Army from 1942 to 1945, Zacharius went to New York University on the GI Bill and took classes aimed at helping him achieve his goal of becoming a New York publisher. The story of Zebra Books as a company is really the story of World War II vet Walter Zacharius. I wasn’t able to find out exactly how many Zebra horror titles were published monthly during the height of the horror boom, but their output rivaled some of the largest publishers of their time.
Zebra Books stepped into the horror publishing arena in the late 1970s, then really leaned into it in the 1980s.
It’s difficult to comprehend that quite so many years have gone by since those halcyon days of horror. Fact of the matter is, I’ve gotten older. It’s strange to call Zebra paperbacks “vintage,” but I guess that’s what they are by the 25-year rule. Every vintage paperback horror fan knows Zebra Books.
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