tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79798865779378080042024-03-13T07:00:14.635-04:00Horror Comics of the 1950sBe Prepared to be Scared!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-77326961838119116802024-02-14T07:00:00.011-05:002024-02-14T07:00:00.208-05:00Hearts and Horror TOMB OF TERROR "Rift of the Maggis" / HORROR TALES "Gift of Horror"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://truelovecomicstales.blogspot.com/2023/12/do-you-love-o-henrys-gift-of-magi.html" target="_blank">We've presented the classic O Henry story "Gift of the Magi" several times at <b>True Love Comics Tales</b></a>...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hmxl8VV1EZ8/W7OOl1EliZI/AAAAAAAAcQE/TVGKhFZH4WIijnDApvktlwmusCIw1EKOwCKgBGAs/s1600/TombOfTerror11-12.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hmxl8VV1EZ8/W7OOl1EliZI/AAAAAAAAcQE/TVGKhFZH4WIijnDApvktlwmusCIw1EKOwCKgBGAs/s1600/TombOfTerror11-12.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...but <i>this</i> version from <b><i>Harvey's</i> Tomb of Terror</b> #11 (1953) <i>ain't</i> the heartwarming tale of eternal love!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ovgv-OP_JqA/W7OOlyHN-gI/AAAAAAAAcQE/MIPMybVeXAoTWSFHFWF2uv7_DNusQADBwCKgBGAs/s1600/TombOfTerror11-13.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ovgv-OP_JqA/W7OOlyHN-gI/AAAAAAAAcQE/MIPMybVeXAoTWSFHFWF2uv7_DNusQADBwCKgBGAs/s1600/TombOfTerror11-13.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mtucKJMFWKU/W7OOl1gjHUI/AAAAAAAAcQE/gJU8U5Nnkj4AnH6FCjtxWuJUItxc7cZzQCKgBGAs/s1600/TombOfTerror11-14.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mtucKJMFWKU/W7OOl1gjHUI/AAAAAAAAcQE/gJU8U5Nnkj4AnH6FCjtxWuJUItxc7cZzQCKgBGAs/s1600/TombOfTerror11-14.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RydGfspCDTI/W7OOl_obZbI/AAAAAAAAcQE/DrMGuIUrtfILPDjMtzIR-3KT1DjKWiTuQCKgBGAs/s1600/TombOfTerror11-15.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RydGfspCDTI/W7OOl_obZbI/AAAAAAAAcQE/DrMGuIUrtfILPDjMtzIR-3KT1DjKWiTuQCKgBGAs/s1600/TombOfTerror11-15.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xwLLwcd-l1s/W7OOl6jdNrI/AAAAAAAAcQE/Jd67oflkjbAU4nONBJgvB1IKP7hoXNgIwCKgBGAs/s1600/TombOfTerror11-16.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xwLLwcd-l1s/W7OOl6jdNrI/AAAAAAAAcQE/Jd67oflkjbAU4nONBJgvB1IKP7hoXNgIwCKgBGAs/s1600/TombOfTerror11-16.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Written and illustrated by the highly-underrated Howard Nostrand, it has a kool <b><i>EC Comics</i></b> vibe thanks to artist Howard's stylistic similarity to Jack Davis!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div>Due to the restrictions of the <b><i>Comics Code</i></b>, the story <i>couldn't</i> be reprinted without partially-rewriting and totally-redrawing it!</div><div>So, <b><i>Eerie Publications</i></b> handed it to artist Oscar Fraga with the script reused...verbatim in <b>Horror Tales</b> V7N1 (1975)!</div><div><i style="font-style: italic;">Note:</i><i style="font-style: italic;"> b/w magazines weren't covered by the <b>Comics Code</b></i><i>, so Oscar </i>could<i> have gone even </i>gorier<i>...</i></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l6RmhsMZ1pY/W7OOl9n34cI/AAAAAAAAcQE/bA1EBIJeYi0-51NgstskfLCdQK_HU6kMgCKgBGAs/s1600/HorrorTales35-20.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Happy Valentine's Day!</b></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-26469535215573924902024-01-15T07:00:00.010-05:002024-01-16T00:33:49.036-05:00INVASION! A Twice-Told Tale!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the best-known "Invasion from Mars" tales is Orson Welles' 1938 <i><b>War of the Worlds</b></i> radio show...</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_wzhIsDX0b8/TbjIF616r-I/AAAAAAAACRU/hJK0kNUtFgo/s0/rrm01_pg27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_wzhIsDX0b8/TbjIF616r-I/AAAAAAAACRU/hJK0kNUtFgo/s0/rrm01_pg27.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Edited version</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...which this twice-told tale "updates" to the television era!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">But, it's radically-altered from it's first appearance, and that the original version had <i>never</i> been reprinted!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's a page-by-page comparison!<br />First the toned-down version, then the original, scarier version...</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L9cFS4PPrHU/TgOT_LqCt8I/AAAAAAAAG9w/WM0KwPAo1Ic/s0/11532.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L9cFS4PPrHU/TgOT_LqCt8I/AAAAAAAAG9w/WM0KwPAo1Ic/s0/11532.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Original version</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">Note in the original version, <i>both</i> the wife and singer on tv show a <i>lot</i> more cleavage!</span></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h_j1FU-p9Rs/TbjIJ8M1pGI/AAAAAAAACRY/xXiLVHL-m5o/rrm01_pg28.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h_j1FU-p9Rs/TbjIJ8M1pGI/AAAAAAAACRY/xXiLVHL-m5o/s0/rrm01_pg28.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Edited version</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YI0EVliAcZA/TgOUBkn9tpI/AAAAAAAAG9g/tx0hoJ7oYFE/s1600/11533.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YI0EVliAcZA/TgOUBkn9tpI/AAAAAAAAG9g/tx0hoJ7oYFE/s0/11533.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Original version</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Again, more cleavage in the original version...</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WQ1sMQW0M-Q/TbjIPIUfIRI/AAAAAAAACRg/ftao2eNeD0Y/s0/rrm01_pg29.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WQ1sMQW0M-Q/TbjIPIUfIRI/AAAAAAAACRg/ftao2eNeD0Y/s0/rrm01_pg29.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Edited version</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oXIkpIo9phY/TgOT9FPQbZI/AAAAAAAAG90/Ep09biRp_4w/s0/11534.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oXIkpIo9phY/TgOT9FPQbZI/AAAAAAAAG90/Ep09biRp_4w/s0/11534.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Original version</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oddly enough, the wife's cleavage is unchanged, but the look of terror in the last panel is toned down!</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--BcFBx_2SUY/TbjIStAGMOI/AAAAAAAACRk/IBpDoktz7NU/s0/rrm01_pg30.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--BcFBx_2SUY/TbjIStAGMOI/AAAAAAAACRk/IBpDoktz7NU/s0/rrm01_pg30.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Edited version</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vNOmr9EYMQI/TgOUCrze5sI/AAAAAAAAG9o/sShzP4M_Sew/s0/11535.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vNOmr9EYMQI/TgOUCrze5sI/AAAAAAAAG9o/sShzP4M_Sew/s0/11535.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Original version</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">Panel four in the original version is much more gruesome than the edited version. Note the dialogue balloon is </span><i style="text-align: left;">unchanged</i><span style="text-align: left;">, even though there's no actual weapons fire in the edited version!</span></span><br style="text-align: left;" /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z1XIOhNvLNs/TbjIUu6gwuI/AAAAAAAACRo/HJ8IDJVS9HQ/s0/rrm01_pg31.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z1XIOhNvLNs/TbjIUu6gwuI/AAAAAAAACRo/HJ8IDJVS9HQ/s0/rrm01_pg31.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Edited version</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This last page is </span><i style="font-size: large;">radically-different</i><span style="font-size: large;">! Prepare yourself!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Ready?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Proceed...but remember, I warned you...</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z1XIOhNvLNs/TbjIUu6gwuI/AAAAAAAACRo/HJ8IDJVS9HQ/rrm01_pg31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wumYQe1fJhY/TgOUDXZZ63I/AAAAAAAAG9s/njJQqx6l1Is/s0/11536.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wumYQe1fJhY/TgOUDXZZ63I/AAAAAAAAG9s/njJQqx6l1Is/s0/11536.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Original version</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: x-large;">Wow!</span></i></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The edited pages were from <b><i>Harvey's</i></b> <b>Race for the Moon</b> #1 (1958), which was reprinted in <i><b>Harvey's</b></i> <b>Shocking Tales Digest</b> #1 (1981)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The original, never-reprinted (in that form) story was from <i><b>Harvey's</b></i> <b>Witches' Tales</b> #21 (1953)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">As you can see, the <b><i>Comics Code Authority</i></b> insisted on some <i>major</i> redos, including most of the last page!