Queens of the Abyss: BAD GIRLS OF COMICS: Eroticism, Power, and Graphic Subversion

By NOE TELLEZ REYES

SYNOPSIS
QUEENS OF THE ABYSS: BAD GIRLS OF COMICS - Eroticism, Power, and Graphic Subversion
They didn't come to save the day... but to sell it, burn it and dance on the ashes. From Lilith to Vampirella, from Lady Death to Red Sonja, comic book anti-heroines have for more than a century embodied the fear and desire of a culture that demonizes them as it collects them. With the pulse of a researcher and the edge of an incorrigible fan, Queens of the Abyss travels through myths, censorship, and editorial explosions: from the 1954 Code that banned drawn flesh to the metal covers of the nineties and actual "z-rated" variant covers that turned transgression into gold.
Why are we still fascinated by impossible women who use the body as a weapon and the market as a stage? The answer beats in every cover, every prohibition and every look that cannot be turned away... But beware: when you think you've understood them, the next page will bite you back.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Noe Tellez Reyes is a writer, cultural researcher, and collector with more than three decades of experience exploring the dark corners of pop culture. Master's in Management Systems and Industrial Quality Management, he combines academic rigor with irreverent prose to analyze comics, cinema and cultural phenomena where pleasure and censorship collide. Author of several essays and books on critical thinking, occult history and contemporary mythology, the author transforms reading into a journey that provokes, documents, and seduces in equal parts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FSDSH7BK
• ISBN13: 9798266849792
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"