Scare Tactics is a comic book

Comic book

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 series published by DC Comics

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. A total of twelve issues appeared, dated from December 1996 to March 1998. The series, written by Len Kaminski, was a part of DC's Weirdoverse

Weirdoverse

The Weirdoverse is a name that refers to a group of semi-related comic book series published from late 1996 to 1998 by DC Comics. The idea of Dan Thorsland , the Weirdoverse titles were connected by the fact that they all fell into the mystery/occult genre...

 group of titles.

Publication history

Len Kaminski had the following idea to help promote the book.
DC Comics promoted the book in the middle of the series’ run by creating a series of one-shots teaming some team members with notable DC characters.

Fictional biography

The series focused on the band Scare Tactics, which was a group of monstrous rock and roll musicians that encountered supernatural adventures while on the road.

The band/team consisted of:

• Arnold Burnsteel (manager/bus driver)
• Fang (Jake Ketchum - werewolf, lead guitarist)
• Gross-Out (Philbert Hoskins - mutated human, drummer)
• Scream Queen (Nina Skorzeny - vampire, lead singer)
• Slither (James Tilton - reptilian human, bass guitarist)

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