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What do you think, fans?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit </i>Amazon <i>and Order...</i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51KcpvORnSL._SX384_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="386" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51KcpvORnSL._SX384_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="495" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2psBUnT" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics: Volume 2</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2psBUnT" target="_blank">Bob Powell's</a></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2psBUnT" target="_blank">Terror</a></span></b></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-20010774702729053632023-10-31T07:00:00.172-04:002023-11-09T10:19:58.424-05:00Countdown to Halloween 2023 MONSTER TIMES Unpublished TALES FROM THE CRYPT Cover Art<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Here's a Halloween treat...<i>no</i> trick for you guys!</b></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8gY11Mh01Gu1_Ye_kLWhTLENGcVfh3UcgGAgCPBbhWDPtWYt9UVq7VT6Qorfqpo1yOdoxiZOVbTLhA6ADpIOmx4sOYE0M9tL19L-767LHX-wAavk4frLXmWAD3A6LjALTxhl6AaWDDA-9V9EUzUoCrAD_7F9arYVZPFaIoi7Wjm3kIN25c7XCDo0o40E" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="1025" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8gY11Mh01Gu1_Ye_kLWhTLENGcVfh3UcgGAgCPBbhWDPtWYt9UVq7VT6Qorfqpo1yOdoxiZOVbTLhA6ADpIOmx4sOYE0M9tL19L-767LHX-wAavk4frLXmWAD3A6LjALTxhl6AaWDDA-9V9EUzUoCrAD_7F9arYVZPFaIoi7Wjm3kIN25c7XCDo0o40E=w477-h640" width="477" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Control-Click on the art to enlarge!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">The centerfold from </span><b style="text-align: left;">Monster Times</b><span style="text-align: left;"> #10, featuring the original, <i>unpublished</i> version of the cover for </span><b style="text-align: left;"><i>EC's</i> Tales from the Crypt</b><span style="text-align: left;"> #38 (1953) by Jack Davis!</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">The published version was censored by<b><i> EC</i></b> itself because of the ongoing <b><i>Seduction of the Innocent</i></b> "comics cause juvenile delinquency" mania sweeping the US at the time...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ6L7KlNX3GsC9-eCgl0B7C7sWV_ooGliXiIEoFnqgTlArEJqcEMvun_y_m9-GFIWV93I17PzMjjT6WbQ9wnRngCeP6di2QUoB13VTSBIaGlhdxLa2X3VMI03MBGTB9jWE6yQDQML1SgK-G0PZokROHn7_XL28nD_dzBmzjyOw7Jl1e3hsO4GeiWSF86U" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQ6L7KlNX3GsC9-eCgl0B7C7sWV_ooGliXiIEoFnqgTlArEJqcEMvun_y_m9-GFIWV93I17PzMjjT6WbQ9wnRngCeP6di2QUoB13VTSBIaGlhdxLa2X3VMI03MBGTB9jWE6yQDQML1SgK-G0PZokROHn7_XL28nD_dzBmzjyOw7Jl1e3hsO4GeiWSF86U=w445-h640" width="445" /></a></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...and, while this one <i>is</i> fairly scary, the original was waaaaaay gorier!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's the original art for the uncensored, unpublished version...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZ4jqcH7ohMdZpHzcUfTIA8ijSvR5iK9ZJwlNurEJJdsmvZBuCjDDJ_XxxxflCCw6rf6nhXui4A-LCA_k8S2e7TYaFuK2Gi6EyAjVMhesroaju5EUaCqUgrtyezlzPZ_7W2UGTwBqZZ4cVzqeCO25bEdVyhDCqCzLVRVyP39cR0X8eBkeFqfvSBNaroL4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZ4jqcH7ohMdZpHzcUfTIA8ijSvR5iK9ZJwlNurEJJdsmvZBuCjDDJ_XxxxflCCw6rf6nhXui4A-LCA_k8S2e7TYaFuK2Gi6EyAjVMhesroaju5EUaCqUgrtyezlzPZ_7W2UGTwBqZZ4cVzqeCO25bEdVyhDCqCzLVRVyP39cR0X8eBkeFqfvSBNaroL4=s16000" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Note the rubber cement stains on the lower right-hand side of the art!</span><br /><span>That's because this "patch" was pasted over that area...</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipO_flmQZ6DFmI8HXmyBPjB-sW51edwKokPm7HI35yb6edm-OaLtBWKrTOcTcIPDIjmHspkdPSHquTOkYodEwI6061Fqo9SR8FWJ6IwQoRCndBpVXCPAcV8-4gclkEpsJ9xOYL412PePkcguI_VPTMAFfZLTAwQe_Ue1o0D5085x2xx7ycF2t3kENecyA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipO_flmQZ6DFmI8HXmyBPjB-sW51edwKokPm7HI35yb6edm-OaLtBWKrTOcTcIPDIjmHspkdPSHquTOkYodEwI6061Fqo9SR8FWJ6IwQoRCndBpVXCPAcV8-4gclkEpsJ9xOYL412PePkcguI_VPTMAFfZLTAwQe_Ue1o0D5085x2xx7ycF2t3kENecyA" width="315" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">...resulting in this toned-down version...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYWxcMN-EcBARlMcjKYN1SjqdL92bdcBtgNo3Q9piRTqM8DCrlGYXRFBktXnQD9IkriZDRlFcNiqSmrzBHN5_QsPEPxL9rOScnEzaizpkpMD27wuIvzdkaY7xrPj3qHTwoTJoxlkYYT3IzPxJjrJsRVLR6F_YDGB69VcBQ0cDnWdEQk6XeTHybDXOlQ60" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYWxcMN-EcBARlMcjKYN1SjqdL92bdcBtgNo3Q9piRTqM8DCrlGYXRFBktXnQD9IkriZDRlFcNiqSmrzBHN5_QsPEPxL9rOScnEzaizpkpMD27wuIvzdkaY7xrPj3qHTwoTJoxlkYYT3IzPxJjrJsRVLR6F_YDGB69VcBQ0cDnWdEQk6XeTHybDXOlQ60=s16000" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">...which was then photographed at the printer and colored!</div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span>When the </span><b>Monster Times</b><span> presented this never-seen version, they also arranged to help release it (along with <i>another</i> censored </span><i><b>EC</b></i><span> cover)...</span></div></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigAm3_xwcp0xMVQ1N4ps2ksb12d5uorp9bhWN4Y7DvVoOR7dlISUCi4aKQqjCYFgdjMfFx4xld62A4t8CiF5GXdkZL2P4CN1C9A4fvdhJ8HAnUugXo705W7C8wFzE6s-4L4MB-OMywc8xdqSCc8ZPPIFcodyZoNBYcmQQtfCI4GUE_aAUAsMA7KgGixuA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigAm3_xwcp0xMVQ1N4ps2ksb12d5uorp9bhWN4Y7DvVoOR7dlISUCi4aKQqjCYFgdjMfFx4xld62A4t8CiF5GXdkZL2P4CN1C9A4fvdhJ8HAnUugXo705W7C8wFzE6s-4L4MB-OMywc8xdqSCc8ZPPIFcodyZoNBYcmQQtfCI4GUE_aAUAsMA7KgGixuA=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...as posters!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For the record, <i>this</i> is the published version of the <b>Vault of Horror</b> cover shown above...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZd2KPHtt6dk4Yy3ior2BPTTIenZS8XMP25pxLe86CrRIODOoA92iUzKTAitgUkx0gl4dZItFxHHyDP2pQfBPY7gkhkSADR_oWaUMFDrWtPTbDmUizgXzd3m8_IzPFiHoXbLsRz9dHUqWR0GrpZcXR5PFgmgigIoA8b22S7-GPwhY2o--XsAoLuutPuCw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZd2KPHtt6dk4Yy3ior2BPTTIenZS8XMP25pxLe86CrRIODOoA92iUzKTAitgUkx0gl4dZItFxHHyDP2pQfBPY7gkhkSADR_oWaUMFDrWtPTbDmUizgXzd3m8_IzPFiHoXbLsRz9dHUqWR0GrpZcXR5PFgmgigIoA8b22S7-GPwhY2o--XsAoLuutPuCw=w443-h640" width="443" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Trivia:</i><span> </span><span>the reprints of these issues of </span><span><b>Tales</b></span><span><b> </b>and </span><span><b>Vault</b></span><span> both use the <i>uncensored</i> versions of these covers!</span></div></span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Bonus:</i><span> Here's the advertised </span><span><b>Tales from the Crypt</b></span><span> poster in all its gory glory!</span></div></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0VcksbiVce_KUS_NWdYa9HYz9cEOMLIIuWrN2vHeWZP9mVohLtf56wY38Whns8BqQjZMxMmaLjLMh_gkyKxAafLsPMNWsLu6W3K4Kgcfuzre45TCmjXpvt2t_SPyWPw0scmAnoFZY_TW1SuGToA_-CC1iVRf0rGj3B05tAGqXppw_usPc2O98ukQvWUI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0VcksbiVce_KUS_NWdYa9HYz9cEOMLIIuWrN2vHeWZP9mVohLtf56wY38Whns8BqQjZMxMmaLjLMh_gkyKxAafLsPMNWsLu6W3K4Kgcfuzre45TCmjXpvt2t_SPyWPw0scmAnoFZY_TW1SuGToA_-CC1iVRf0rGj3B05tAGqXppw_usPc2O98ukQvWUI=s16000" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">(Compare it with the published cover at the top of this post!)</div></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span>This concludes our </span><b><i>Countdown to Halloween 2023</i></b><span> presentation!</span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;">We hope you've enjoyed reading it as much as we did sharing it with you!</div></span></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://countdowntohalloween.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">And don't forget to check out the other participants in the</a></span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://countdowntohalloween.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Countdown to Halloween 2023 Blogathon!</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://countdowntohalloween.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://countdowntohalloween.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">They're <i>all</i> Kool Ghouls!