Death Rattle (comics)
Death Rattle was an American black-and-white horror anthology comic book series published in three volumes by Kitchen Sink Press in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Death Rattle is not related to the Australian one-shot comic Death Rattle, published by Gredown in . Starting out as an underground comix homage to classic horror comics like Tales from the Crypt, Death Rattle did not fall under the purview of the Comics Code, allowing the title to feature stronger content — such as profanity, nudity, and graphic violence — than other comparable horror titles. Publication history Death Rattle volume 1 was published from June 1972–June 1973 under the Krupp Comic Works imprint, putting out three issues in all. Twelve years later, Death Rattle was revived for volume 2, publishing 18 issues between October 1985–October 1988 under the Kitchen Sink Comix imprint. The first five issues were in full color, but for issue #6 onwards the title reverted to black-and-white. Death Rattle volume 3 ran five issues from Dec. 1995–June 1996, again under the Kitchen Sink Comix imprint. Death Rattle Vol. 1 The early 1970s saw a number of underground publishers putting out horror comics, from the San Francisco Comic Book Company's Bogeyman; Rip