Freddy Krueger's A Nightmare on Elm Street by Steve Gerber

New stories had been written and submitted by Buzz Dixon and Peter David. The series immediately proved to be Marvel's top selling black and white magazine, even outselling the long running Savage Sword of Conan magazine, but despite distributors soliciting the title through the fifth issue, Marvel quietly canceled the title after only two issues had been released. Other than the inclusion of the characters Amanda and Freddy Krueger and the fictional town of Springwood, Ohio, the story does not fit seamlessly into the continuity of the films and even contradicts the film continuity in several places. The first and only storyline was the two part 'Dreamstalker' written by Steve Gerber with art by Rich Buckler. The black and white comic book was published in a magazine-sized format. In 1989, Marvel Comics released Freddy Krueger's A Nightmare on Elm Street. In 2006, Avatar Press lost the license to DC Comics imprint, WildStorm Productions which then published several new stories based on the franchise before their license expired as well. Jason and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake film in 2003, New Line Cinema created their House of Horror licensing division which licensed the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise to Avatar Press for use in new comic book stories, the first of which was published in 2005.

The popularity of the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series has led to several comic book series published by Marvel Comics, Innovation Publishing, Trident Comics, Avatar Press and WildStorm Productions.

Freddy Krueger's A Nightmare on Elm Street by Steve Gerber