</a></span></b></div></span></b></div></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-78234800014957065852023-10-24T07:00:00.003-04:002023-10-24T14:56:47.201-04:00Countdown to Halloween 2023 MONSTER TIMES "'Tales from the Crypt' Movie Review" <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Before the recent trio of <b>Tales from the Crypt</b> movies (<i>not</i> based on the comics stories)...</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfCXlstvbECa-l1m9NLq5PFGktBd4FMrk6KUn36Uu2RbqmHMDDkMLfEQPvR-u9PPdeh6ncBjXiYUAbG69ZeYq2R8EuEqUWib7eausGuBJNhqilnBxqXRQtJHxkaYqYWQ4UAwr_nUJBtB5Myf_11QzuVLT8DXKGaAQe3VOS5IdYjg8ht3NHKOfScYyIccc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfCXlstvbECa-l1m9NLq5PFGktBd4FMrk6KUn36Uu2RbqmHMDDkMLfEQPvR-u9PPdeh6ncBjXiYUAbG69ZeYq2R8EuEqUWib7eausGuBJNhqilnBxqXRQtJHxkaYqYWQ4UAwr_nUJBtB5Myf_11QzuVLT8DXKGaAQe3VOS5IdYjg8ht3NHKOfScYyIccc=s16000" /></a></p><span style="font-size: medium;">...there was a feature-length "portmanteau" film which adapted five <i><b>EC Comics</b></i> tales, two from <b>Tales from the Crypt</b>, one from <b>Vault of Horror</b>, and two from <b>Haunt of Fear</b>!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>(Control-click on the following pages to enlarge!)</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTWXGOruloOzutXUthdCPeUl5t1plIW_Pjz9V2IMn3DDVUeOXlEeyAKEp-obAueZdLJT1-yRaWb1uyxbMzR_4tBHnfUhPGFwC1SiFZC3VkpZrbUK1aQir9u_qvy8ZIvcb15ufBvVQktjXDRb1Rc8Wit2oS62tlGkWrF5iC4jNgV6OKouiAiMt5pCiD7s4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1675" data-original-width="1150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTWXGOruloOzutXUthdCPeUl5t1plIW_Pjz9V2IMn3DDVUeOXlEeyAKEp-obAueZdLJT1-yRaWb1uyxbMzR_4tBHnfUhPGFwC1SiFZC3VkpZrbUK1aQir9u_qvy8ZIvcb15ufBvVQktjXDRb1Rc8Wit2oS62tlGkWrF5iC4jNgV6OKouiAiMt5pCiD7s4=w440-h640" width="440" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCc6P8EXqgjOFRvVKcZ1jgkx6W8n7zADxVWEKBxiFgVoAZwJf0I1uAN6mIUB-b2Nm1ZijZrxgWb9RlUkSpj2lzCVskMO1NdelqZQsOxM63ib9yxhlvvHLpoE6GX4aOnW_QwY5dPHD9hnAVUutb8F_f4A6DPveBQnUQl4LICJsrnd2lEJckkz9S1IB1FOQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1710" data-original-width="1150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCc6P8EXqgjOFRvVKcZ1jgkx6W8n7zADxVWEKBxiFgVoAZwJf0I1uAN6mIUB-b2Nm1ZijZrxgWb9RlUkSpj2lzCVskMO1NdelqZQsOxM63ib9yxhlvvHLpoE6GX4aOnW_QwY5dPHD9hnAVUutb8F_f4A6DPveBQnUQl4LICJsrnd2lEJckkz9S1IB1FOQ=w429-h640" width="429" /></a></div><span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Horror anthology movies were extremely popular in the early to mid-1970s.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><i>Amicus Studios</i></b>, which did <b style="font-weight: bold;">Tales</b> also did <b>Vault of Horror</b>, adapting several more <i><b>EC</b></i> stories!<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On an <b><i>EC Comics</i></b>-related note, comic book/sci-fi/fantasy cons are commonplace now, occurring somewhere in the US <i>every</i> weekend.<br />But back in the early 1970s, they were pretty rare.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Even big cities had only two or three per year!<br />So when one dedicated <i>specifically</i> to <i><b>EC Comics</b></i> was scheduled in 1972...it was AN EVENT!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis0F8nOBpFm3sm3v-938iu6COIe8x6xDIuA3_liReGBeZO9lWzTMPq0cfD_kP4-s9a4JQZCljqcHJCXrHE3knIkOLHNv0zBzNeHOkmtbmvf3DBg7x4fBA0k19X5UgEwTCgAifQxsM28OnJhDsN3N4nMoLf4C9HyLLJ1IRYw9m9l5KklHrgNK2zg0rJMNs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1725" data-original-width="1150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis0F8nOBpFm3sm3v-938iu6COIe8x6xDIuA3_liReGBeZO9lWzTMPq0cfD_kP4-s9a4JQZCljqcHJCXrHE3knIkOLHNv0zBzNeHOkmtbmvf3DBg7x4fBA0k19X5UgEwTCgAifQxsM28OnJhDsN3N4nMoLf4C9HyLLJ1IRYw9m9l5KklHrgNK2zg0rJMNs=w427-h640" width="427" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">There has, literally, <i>never</i> been another comic convention like it to this day!</div></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">BE HERE ON HALLOWEEN...when we conclude our presentation with the first appearance (from 1972) of an <i>EC Comic</i> cover which was censored before publication!</span></b></div></b></div></div></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Please Support Horror Comics of the 1950s</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy</i></b></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1kx7G-WS5RfgKc4Cnbjd2ywkMVJEyWqLjaIwKc8D3X7Ds3nBPWLWE8DVenYkbRdgZ_ljSoBFLHkne-HSUr8ykrqmYJrDMf1YFcXzBTnxk7A2wQQucgxs5bKqVxNRpqcrmSuYiFiMBoe7y3BTCZBjbE-2fiOLcJBkjNON0aaLBwmm5-zTZUD_kLdzRZy4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="347" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1kx7G-WS5RfgKc4Cnbjd2ywkMVJEyWqLjaIwKc8D3X7Ds3nBPWLWE8DVenYkbRdgZ_ljSoBFLHkne-HSUr8ykrqmYJrDMf1YFcXzBTnxk7A2wQQucgxs5bKqVxNRpqcrmSuYiFiMBoe7y3BTCZBjbE-2fiOLcJBkjNON0aaLBwmm5-zTZUD_kLdzRZy4=w445-h640" width="445" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/405yTHv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tales from the Crypt / Vault of Horror</a></span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/405yTHv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Double-Feature</a></span></b></div></span></b><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-37607760322255081312023-10-17T07:00:00.001-04:002023-10-17T07:00:00.145-04:00Countdown to Halloween 2023 MONSTER TIMES "Interview with Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Go deep into the psycho psyches of EC's horror comics publisher and editor!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnZkB6uSlCamzQ4VNLmxeWfrn0CKVZ9oMUxSjQvF-JjdQWT8CBEMGTAJmmYSqZHLT3XZbBD2_E0hQ5i3qTUOcmLx0-WKRPnJ0uRJ_wlvvsEAHm_V43o86Fzb3zc7UVUbnfAmnjcyqJ14ND8aZlUSnoDnrvVO_-4n1Fg2gYyKsMyAd-_D2FBkA_ZXWTZxk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="1150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnZkB6uSlCamzQ4VNLmxeWfrn0CKVZ9oMUxSjQvF-JjdQWT8CBEMGTAJmmYSqZHLT3XZbBD2_E0hQ5i3qTUOcmLx0-WKRPnJ0uRJ_wlvvsEAHm_V43o86Fzb3zc7UVUbnfAmnjcyqJ14ND8aZlUSnoDnrvVO_-4n1Fg2gYyKsMyAd-_D2FBkA_ZXWTZxk=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you don't end up as juvenile delinquents after you finish reading this!</div></span><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>(Control-click on these pages to enlarge)</b></i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="1150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYpo2huAfjWadUzuWPBbbIT28Wk43Pm4ZGokN0TTPjGRMSOQrsBJgNbMeXOVmoor_q3HOe0suqR1GK6QGBu18tm3Rdp3SI7m7WnPlmKg-Dqsx6Yp_apZ_lg21UQ-wEgSUGGkCpl-d5bOl3VsAIO3LSNcV4plSuhBBOH-jzMOKqSOe55dkDD0QpGxUD5xk=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Please don't prove Fredrik Wertham right!</div></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Don't go and commit crimes after reading this!!!</div></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Comics <i>don't</i> cause juvenile deliquency...probably!!!</span></b></div></b><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Next Week:</span></i></b></div></b><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The first Tales from the Crypt movie!</span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The EC Family Tree!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plus Other Goodies!</span></b></div></span></b><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">Please Support Horror Comics of the 1950s</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Order...</i></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALH3fbpkADK_LGmR_hGHMdHaIaEBaiSDxHNCCAIqCCobpad4OeA2R-CGMqwCm_2Rks_zNC7PMwyHpR9RcUkhyghzTavzxbSkf6TfEd0dDKPVH1RJDcCprzteMjA1Pk_hBpy-ap9czkhD_eANcGOcYgf05PkxMZqbcIGwsUMd1TvwByPIzMQOURUnfenM/s559/36814.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALH3fbpkADK_LGmR_hGHMdHaIaEBaiSDxHNCCAIqCCobpad4OeA2R-CGMqwCm_2Rks_zNC7PMwyHpR9RcUkhyghzTavzxbSkf6TfEd0dDKPVH1RJDcCprzteMjA1Pk_hBpy-ap9czkhD_eANcGOcYgf05PkxMZqbcIGwsUMd1TvwByPIzMQOURUnfenM/s16000/36814.jpg" /></a><div><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3ZLVMQc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EC Horror Library of the 1950s</a></span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3ZLVMQc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(It ain't cheap,...but it's GREAT!)</a></i></span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Paid Link</b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-1891188333436857752023-10-10T07:00:00.088-04:002023-10-10T07:00:00.128-04:00Countdown to Halloween 2023 MONSTER TIMES "Here Come da SHRINK!!!" & "Introducin' the Gruesome Threesome"<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Who was the fiend in human form who almost destroyed comics in the 1950s?