Horror comics

Scenes dealing with, or instruments associated with, walking dead or torture shall not be used. Vampires, ghouls and werewolves shall be permitted to be used when handled in the classic tradition such as Frankenstein, Dracula, and other high calibre literary works written by Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, Conan Doyle and other respected authors whose works are read in schools around the world".[5]
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Following the change in the rules Marvel would return to publishing horror with Morbius, the Living Vampire in 1971 (not, as was thought, a title aimed to get around the Code),[6] followed by the introduction of Dracula (1972) and Blade (1973) in the pages of Tomb of Dracula. This opened the flodgates for more horror titles and Steve Gerber, in particular, would provide notable mid-seventies runs on Man-Thing, Son of Satan and Tales of the Zombie.
Although DC had continued publishing mystery and suspense comics throughout the period the Code was full inforce, they also began releasing horror titles in the early seventies, like Ghosts (1971), Secrets of Sinister House (1972) and Secrets of Haunted House (1975