#293 - N-O-H, V 1

Nights of Horror, Volume One
Malcla [MALetta+CLAncy]Publishing, 1953




Our intention and history have been to offer esoteric materials that appeal to eclectic interests. Nights of Horror, Volume 1, certainly meets those criteria. This vintage publication fills 80 pages with two short stories, each of which has multiple chapters. The volume has 10 ink illustrations by Superman co-creator Joe Shuster.

Although pirated reprints show an odd star logo on the cover, Nights of Horror, was originally published by Malcla Publishing in 1953. This rare, 16-volume series was the subject of legal action involving a Manhattan bookstore the following year. The mayor’s office prosecuted Kingsley Books for allegedly selling literature that violated decency law. They lost at the trial level and on appeal. A small fine was levied.

Prose and pictures tell stories about women who are captured, placed in bondage and whipped. Volume One includes “BOOK of TORTURE” by Rod Lashwell and “THE STRANGE LOVES of ALICE” by Gar King. Men dominate, but women also abuse. Some of the stories may have been loosely based on sensational fiction found in detective magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. These typically told damsel-in-distress tales, but without much sexiness. Obvious political incorrectness today, they may have been a bit of a stretch when published in the 1950s.

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