</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQpl9KzjwJtHwEd7LAB4NMdBpGULhXaiU5BCAUavRf9X5xftwq4XPiVjKkQMRRMKCTmOLJhg9SVf20eP660gtAWZVvIPzPiGJrZlXFpdi5_XmJA85OGQzd7HlDhD7ygIgE_e7b4uYRtxfU3FXkW5GlaQji5_gkzyAfhmqiSVUidt98HGxY6d__N6Xgm3g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="1150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQpl9KzjwJtHwEd7LAB4NMdBpGULhXaiU5BCAUavRf9X5xftwq4XPiVjKkQMRRMKCTmOLJhg9SVf20eP660gtAWZVvIPzPiGJrZlXFpdi5_XmJA85OGQzd7HlDhD7ygIgE_e7b4uYRtxfU3FXkW5GlaQji5_gkzyAfhmqiSVUidt98HGxY6d__N6Xgm3g=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>(Control-click on the art to enlarge)</b></i></div></i><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Read on and find out in this article from Don Thompson, co-editor of the <b>Comics Buyers Guide</b> trade newspaper and the reference books <b>All in Color for a Dime</b> and <b>The Comic Book Book</b>!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2RbvaFawRXxxpDTOvBPDtdXSWKcoyzn4lDyV_4XkrrBPTQ0KCdr5GLNtOjquiTpSLEJ7vd0i0_BYeP3SuGproNnS4BaTZt1Kl_3VlzrpTKKljVGR0qn1LTXYuLZf68yHdcydUsTDYcnG40J6Q07J7LRqXfUl5tKAccHRXVxFzmaojo1elN-7wavhEwc4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1675" data-original-width="1150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2RbvaFawRXxxpDTOvBPDtdXSWKcoyzn4lDyV_4XkrrBPTQ0KCdr5GLNtOjquiTpSLEJ7vd0i0_BYeP3SuGproNnS4BaTZt1Kl_3VlzrpTKKljVGR0qn1LTXYuLZf68yHdcydUsTDYcnG40J6Q07J7LRqXfUl5tKAccHRXVxFzmaojo1elN-7wavhEwc4=w440-h640" width="440" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;">Now that you've absorbed all that knowledge, let's talk trash...with the three hosts of <i><b>EC's</b></i> horror books, moderated by noted comics historian, movie/tv/comics scriptwriter, and (at the time) assistant to Jack (King) Kirby, Mark Evanier!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="1150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqy72O3kUzd3PcNw5ATyokQKN9zWxjUSE5ukOWH6HlsqRRdprYxwPK_ASb3RAPSrfcYj09y-TUMU6qj7Ifex-6E9yUny9dtaj52th2m8Scv0wjp3EX9pjumlaC2xfApS6cbYLGrHZd08YsybUrRdYOUsYWAnPd4MeUYRnGzPVUhz3wczii1SuKg0XKj9U=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Next Week, an interview with <i>EC's</i> Publisher, Bill Gaines, and Editor, Al Feldstein!</span></b></div></b><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">Please Support Horror Comics of the 1950s</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Order...</i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51kANQ5fk1L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="308" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51kANQ5fk1L.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2U4ENXT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ten-Cent Plague</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2U4ENXT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America</span></i></a></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-50336582120762662062023-10-03T07:00:00.148-04:002023-10-04T10:25:43.638-04:00Countdown to Halloween 2023 MONSTER TIMES "Horror Comics of the 1950s"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Our premiere post is an overview (with a familiar title) about the rise and fall of </span><i><b>EC's</b></i><span> horror comics line!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHO40mYqxN2mCEZb4THPkUyzp-QEUTjyopHNViX4rkHRfwhzguQR6stebCCoHjvcLfALbCyzuepny07X_eNr7YKPYkBD7RyacwkI_4loJRbiBIqV_CchyCpEFG_4-cB4vEaxHzU82ruTH727DF8ARnL_CvyWo1ggn5RG9yUpxvrTTUQ_-F6PqBH19RxBc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="1150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHO40mYqxN2mCEZb4THPkUyzp-QEUTjyopHNViX4rkHRfwhzguQR6stebCCoHjvcLfALbCyzuepny07X_eNr7YKPYkBD7RyacwkI_4loJRbiBIqV_CchyCpEFG_4-cB4vEaxHzU82ruTH727DF8ARnL_CvyWo1ggn5RG9yUpxvrTTUQ_-F6PqBH19RxBc=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(The final page of the article is a two-column half-page.</span></i></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Again, click on the art to enlarge)</span></i></div></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ3lpB8g3R9jqJmzntNUuSofeXa19_0hJth_S84QuGvyWry5kf6GbCX2afe5H2SOz0absImBtMbFCNC0HpdqtkJ4OvBsDKg73OKzoRcR3NNUHr7rNjLyrkPOsmyiP2vyS70S4q7BEtP8PQYq0dk5CFr4KCLh-WRKwLaYtlKek7cMPo093VfswbYx6QBJM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1675" data-original-width="561" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ3lpB8g3R9jqJmzntNUuSofeXa19_0hJth_S84QuGvyWry5kf6GbCX2afe5H2SOz0absImBtMbFCNC0HpdqtkJ4OvBsDKg73OKzoRcR3NNUHr7rNjLyrkPOsmyiP2vyS70S4q7BEtP8PQYq0dk5CFr4KCLh-WRKwLaYtlKek7cMPo093VfswbYx6QBJM=w213-h640" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Remember, in the 1970s, there was <i>no</i> internet, so no way to learn about the history of comics from the Golden Age to the 1970s except though reference books.<br />And while there were a few non-fiction books about comics out there like <b>All in Color for a Dime</b> and <b>The Great Comic Book Heroes</b>, there were <i>none</i> about horror comics (unlike the kool book from the 1990s advertised below)!<br /><i><b>Note;</b></i> There <i>was</i> an oversized (and expensive) 1971 comic reprint hardcover officially-called <b>EC Horror Library of the 1950s</b>, but better known for the title on the cover...</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZsyfgGrGOEhsQAYwr-4oC4WHsESaxror6xnvxDRZ2TE9ExmihFx-seaB_Kv2G_4amLGIMNhW8F0WIYI7keufqK64A5s14bCO0a0dN5JH56zx0_ooz5mzyWUj2QJjcgor3aayjEofovJwnPd6sw8GN7pIdI6JT7VU6XNFY6PhKNPh6G01FUkIrgGJ7N3w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZsyfgGrGOEhsQAYwr-4oC4WHsESaxror6xnvxDRZ2TE9ExmihFx-seaB_Kv2G_4amLGIMNhW8F0WIYI7keufqK64A5s14bCO0a0dN5JH56zx0_ooz5mzyWUj2QJjcgor3aayjEofovJwnPd6sw8GN7pIdI6JT7VU6XNFY6PhKNPh6G01FUkIrgGJ7N3w=w459-h640" width="459" /></a></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;">...which had a much too-brief historical text feature before the wonderfully-gory reprints!<br />So for Baby Boomers born after <i><b>EC</b></i> ended their color comics in the mid-1950s, this bi-weekly newspaper was their introduction to the joys of <b><i>EC</i></b>!<br />BTW, <b>Monster Times</b> sold it through their mail-order department.<br />Note the price, at a time when comics were 15¢ and the average paperback was 95¢!<br /><div style="text-align: center;">(And, yes, click on the art to enlarge it!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg04wBzaiQw2hgbmzjLbE3Zqk9SZKxPpKgm-g03oWQGbhe-SbKFbPQNmUoDIkf3vhJImOvxxxSzRFj4EVqfkqnkQ6IsImEgHeqLBvl3JydUZISHIxYGnnavJH3WFjJ-Q6aqd29RWPWwbnlC8DKW_jWuxosGMMdH4fkrqFTEYZvQA_A1jFq71FKv1zgz37Y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="1150" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg04wBzaiQw2hgbmzjLbE3Zqk9SZKxPpKgm-g03oWQGbhe-SbKFbPQNmUoDIkf3vhJImOvxxxSzRFj4EVqfkqnkQ6IsImEgHeqLBvl3JydUZISHIxYGnnavJH3WFjJ-Q6aqd29RWPWwbnlC8DKW_jWuxosGMMdH4fkrqFTEYZvQA_A1jFq71FKv1zgz37Y=w400-h304" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Next Week:</i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"> A demonic double-feature of "Here Come Da Shrink: Spawn of Dr Wertham", about the MD who wrote </span><b style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;">Seduction of the Innocent</b><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">, and "Introducin' the Gruesome Threesome" about the </span><i style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Crypt-Keeper</i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">, </span><i style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Old Witch</i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">, and </span><i style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Vault-Keeper</i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"> by comic writer and historian Mark Evanier.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Please Support Horror Comics of the 1950s</span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Buy...</i></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBXCr50obFxQsFpVt_a57_-9y59-0XQyatr2y41EzIf0T9wBHcsrHDDM2lBjSMRcFQsC3omzMMH4glO-qTg0ICN-xUHFlDbnSWhBCG-W3mSDCkWGboqC9VFc5z4WJyF9ycMvXErSLqiSX9DLP8A_BfiXOfs18l0OVvxf2sIIYxqE3w0sEeqGvte3bj" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBXCr50obFxQsFpVt_a57_-9y59-0XQyatr2y41EzIf0T9wBHcsrHDDM2lBjSMRcFQsC3omzMMH4glO-qTg0ICN-xUHFlDbnSWhBCG-W3mSDCkWGboqC9VFc5z4WJyF9ycMvXErSLqiSX9DLP8A_BfiXOfs18l0OVvxf2sIIYxqE3w0sEeqGvte3bj=w469-h640" width="469" /></a></div></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/34DamBk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Taylor History of Comics Vol 1</span></i></b></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/34DamBk" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: medium;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Horror Comics</span></b></a></div></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-41525480393316219262023-09-29T07:00:00.022-04:002023-09-30T13:55:04.109-04:00Countdown to Halloween 2023 MONSTER TIMES "EC Comics"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the early 1970s, there was a kool bi-weekly newspaper devoted to horror/sci-fi...