Concept » Cannibalism appears in 351 issues.
Created in 1954 amidst controversy subsequent to the publication of Dr. Fredric Wertham's book "Seduction of the Innocent", publishers established the code to curb potential governmental regulation. The fall of the Code is most often attributed to Alan Moore and his work on the Swamp Thing in the 80's.
The destruction of a world.
Scary stories.
The act of killing one or more human beings as part of a ritual, usually as an offering to a deity or higher power. Traditional in ancient religious cultures and rites of black magic.
To be held in captivity in, for example, a prison.
Groups of people who live outside of civilization and are often stereotypically depicted as savages. In comics they can play the roles as villains' minions or spiritual guides for heroes.
The Marvel Zombies is a concept that started with reality (Earth-2149) and contains alternate versions of Marvel superheroes infected with a zombie virus.
The crime of deliberately killing a person.
A serial killer is someone who kills individuals over a period of time (usually in a particular pattern). From Hell and Nailbiter are known comic book titles on the subject.
The Walking Dead is an on-going story about a group of people trying to survive a zombie apocalypse.
Torture is defined as inflicting physical or psychological pain on a person, normally to gather information. As in any other medium, it is often used in comics.
Living/reanimated corpses such as mummies, skeletons, vampires, and zombies. Not to be confused with resurrection, which is bringing someone back from the dead.
The Wendigo is the result of an ancient curse laid down by Elder Gods of Canadian folklore that transforms any person who eats the flesh of another human being in the Canadian wilderness into a massive, fur-covered monster.
In faerie tales, this usually refers to female wielders of magic, often depicted as ugly devourers of children. In real world mass panic, this has historically referred to both male and female wielders of supernatural powers from that religion's notion of ultimate evil. In modern popular culture, the term "witch" has fused with the notion of fairy folk and become the name for a glamorous humanoid species that wields magic as a natural attribute, often found in superhero comics and TV shows.
The world or part of it has been overrun by the zombies.
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