440

Record price $1,800

There are several key issues from this series, notably #4 (1st Lucifer Morningstar) and #8 (1st Death).

Strange Sports Stories #1
Tie-in between sports and horror

Lowest price $5

Average price $40

Record price $210

A truly bizarre series which only lasted six issues. Probably should never have got off the drawing board...

Swamp Thing #37
1st Hellblazer (John Constantine)

Lowest price $40

Average price $280

Recent 9.8 Sale $1,300

Record price $3,700

Hellblazer has a big future in the expansion of the DCU.

This key issue was blown up during the pandemic. Recent sales are 40 percent of that high point.

Weird Worlds #1
Another DC horror comics series from the 1970s

Lowest price $5

Average price $40

Record price $600

A mere ten issues into the run, this series was cancelled. DC didn't seem to know what to do with their horror series in the 70s. They threw a lot of mud against the wall, and not much of it stuck.

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