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzOYK45-fqhly7pSy7TiaOL2qm71liFt3BLWBvs1WcEZThF11ZpxC37ehSDMO23ZYI07RAKJ8Jsr5joTYdeeZtzksdsyOf-n8swzGyOwNya2A5bhYFrRLMQebcb2G5a9ENjm47GQzu7f6y_DPT4l9Hl8PMlQnQNSoNphwuuD87BdOC4Gvy-TKKdkxC_13v" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzOYK45-fqhly7pSy7TiaOL2qm71liFt3BLWBvs1WcEZThF11ZpxC37ehSDMO23ZYI07RAKJ8Jsr5joTYdeeZtzksdsyOf-n8swzGyOwNya2A5bhYFrRLMQebcb2G5a9ENjm47GQzu7f6y_DPT4l9Hl8PMlQnQNSoNphwuuD87BdOC4Gvy-TKKdkxC_13v=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...and, for October, we've unearthed a slew of the paper's <i>never-reprinted</i> features from #10, an issue from </span><i style="font-size: large;">half a century ago</i><span style="font-size: medium;">, dedicated to </span><b style="font-size: large;"><i>EC Comics</i></b><span style="font-size: medium;">!</span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Be here every Tuesday (including Halloween itself) for a terrifying tidbit!</span></b></i></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: Creepster; font-size: x-large;">You've been warned!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-65722514208883867572022-02-14T07:00:00.002-05:002022-02-14T07:00:00.231-05:00Hearts and Horror BEYOND "It Happened on Valentine's Eve"<p style="text-align: center;">Sometimes what happens in the hours <i>before</i> Valentine's Day is <i>more</i> exciting...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0YxPffMylqm8te_eFhtPgJbEp3vq5Y3zKdJ3l-aml66OXWwi-mtsdgIapU3RGkt7UFdnC0qQPg-aDiexAeheQ5J4bUXAKbXg8bkXOczoM3cpxgG4TX8EZVtxTY2W9PrCp0-8gJ0ISsYMN1f07l-R2HXmf8N-vnfWKAov9Hr1QCwaFqHtXmE-B1rsS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0YxPffMylqm8te_eFhtPgJbEp3vq5Y3zKdJ3l-aml66OXWwi-mtsdgIapU3RGkt7UFdnC0qQPg-aDiexAeheQ5J4bUXAKbXg8bkXOczoM3cpxgG4TX8EZVtxTY2W9PrCp0-8gJ0ISsYMN1f07l-R2HXmf8N-vnfWKAov9Hr1QCwaFqHtXmE-B1rsS=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...than what happens <i>on</i> Valentine's <i>Day</i>, as this tale from <b><i>Ace's</i> Beyond</b> #4 (1951) demonstrates!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhK-LJhQFvXYzbBxvT3w2Pu9kWWVWVvWuQH5K-1uwSvucr7cTAkBuFKHCG73EeHD9Ei8Kbz3iOSKBYwpjwqGdn3tej7o4We3jHY7DiJZbYg6BJ-rEDPESJ6wZ0D0hhu2GwSvXupvOVlYEcBdVCZY29r_djYEA3Rx4m_ehfIlHaxPa4xZ12PTaZd_no4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhK-LJhQFvXYzbBxvT3w2Pu9kWWVWVvWuQH5K-1uwSvucr7cTAkBuFKHCG73EeHD9Ei8Kbz3iOSKBYwpjwqGdn3tej7o4We3jHY7DiJZbYg6BJ-rEDPESJ6wZ0D0hhu2GwSvXupvOVlYEcBdVCZY29r_djYEA3Rx4m_ehfIlHaxPa4xZ12PTaZd_no4=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjD5TtL6TXd4iFysGxHOuXgO_cFDHPtqgnhMtOiMI61_CQEIPqp44ALSyE8Eq60uxkxwVqWB9zJzcH2845IfNACTJuaXJXITw-sexDQXX_NH08SBPZeKOzYGkLIsp4ud-JRFESsZMmKH1HD_G3nA4tCLhzgNIhK2j0F2PvPuogA1vFdoeQu0N54gfk-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjD5TtL6TXd4iFysGxHOuXgO_cFDHPtqgnhMtOiMI61_CQEIPqp44ALSyE8Eq60uxkxwVqWB9zJzcH2845IfNACTJuaXJXITw-sexDQXX_NH08SBPZeKOzYGkLIsp4ud-JRFESsZMmKH1HD_G3nA4tCLhzgNIhK2j0F2PvPuogA1vFdoeQu0N54gfk-=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">The unknown scripter laid the prose on <b>thick</b> in this tale illustrated by John Belfi and Charles Nicholas.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Was it originally-intended to run a page longer, but cut/re-edited to fit the page count?</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sure feels like it!</div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Please Support Horror Comics of the 1950s!</span><br /><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Order...</i></span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBXCr50obFxQsFpVt_a57_-9y59-0XQyatr2y41EzIf0T9wBHcsrHDDM2lBjSMRcFQsC3omzMMH4glO-qTg0ICN-xUHFlDbnSWhBCG-W3mSDCkWGboqC9VFc5z4WJyF9ycMvXErSLqiSX9DLP8A_BfiXOfs18l0OVvxf2sIIYxqE3w0sEeqGvte3bj" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBXCr50obFxQsFpVt_a57_-9y59-0XQyatr2y41EzIf0T9wBHcsrHDDM2lBjSMRcFQsC3omzMMH4glO-qTg0ICN-xUHFlDbnSWhBCG-W3mSDCkWGboqC9VFc5z4WJyF9ycMvXErSLqiSX9DLP8A_BfiXOfs18l0OVvxf2sIIYxqE3w0sEeqGvte3bj=w469-h640" width="469" /></a></div><a href="https://amzn.to/34DamBk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Taylor History of Comics Vol 1</span></i><br /><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Horror Comics</span></span></b></a></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-64661296263654162122021-12-20T07:00:00.003-05:002023-12-01T23:50:07.803-05:00Holiday Horror MARVEL TALES "Third Ghost"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is basically Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0usnbhxQ1z0/YcFtfPiN4EI/AAAAAAAAxf4/43ma8mGkcfEifRA9m_Fg5yhzhohRhAVXACNcBGAsYHQ/MarvelTales112_26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0usnbhxQ1z0/YcFtfPiN4EI/AAAAAAAAxf4/43ma8mGkcfEifRA9m_Fg5yhzhohRhAVXACNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/MarvelTales112_26.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">...but with a plot twist you'll <i>never</i> see coming!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7F9E106m34w/YcFtpqjwi8I/AAAAAAAAxf8/bbAQukD0mXUAiSCqC1EP0PvOV4uWg8fsQCNcBGAsYHQ/MarvelTales112_27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7F9E106m34w/YcFtpqjwi8I/AAAAAAAAxf8/bbAQukD0mXUAiSCqC1EP0PvOV4uWg8fsQCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/MarvelTales112_27.jpg" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7F9E106m34w/YcFtpqjwi8I/AAAAAAAAxf8/bbAQukD0mXUAiSCqC1EP0PvOV4uWg8fsQCNcBGAsYHQ/MarvelTales112_27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I7rZHsrhpl4/YcFt84QVhVI/AAAAAAAAxgI/hlgt-M5bjNoQgFMoi7IcJEbA4PUbqACeACNcBGAsYHQ/MarvelTales112_28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I7rZHsrhpl4/YcFt84QVhVI/AAAAAAAAxgI/hlgt-M5bjNoQgFMoi7IcJEbA4PUbqACeACNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/MarvelTales112_28.jpg" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P2Tb5Q5wU1w/YcFuGwm2eRI/AAAAAAAAxgM/YcXXOI4eeHUmfcQyeoyopmF9i23wflaAQCNcBGAsYHQ/MarvelTales112_30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P2Tb5Q5wU1w/YcFuGwm2eRI/AAAAAAAAxgM/YcXXOI4eeHUmfcQyeoyopmF9i23wflaAQCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/MarvelTales112_30.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XIwcPG07z0Q/YcFuS6JP6nI/AAAAAAAAxgU/Qa6Zdq7NWl8t7IZ9UY83zB1fhSmPQGIzACNcBGAsYHQ/MarvelTales112_31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XIwcPG07z0Q/YcFuS6JP6nI/AAAAAAAAxgU/Qa6Zdq7NWl8t7IZ9UY83zB1fhSmPQGIzACNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/MarvelTales112_31.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EXJXwCsmAPM/YcFulxRNx7I/AAAAAAAAxgg/WCBNwnEGkkABLDdEicH1SyhPOE7B8wNTwCNcBGAsYHQ/MarvelTales112_32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EXJXwCsmAPM/YcFulxRNx7I/AAAAAAAAxgg/WCBNwnEGkkABLDdEicH1SyhPOE7B8wNTwCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/MarvelTales112_32.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Written by Carl Wessler and illustrated by Larry Woromay, this never reprinted-tale from <b><i>Atlas'</i> Marvel Tales</b> #112 (1953) turns the classic Yuletide ghost story on it's ear with the Scrooge surrogate triumphing over the specters!</span></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-43747173042863217352021-05-28T07:00:00.056-04:002021-05-31T00:09:31.150-04:00Asian Horror WEB OF EVIL "Terror in Chinatown"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;">Behind this art which has <i>nothing</i> to do with the cover-featured tale...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GHiIAV-qJYo/YLFOiRqzePI/AAAAAAAAw2E/-7McAf7CPos_FUAvrwasGftVjnUxRRV_gCLcBGAsYHQ/WoE17-Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GHiIAV-qJYo/YLFOiRqzePI/AAAAAAAAw2E/-7McAf7CPos_FUAvrwasGftVjnUxRRV_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/WoE17-Cover.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">...lies a story not as lurid or sensationalistic as the cover art would indicate!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But it is rather kool...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vzkyf8234Vw/YLFOnduuMFI/AAAAAAAAw2I/VvsXIV4Y-0cgXvBljvrnAns8EfLSN-lcwCLcBGAsYHQ/WoE17-18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vzkyf8234Vw/YLFOnduuMFI/AAAAAAAAw2I/VvsXIV4Y-0cgXvBljvrnAns8EfLSN-lcwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/WoE17-18.