Scream Comics (1944) 17

   Halloween isn’t always about the scares. It’s about fun, sweets and sharing with friends. Scream Comics demonstrates all three on its cover of issue 17.

   With the popularity of Archie Andrews and the like of the Riverdale gang, teen comics proved to be one of the strong successors in the wake of the Second World War. When the masked mystery men began to lose favor, other genres stepped forward.

   The teen adventures were simple fare. Writers targeted a younger audience attempting to mirror their interests and habits. While the cover depiction may not preview what lay within, Scream authors merely wished to sell the concept of seasonal fun poking humor at teen fears.

Scream Comics
(1944) 17

   The first recorded evidence of spin-the-bottle doesn’t exist until the late 1920’s, sometime around 1927.

   Conventional rules state players must reward the bottle spinner with a kiss if the spun bottle neck is pointed toward them. Over time variations on the game were implemented, but its roots never faltered.

   The game fell out of favor until it is more a tradition to be reminded of on a Golden Age comic no cover.