DC Non-Cape Anthologies

Flinch was top tier, why did DC never reprint it??

>>95107613
DC's horror books are hit or miss.

There is good stuff (especially with the artwork) but it's buried with a lot of bad shit. What makes it harder though, for casuals, is that a LOT of the older issues can and do go for huge bucks (case in point, the first appearance of Swamp Thing in House of Secrets #92 and House of Mystery #179, the later is the very first comic book artwork by comic legend Bernie Wrightson)

If you can track them down, I would recommend picking up the various Showcase Presents books DC put out for the line. However, be warned that:

House of Mystery and Secrets both skip to when the book became a straight-up horror book (HoM starts with #174, HoS with #81) and the House of Secrets volumes go for big bucks, though DC has recently announced they are doing an omnibus for House of Secrets starting with #81.

Strange Adventures is generic sci-fi stuff with the occasional DCU serial (Atomic Knights and Deadman), which goes for big bucks.

Unexpected is so-so but it flipped back and forth between spy thriller and horror book so YMMV. That being said, there are about ten issues (#189-198) that can cost you a bit, since those issues featured what would have been the last ten issues of House of Secrets, which got canceled because of the DC Implosion.

Most of the horror books were given the Showcase treatment, so buy a couple of volumes and from there, see if it's worth your time to track down floppies for the rest of the series.

I would note that some of the most notable serials from the anthologies (Deadman and I Vampire) were reprinted in stand alone TPBs

>>95107613
Why Cobra Commander is a policeman?