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DMVkdXnZaOA/YLFOsVyQClI/AAAAAAAAw2M/lp3DDXvuxYouVlKCRC0exP5wX1xk5EZpwCLcBGAsYHQ/WoE17-19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DMVkdXnZaOA/YLFOsVyQClI/AAAAAAAAw2M/lp3DDXvuxYouVlKCRC0exP5wX1xk5EZpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/WoE17-19.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5cEvjJX53L8/YLFOx4mi5WI/AAAAAAAAw2Q/zU-g9jwWY6U7BmdruS63WVrp7-SyiZS2ACLcBGAsYHQ/WoE17-20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5cEvjJX53L8/YLFOx4mi5WI/AAAAAAAAw2Q/zU-g9jwWY6U7BmdruS63WVrp7-SyiZS2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/WoE17-20.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g2-6NGxdbFQ/YLFO2wVEF-I/AAAAAAAAw2Y/zAW9NGbqmFIp1dZMdZ2I8bVpB2L8iZ1bQCLcBGAsYHQ/WoE17-21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g2-6NGxdbFQ/YLFO2wVEF-I/AAAAAAAAw2Y/zAW9NGbqmFIp1dZMdZ2I8bVpB2L8iZ1bQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/WoE17-21.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uNQy-zuq_0M/YLFO8FK1W2I/AAAAAAAAw2g/DUyzQTMC8HQpSJ2Y7bGI2q51wc2URNU6QCLcBGAsYHQ/WoE17-22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uNQy-zuq_0M/YLFO8FK1W2I/AAAAAAAAw2g/DUyzQTMC8HQpSJ2Y7bGI2q51wc2URNU6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/WoE17-22.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kLgpev7yxmQ/YLFPA_vkjVI/AAAAAAAAw2k/tr-NPxk8MdMpXCZTf-HwLEH83oQD6hLLwCLcBGAsYHQ/WoE17-23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kLgpev7yxmQ/YLFPA_vkjVI/AAAAAAAAw2k/tr-NPxk8MdMpXCZTf-HwLEH83oQD6hLLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/WoE17-23.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CdFHYrQDxVw/YLFPHCnqyVI/AAAAAAAAw2s/Q4mBRPAoCr4Dp1t9903JIb1WyZymHdMmQCLcBGAsYHQ/WoE17-24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CdFHYrQDxVw/YLFPHCnqyVI/AAAAAAAAw2s/Q4mBRPAoCr4Dp1t9903JIb1WyZymHdMmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/WoE17-24.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Illustrated by Charles Nicholas, this cover-featured tale from <b><i>Quality Comics'</i> Web of Evil</b> #17 (1954) is actually quite mild, compared to some of the incredibly-gruesome material being published bo other companies in those pre-<b><i>Comics Code Authority</i></b> days!</div><div style="text-align: left;">BTW, The cover by Chuck Cuidera is an unabashed reworking of the cover for <b><i>Quality's</i> Ken Shannon</b> #8 (1952)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oILaVHS7aoc/YLFPMtr2tKI/AAAAAAAAw2w/YZgfuCDQCRgH0fYWj92eWgPrmKHqy8FsgCLcBGAsYHQ/KenShannon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oILaVHS7aoc/YLFPMtr2tKI/AAAAAAAAw2w/YZgfuCDQCRgH0fYWj92eWgPrmKHqy8FsgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/KenShannon.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">...which was inked by Cuidera, but penciled by Reed Crandall.</div><div style="text-align: left;">It matched the issue's story, which had <i>no</i> supernatural elements, about a tong in Chinatown!</div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">Please Support Horror Comics of the 1950s</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Visit Amazon and Order...</span></b></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/614E4t5OxbL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="363" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/614E4t5OxbL.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2V0Na83" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Four-Color Fear</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2V0Na83" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s</span></i></b></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-8142227455204631112021-02-05T07:00:00.006-05:002024-01-21T12:01:29.466-05:00Hearts & Horror MENACE "Fake!"<div style="text-align: center;">Remember the old adage "Don't judge a book by it's cover"?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F0qGQTNA6bw/VFECQFa4NbI/AAAAAAAANg4/p1fwut5QFrc/s1600/menace10_16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F0qGQTNA6bw/VFECQFa4NbI/AAAAAAAANg4/p1fwut5QFrc/s1600/menace10_16.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here's the codicil; "It goes both ways"!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-moo3eTbM8ts/VFECQN05kSI/AAAAAAAANhA/_yuTGOPSgNA/s1600/menace10_17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-moo3eTbM8ts/VFECQN05kSI/AAAAAAAANhA/_yuTGOPSgNA/s1600/menace10_17.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dyhNGRNxbL0/VFECQOcrrkI/AAAAAAAANhM/Vro_c9RFQNc/s1600/menace10_18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dyhNGRNxbL0/VFECQOcrrkI/AAAAAAAANhM/Vro_c9RFQNc/s1600/menace10_18.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PqWxtjBXnXA/VFECQrM0PZI/AAAAAAAANhE/PcZnMp5_smE/s1600/menace10_19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PqWxtjBXnXA/VFECQrM0PZI/AAAAAAAANhE/PcZnMp5_smE/s1600/menace10_19.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Md5VHkNqrnU/VFECQ4l93SI/AAAAAAAANhI/B-JioVr_xiM/s1600/menace10_20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Md5VHkNqrnU/VFECQ4l93SI/AAAAAAAANhI/B-JioVr_xiM/s1600/menace10_20.jpg" /></a></div><div>Illustrated by Al Eadeh, this tale from <b><i>Atlas'</i> Menace</b> #10 (1954) follows the classic trope of golddigger tripped up, not by her own greed, but by the fact her husband (who still loves her) is not even human!</div><div>Remember, the target audience for <i>horror</i> (as opposed to <i>romance</i>) comics was 8-14 year old boys, to whom girls were "yukky".</div><div>They were also the audience for whom <i>Lois Lane</i> , the nosy reporter who was always trying to either expose <i>Superman's</i> secret identity or trick the Man of Steel into marrying her, was the typical woman!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-56465891381628481682020-12-01T07:00:00.012-05:002020-12-01T07:00:04.018-05:00Holiday Horror VAULT OF HORROR "...and All Through the House...." PLUS Video Holiday Presents!<div style="text-align: center;">Here's not one, not two, but three versions of a horrifying holiday tale...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9mRrHDjhl2g/TtezMBS0izI/AAAAAAAAGf0/qFnZZhwHsjw/s0/AATtH01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9mRrHDjhl2g/TtezMBS0izI/AAAAAAAAGf0/qFnZZhwHsjw/s1600/AATtH01.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...starting with it's initital appearance in <b><i>EC Comics</i>' Vault of Horror</b> #35 (1954)!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eZleV3bN1rw/TtezP4sp6xI/AAAAAAAAGf4/Dxkh_1vSvCw/s0/AATtH02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eZleV3bN1rw/TtezP4sp6xI/AAAAAAAAGf4/Dxkh_1vSvCw/s1600/AATtH02.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iF2G-mEKuoI/TtezP8KwuSI/AAAAAAAAGf8/ZDfPwEzw_hQ/s0/AATtH03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iF2G-mEKuoI/TtezP8KwuSI/AAAAAAAAGf8/ZDfPwEzw_hQ/s1600/AATtH03.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BhH_ilKfcMs/TtezVO4sq7I/AAAAAAAAGgA/3duB_5G6mNo/s0/AATtH04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BhH_ilKfcMs/TtezVO4sq7I/AAAAAAAAGgA/3duB_5G6mNo/s1600/AATtH04.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mwdY-OZhabk/TtezZXh_pcI/AAAAAAAAGgE/FBB-Q4F6oLI/s0/AATtH05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mwdY-OZhabk/TtezZXh_pcI/AAAAAAAAGgE/FBB-Q4F6oLI/s1600/AATtH05.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kkOSowYGKkA/TtezY7FiUWI/AAAAAAAAGgI/wfeCCSrQ79M/s0/AATtH06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kkOSowYGKkA/TtezY7FiUWI/AAAAAAAAGgI/wfeCCSrQ79M/s1600/AATtH06.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-paQol4Y_fHc/TtezbEi19LI/AAAAAAAAGgM/03-37f6Ud8M/s0/AATtH07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-paQol4Y_fHc/TtezbEi19LI/AAAAAAAAGgM/03-37f6Ud8M/s1600/AATtH07.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2F2pYXwXXaA/Ttezdn6DSDI/AAAAAAAAGgQ/ir1B9ocMCmU/s0/AATtH08.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2F2pYXwXXaA/Ttezdn6DSDI/AAAAAAAAGgQ/ir1B9ocMCmU/s1600/AATtH08.jpg" /></a></div><div>This horror-day classic (sorry, couldn't resist) written and illustrated by Johnny Craig had been reprinted numerous times and been adapted <i>twice</i>, once as part of the 1970s anthology movie <b>Tales from the Crypt</b>...</div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="398" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/16Xn6B4_srI?rel=0" width="530"></iframe><br /><div style="text-align: center;">...and as the second episode of the1990s <b>Tales from the Crypt</b> TV series...