James Warren, Empire of Monsters: The Man Behind Creepy, Vampirella, and Famous Monsters

Title: James Warren, Empire of Monsters: The Man Behind Creepy, Vampirella, and Famous Monsters Author: Bill Schelly ISBN: 9781683964179 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Published: 2023 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine F 1639891 Publisher Description: In Empire of Monsters, the award-winning biographer Bill Schelly digs beneath the hype and myth-making to tell the true story of James Warren, one of the 20th century's most influential and independent publishers. Featuring numerous eye-opening, often outrageous anecdotes about the colorful, larger-than-life figure, this book covers Warren's childhood in the slums of south Philadelphia, a traumatic military injury during the Korean War, the hardscrabble origins of Warren Publishing, its great success and ignominious end -- as well as his reemergence on the public scene in the 1990s, and the lawsuit to regain o