History Main / GenreAnthology

* ''ComedyPlayhouse'' (Comedy) (spin offs include SteptoeAndSon, TillDeathUsDoPart, AllGasAndGaiters, TheLiverBirds, AreYouBeingServed? and LastOfTheSummerWine).

* ''TheDreadTestaments'' ({{Horror}}), a webseries found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWp6fvR_zp0

** ''NightmareClassics'' ({{Horror}})

* ''GeneralElectricTheater'' (Drama) (Hosted by UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan)

* ''TheHunger'' ({{Horror}})

* ''Series/DrTerriblesHouseOfHorrible'' ({{Horror}} {{Comedy}}, hosted by SteveCoogan)

* ''DoctorTerriblesHouseOfHorrible'' ({{Horror}} {{Comedy}}, hosted by SteveCoogan)

* All of the Creator/ECComics series were these covering a few genres, with each issue featuring four stories. The genres covered were primarily horror, science fiction, crime and war. When the ComicsCodeAuthority came clamping down and forced the cancellation of many titles the publisher got desperate and branched out into tamer fare. Bizarre new books started like ''Psychoanalysis'', which focused on patients visiting a psychiatrist, ''M.D.'', which showcase the day-to-day lives of doctors and ''EXTRA!'', which followed reporters in their investigations. Needless to say, the new books weren't successful and EC closed down soon after.

* [[/index]]Historically, most British comics have tended to be anthologies. They would contain multiple strips per issue and replace one strip with another fairly often. Whilst comics like TheBeano, TheDandy, or 2000AD technically avert this trope by having some strips that have lasted decades, it's played straighter with titles like TVComic, which chopped and changed according to what was on TV at the time.[[index]]

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* Most Creator/MarvelComics titles published in the 1950s were SpeculativeFiction anthologies before later spinning off or being rebranded as superhero titles the following decade. These include:

** ''Amazing Adventures'', later ''Amazing (Adult) Fantasy'' (spun off ComicBook/SpiderMan)

* ''TalesFromTheCrypt'' (Horror)

* ''{{2000 Plus}}'' (SpeculativeFiction)

* ''2000 Plus'' (SpeculativeFiction)

* ''Perversions of Science'' (SpeculativeFiction; A SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' which was also based off EC Comics)

* ''Series/TheNightmareRoom'' ({{Horror}})

* ''[[Creator/DCComics DetectiveComics]]'' was '''not''' quite the first genre anthology in comic books, but it was the first successful single-genre anthology comic, laying the groundwork for the format that would be most popular through UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks.

** ''Amazing Adventures'', later ''Amazing (Adult) Fantasy'' (spun off Franchise/SpiderMan)

!!Anime/Manga examples include:

* ''DetectiveComics'' was '''not''' quite the first genre anthology in comic books, but it was the first successful single-genre anthology comic, laying the groundwork for the format that would be most popular through UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks.
* Historically, most British comics have tended to be anthologies. They would contain multiple strips per issue and replace one strip with another fairly often. Whilst comics like TheBeano, TheDandy, or 2000AD technically avert this trope by having some strips that have lasted decades, it's played straighter with titles like TVComic, which chopped and changed according to what was on TV at the time.
* All of the ECComics series were these covering a few genres, with each issue featuring four stories. The genres covered were primarily horror, science fiction, crime and war. When the ComicsCodeAuthority came clamping down and forced the cancellation of many titles the publisher got desperate and branched out into tamer fare. Bizarre new books started like ''Psychoanalysis'', which focused on patients visiting a psychiatrist, ''M.D.'', which showcase the day-to-day lives of doctors and ''EXTRA!'', which followed reporters in their investigations. Needless to say, the new books weren't successful and EC closed down soon after.
* Showcase was a DC comics anthology from the 1950s notable for introducing the Silver Age incarnations of Franchise/TheFlash, Franchise/GreenLantern, and ComicBook/TheAtom and other noteworthy characters like Rip Hunter, the Creeper and the Challengers of the Unknown as well as featuring the very first comic adaptation of a ''Film/JamesBond'' film.
* Most MarvelComics titles published in the 1950s were SpeculativeFiction anthologies before later spinning off or being rebranded as superhero titles the following decade. These include:

** ''Tales of Suspense'' (rebranded as Franchise/CaptainAmerica while also spinning off Franchise/IronMan)
** ''Tales to Astonish'' (rebranded as the ComicBook/{{Hulk}})
** ''Journey Into Mystery'' (rebranded as ComicBook/{{Thor}})
** StrangeTales (rebranded as ComicBook/DoctorStrange, while also mixing in {{Horror}} fiction with Brother Voodoo and Spy fiction with ComicBook/NickFury)
* Marvel Fanfare ({{Superhero}})

* ''The Dread Testaments'' ({{Horror}}), a webseries found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWp6fvR_zp0

** ''Nightmare Classics'' ({{Horror}})

* ''The Hunger'' ({{Horror}})
* ''Inside No. 9'' ({{Horror}}/Dark Comedy)

* ''PlayForToday''/''TheWednesdayPlay'' (Drama).

* ''LightsOut'' ({{Horror}})

** StrangeTales (rebranded as ComicBook/DoctorStrange, while also mixing in {{Horror}} fiction with Brother Voodoo and Spy fiction with NickFury)

* ''ActionComics''

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' (SpeculativeFiction)

** ''''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' (SpeculativeFiction)