</div><iframe frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KDD8pDOAtbA" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KDD8pDOAtbA/hqdefault.jpg);" width="459"></iframe><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We'll be back after the New Year with more terrifying tales from the 1950s!</div><div style="color: lime; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Merry Christmas</b></span></div><div style="color: yellow; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>&</b></span></i></div><div style="color: red; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Happy New Year!</b></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-35043393559342281412020-10-30T07:00:00.103-04:002020-10-30T07:00:07.378-04:00Countdown to Halloween 2020 / Twice-Told Tales TERROR TALES "Jury of Skeletons"<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://horrorcomicsofthe1950s.blogspot.com/2020/10/countdown-to-halloween-2020-twice-told_29.html" target="_blank">Yesterday, we presented a 1950s tale grounded in the real-life horror of the Holocaust</a>...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nwsT2SuUsFw/X5j93S0jfLI/AAAAAAAAv3Q/PMuQNjwGKnE_00Lkcz3IlyQn39J8HnTOwCPcBGAYYCw/s800/TerrorTalesV6N1-52.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nwsT2SuUsFw/X5j93S0jfLI/AAAAAAAAv3Q/PMuQNjwGKnE_00Lkcz3IlyQn39J8HnTOwCPcBGAYYCw/s16000/TerrorTalesV6N1-52.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...now, here's a remake from the 1970s, since the original couldn't be reprinted due to the <b><i>Comics Code</i></b>!<br /><i><b>Note:</b></i> May be NSFW!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bNESxn1xgSk/X5j-cyYSxKI/AAAAAAAAv3Y/MPuGSB49AcYVq0SY1H4tkvdPrHcl8gRBwCPcBGAYYCw/s800/TerrorTalesV6N1-53.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bNESxn1xgSk/X5j-cyYSxKI/AAAAAAAAv3Y/MPuGSB49AcYVq0SY1H4tkvdPrHcl8gRBwCPcBGAYYCw/s16000/TerrorTalesV6N1-53.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W6SKyWjx0uY/Tqg5ekvU5TI/AAAAAAAAFBI/7sUwJELniuU/s0/voodoo%25252B5%25252Bpg%25252B6.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c9gPVfO0Y9Y/Tqg5h_Ci3vI/AAAAAAAAFBM/QbyKbuieKdA/s0/voodoo%25252B5%25252Bpg%25252B7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c9gPVfO0Y9Y/Tqg5h_Ci3vI/AAAAAAAAFBM/QbyKbuieKdA/s0/voodoo%25252B5%25252Bpg%25252B7.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pvplOB4VzoM/Tqg5iKu_5yI/AAAAAAAAFBQ/OoMJVljEdqk/s0/voodoo%25252B5%25252Bpg%25252B8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pvplOB4VzoM/Tqg5iKu_5yI/AAAAAAAAFBQ/OoMJVljEdqk/s0/voodoo%25252B5%25252Bpg%25252B8.jpg" /></a></div><div>Memories of World War II and the Nuremberg Trials were still fresh in peoples' minds when this tale was published in 1953 in <i><b>Ajax/Farrell's</b></i> <b>Voodoo</b> #5.<br />There were stories aplenty of hidden Nazis being tracked down, but most involved them being tried and executed by Allied (American/British/French) law-enforcement, not spectral beings, and certainly not in so gruesome, yet poetic, fashion.<br />BTW, the identities of any of the <b><i>Iger Studio</i></b> creatives associated with this tale are, sadly, unknown!<br /><a href="https://horrorcomicsofthe1950s.blogspot.com/2020/10/countdown-to-halloween-2020-twice-told_30.html" target="_blank">Tomorrow</a>, the redone version from the 1970s!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Please Support Horror Comics of the 1950s</span><br /><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Order...</i></span></b><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The first, horrifying version of this tale was <b><a href="https://horrorcomicsofthe1950s.blogspot.com/2020/10/countdown-to-halloween-thrice-told.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>...</div>
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...the second, far less scary version of the story, is <b><a href="https://horrorcomicsofthe1950s.blogspot.com/2020/10/countdown-to-halloween-2020-thrice-told.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>!</div>
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Now let's continue with the <i>final</i> version...<b><br /></b></div>
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<i><b>Ajax/Farrell</b></i> finally gave up the ghost (as it were) in 1958, but publisher Robert Farrell remained in publishing, doing non-comics projects.</div>
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In 1969, he joined with Myron Fass, a former comics artist who had failed to make a <i><b>Silver Age </b></i>color comics line (<b><i>MF Enterprises</i></b>) profitable, but realized that <i><b>Warren Publications'</b></i> b/w magazines (<b>Creepy</b>, <b>Eerie</b>, <b>Vampirella</b>) were selling <i>very</i> well!</div>
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With Farrell providing art from the <b><i>Ajax/Farrell</i></b> files, the two launched <i><b>Eerie Publications</b></i> with titles like <b>Tales of Voodoo</b>, <b>Weird</b>, and <b>Terrors of Dracula</b>!</div>
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This version of the tale appeared in <b>Weird</b> V3N4 (1969)</div>
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Was the alien entity modified <i>from</i> the original (1953) version, or was <i>this</i> the original version, modified for the initial publication in 1953?</div>
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We'll never know...</div>
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..this story...well, sort of!<br />This is a censored version of that tale, "sanitized" by the <i><b>Comics Code Authority</b></i>!</div>
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Like almost all other comics publishers, <b><i>Ajax/Farrell</i></b> was hit hard by the <b>Seduction of the Innocent</b> witch-hunt of the 1950s.</div>
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They survived, where many others didn't, by kow-towing to the sometimes inane restrictions placed on them by the censor agency created by the industry itself...the <b><i>Comics Code Authority</i></b>!</div>
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This story, from <b><i>Ajax/Farrell's</i> Strange Journey</b> #2 (1957) is a classic example of how extreme the <b><i>Code</i></b> took matters.</div>
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<i>Every</i> page has alterations, including <i>changing the ending</i> (in the <i>original</i> version, the Earthmen <i>never</i> escape)!</div>
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The final version, taken back to it's original level of horror...and <i>beyond</i>...can be found here...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://horrorcomicsofthe1950s.blogspot.com/2020/10/countdown-to-halloween-2020-thrice-told_22.html" target="_blank">TOMORROW</a>!</span></b></div></div>
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No, we didn't mistype the title!</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">This tale was published during the heyday of horror comics, then modified to satisfy the <b><i>Comics Code</i></b>, then <i>re-modified</i> to be <i>more</i> horrifying...probably!</div>
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All we know about the credits for this tale from <b><i>Ajax/Farrell's</i> Strange Fantasy</b> #6 (1953) is that it was produced by the <b><i>Iger Studio</i></b>, who supplied several publishers with ready-made stories and had a history of re-using their material over and over again...as you'll see from the follow-up entry...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://horrorcomicsofthe1950s.blogspot.com/2020/10/countdown-to-halloween-2020-thrice-told.html" target="_blank">TOMORROW</a>!</span></b></div></div>
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Remember "Last Expedition", our tale from yesterday</a>?</div>
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Well, here it is <i>again</i>, right down to the original captions, dialogue balloons and character names!</div>
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<span class="credit_value"><i><b>Eerie Publications</b></i> editor Carl Burgos thought the story from <b><i>Fiction House's</i> Planet Stories</b> #72 (1953) was good enough to have Argentinian artist <a href="http://www.oswalcomic.com.ar/" target="_blank">Oswal</a> re-draw it almost 20 years later in his b/w magazine <b>Strange Galaxy</b> V1N8 (1971)!</span></div>
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<span class="credit_value">(In fact, <i>all</i> the stories that appeared in the <i><b>Eerie Publications</b></i> line-up were either reprints or re-drawn versions of 1940s-1950s tales from defunct publishers!) </span></div>
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In space, things are not always as they seem...
