Scare Tactics (comics)

Scare Tactics is a comic book series published by DC Comics. 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 group of titles.

Publication history
Len Kaminski had the following idea to help promote the book. "I had planned on there being a real-life ST fan club package, which would’ve included a small poster, a backstage pass and a cassette “bootleg” of one of their songs. I wrote the song, and went out of pocket a grand or two on a great east village band (which I can’t name due to weird contract stuff with their manager), studio time (sound engineering and the actual “tune” donated gratis by my friend [and ST fan] Ed) – only to have DC tell me to cut it out, I didn’t own the rights to ST (and besides, it was hinted, they didn’t need me running around making their marketing department look bad). So I had a crate of hundreds of those cassettes on my hands for years before I finally ditched them, keeping just a few for myself."

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:


 * Catwoman Plus #1 (featuring Scream Queen)
 * Impulse Plus #1 (featuring Gross-Out)
 * Robin Plus #2 (featuring Fang)
 * Superboy Plus #2 (featuring Slither)

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)