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...as this story of the rescue of personnel of a science research colony aptly demonstrates!</div>
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This tale from <b><i>Fiction House's</i> Planet Comics</b> #72 (1953) was illustrated by B<span class="credit_value">ill Benulis, but the writer is unknown.</span></div>
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<span class="credit_value">That's a pity, because <i><b>Eerie Publications</b></i> editor Carl Burgos thought the story was good enough to <i>re-do </i>almost 20 years later...as we'll see...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><b><a href="https://horrorcomicsofthe1950s.blogspot.com/2020/10/countdown-to-halloween-2020-twice-told_16.html" target="_blank">TOMORROW!</a></b></span></div></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-77067857535079590602020-10-09T07:00:00.016-04:002020-10-21T10:44:31.095-04:00Countdown to Halloween / Twice-Told Tales HORROR TALES "House of Monsters"<p style="text-align: center;">Yesterday, we presented a 1950s tale...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oOQAMjjwfs0/X3_iOO8T9jI/AAAAAAAAvrA/7FbPCwXvHiYeKxg71kaWe4RSY9QNahglgCLcBGAsYHQ/HorrorTalesV2N1-04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oOQAMjjwfs0/X3_iOO8T9jI/AAAAAAAAvrA/7FbPCwXvHiYeKxg71kaWe4RSY9QNahglgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/HorrorTalesV2N1-04.jpg" /></a></div>...which was slightly-rewritten, expanded, and made far gorier for the 1970s...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6h1KoWIZd3A/X3_iTKGMBrI/AAAAAAAAvrE/U3SKxvbyQNYUgpJXlViovc_RBiWnYyCpwCLcBGAsYHQ/HorrorTalesV2N1-05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6h1KoWIZd3A/X3_iTKGMBrI/AAAAAAAAvrE/U3SKxvbyQNYUgpJXlViovc_RBiWnYyCpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/HorrorTalesV2N1-05.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vaxM37gnzRE/X3_iY_c-HdI/AAAAAAAAvrI/gM7Z9JRaIIgdVdvsJ4BW0MytgdKvPk_bACLcBGAsYHQ/HorrorTalesV2N1-06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vaxM37gnzRE/X3_iY_c-HdI/AAAAAAAAvrI/gM7Z9JRaIIgdVdvsJ4BW0MytgdKvPk_bACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/HorrorTalesV2N1-06.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0xZZKSKr9zE/X3_iegBCzSI/AAAAAAAAvrQ/vAwN5A_3jewYsNC6aCYZlOH6xRuD-wo5wCLcBGAsYHQ/HorrorTalesV2N1-07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0xZZKSKr9zE/X3_iegBCzSI/AAAAAAAAvrQ/vAwN5A_3jewYsNC6aCYZlOH6xRuD-wo5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/HorrorTalesV2N1-07.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0Anujs_uwlE/X3_imGptzNI/AAAAAAAAvrY/qSsAWYCRT0Y_Zr3xukp8VNALowuGukMyQCLcBGAsYHQ/HorrorTalesV2N1-08.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0Anujs_uwlE/X3_imGptzNI/AAAAAAAAvrY/qSsAWYCRT0Y_Zr3xukp8VNALowuGukMyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/HorrorTalesV2N1-08.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OekbDgFfgcE/X3_isq9_YmI/AAAAAAAAvrg/t1xCmB39ayUNZb22-Qh_EN2SIkiIQOiZQCLcBGAsYHQ/HorrorTalesV2N1-09.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OekbDgFfgcE/X3_isq9_YmI/AAAAAAAAvrg/t1xCmB39ayUNZb22-Qh_EN2SIkiIQOiZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/HorrorTalesV2N1-09.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-crszv5ylExM/X3_iyyU1bOI/AAAAAAAAvrs/CAwZums5IrELP14gcrCWaFjVqNSlHxEaQCLcBGAsYHQ/HorrorTalesV2N1-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-crszv5ylExM/X3_iyyU1bOI/AAAAAAAAvrs/CAwZums5IrELP14gcrCWaFjVqNSlHxEaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/HorrorTalesV2N1-10.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ironically, the illustrator of this even more gruesomely-graphic version presented in <b><i>Eerie's</i> Horror Tale</b>s V2N1 (1970) was <a href="http://seductionofdainnocent.blogspot.com/search/label/Dick%20Ayers" target="_blank">Dick Ayers</a>, who was working in comics at the same time as the original version appeared in 1953...doing horror stories (among other genres)!</div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Please Support Horror Comics of the 1950s</span></span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Order...</i></span></b></div></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="394" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61x19piJJ7L.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/30fkVFp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Weird World of Eerie Publiications</span></b></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/30fkVFp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Comic Gore that Warped Millions of Young Minds</a></span></i></b></div></b><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-64092718792381074572020-10-08T07:00:00.066-04:002020-10-21T10:47:09.903-04:00Countdown to Halloween / Twice-Told Tales WEIRD MYSTERIES "Castle of Fear"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's another tale from the 1950s that couldn't be reprinted in the 1960s-70s...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vKDlpXjt_ok/X36OXerqU1I/AAAAAAAAvoM/f29kEMfxkB4xu_lwmZwf94THXxx-WPz_gCPcBGAYYCw/s800/WeirdMysteries3_22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vKDlpXjt_ok/X36OXerqU1I/AAAAAAAAvoM/f29kEMfxkB4xu_lwmZwf94THXxx-WPz_gCPcBGAYYCw/s16000/WeirdMysteries3_22.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...so they redrew it, even though it's pretty good as-is!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eO1PI6Kyn5Q/X36OxkSxJsI/AAAAAAAAvok/z8_j7mL4mqgfgtvd0YdGK_ofP3I62T2RgCPcBGAYYCw/s825/WeirdMysteries3_23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eO1PI6Kyn5Q/X36OxkSxJsI/AAAAAAAAvok/z8_j7mL4mqgfgtvd0YdGK_ofP3I62T2RgCPcBGAYYCw/s16000/WeirdMysteries3_23.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WA9hjlOo9As/X36Oxjuyg6I/AAAAAAAAvok/n_f9YU_CsHAfwkHWG3NAUHR0EzZM84KdQCPcBGAYYCw/s824/WeirdMysteries3_24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="550" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WA9hjlOo9As/X36Oxjuyg6I/AAAAAAAAvok/n_f9YU_CsHAfwkHWG3NAUHR0EzZM84KdQCPcBGAYYCw/s16000/WeirdMysteries3_24.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UNWOwc_uY2w/X36Oxri1KtI/AAAAAAAAvos/mgBFFsJ9fJElSvZkSafzMYn1b7cFNMNwwCPcBGAYYCw/s825/WeirdMysteries3_25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UNWOwc_uY2w/X36Oxri1KtI/AAAAAAAAvos/mgBFFsJ9fJElSvZkSafzMYn1b7cFNMNwwCPcBGAYYCw/s16000/WeirdMysteries3_25.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bkaRqkZZWM4/X36Ox8K3ONI/AAAAAAAAvoo/1_JCjaCdqiAW8KQW3ChoBAsJvJ2UlN5JgCPcBGAYYCw/s825/WeirdMysteries3_26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bkaRqkZZWM4/X36Ox8K3ONI/AAAAAAAAvoo/1_JCjaCdqiAW8KQW3ChoBAsJvJ2UlN5JgCPcBGAYYCw/s16000/WeirdMysteries3_26.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-22Gf5IYgGAI/X36OyVcIcDI/AAAAAAAAvos/PuiBVSsVkR4_2dW8JW5slaioaN_0m5cjQCPcBGAYYCw/s825/WeirdMysteries3_27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="550" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-22Gf5IYgGAI/X36OyVcIcDI/AAAAAAAAvos/PuiBVSsVkR4_2dW8JW5slaioaN_0m5cjQCPcBGAYYCw/s16000/WeirdMysteries3_27.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Either the photostats and negatives of this tale penciled by Ed Robbins and inked by Mike Esposito, this tale from <b><i>Morse's</i> Weird Mysteries</b> #3 (1953) were lost, or the writer/editor of <b><i>Eerie Publications'</i> Horror Tales </b>was feeling creative, since he (slightly) rewrote the story and had it redrawn, as you'll see...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://horrorcomicsofthe1950s.blogspot.com/2020/10/countdown-to-halloween-twice-told-tales_9.html" target="_blank">TOMORROW</a>!</span></i></b><br /><b><span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">Please Support Horror Comics of the 1950s</span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />Visit Amazon and Order...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/614E4t5OxbL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="363" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/614E4t5OxbL.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2V0Na83" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Four-Color Fear</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2V0Na83" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s</span></i></b></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-35775349903865215222020-10-02T07:00:00.021-04:002020-10-21T10:45:10.688-04:00Countdown to Halloween / Twice-Told Tales STRANGE GALAXY "Vampires from Dimension 'X' "<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://horrorcomicsofthe1950s.blogspot.com/2020/09/countdown-to-halloween-twice-told-tales.html" target="_blank">We Have Already Seen</a>...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YbyQ0SSUXro/X3K0cbrMPYI/AAAAAAAAvik/Q_ucZ0Mu1MgKwiqxDsHbvlU7Aea3L39bwCLcBGAsYHQ/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-70.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YbyQ0SSUXro/X3K0cbrMPYI/AAAAAAAAvik/Q_ucZ0Mu1MgKwiqxDsHbvlU7Aea3L39bwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-70.jpg" /></a></div>...this exact story, but presented, in color, by a different illustrator, who did it almost 20 years earlier!<br /><img alt="" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NfpaU6QiwdU/X3K00xuzeoI/AAAAAAAAvis/NBVA-YPVEu8gNRGz71oTfWcgMpZSvHWhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-71.jpg" style="text-align: left;" /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8Cm11Hm2NpU/X3K1HXaN7kI/AAAAAAAAvi0/oP_i26AsK-QYvVjDdJtiFyJq4fePs1frgCLcBGAsYHQ/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-72.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8Cm11Hm2NpU/X3K1HXaN7kI/AAAAAAAAvi0/oP_i26AsK-QYvVjDdJtiFyJq4fePs1frgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-72.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lsCzbKcKGRw/X3K1QMRlJcI/AAAAAAAAvi4/eGg1uvntCBMHrndfeG5R2v9tz7WsY9sjgCLcBGAsYHQ/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-73.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lsCzbKcKGRw/X3K1QMRlJcI/AAAAAAAAvi4/eGg1uvntCBMHrndfeG5R2v9tz7WsY9sjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-73.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8wUmXhE38_I/X3K1aucAGcI/AAAAAAAAvi8/xFyWvphxKqYtIQmiT41EHhlmlzIPyB0tgCLcBGAsYHQ/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-74.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8wUmXhE38_I/X3K1aucAGcI/AAAAAAAAvi8/xFyWvphxKqYtIQmiT41EHhlmlzIPyB0tgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-74.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SHVCSyqPfd4/X3K2iiQrQeI/AAAAAAAAvjU/lumMN8JUdX007FJBU4A6Kc-QZrvPR9KpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-77.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oEAoKj9UaOE/X3K22Pwj2CI/AAAAAAAAvjg/PKlqMNTA1QA35ZxDUDQ_qo515COr1LsIQCLcBGAsYHQ/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-78.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oEAoKj9UaOE/X3K22Pwj2CI/AAAAAAAAvjg/PKlqMNTA1QA35ZxDUDQ_qo515COr1LsIQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-78.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-klBZ8EcTKNw/X3K3EiYAdUI/AAAAAAAAvjk/XLw6GhoI08ozzpfzWibCCHhF0DPt7sopgCLcBGAsYHQ/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-79.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-klBZ8EcTKNw/X3K3EiYAdUI/AAAAAAAAvjk/XLw6GhoI08ozzpfzWibCCHhF0DPt7sopgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/StrangeGalaxyV1N11-79.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Inspired by the success of <b><i>Warren Publications'</i></b> b/w horror magazines (<b>Creepy</b>, <b>Eerie</b>, and <b>Vampirella</b>), schlock publisher Myron Fass dropped his line of poorly-selling color comics and decided to do a line of b/w horror magazines uncensored by the <b><i>Comics Code Authority</i></b>.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Though some of the material was pure reprint of b/w stats and photo negatives from defunct comics companies like <i>Avon</i>, <i>Fawcett</i>, and <i>Farrell</i>, Fass' supply of them was limited.</div><div style="text-align: left;">So he had <i>new</i> material produced based on stories in printed comics from those same out-of-business companies!</div><div style="text-align: left;">He employed South American artists who worked for lower rates than American or European artists the major companies used!</div><div style="text-align: left;">lllustrated by Argentinian artist Antonio Reynoso, this re-telling of yesterday's story was, itself, reprinted several times throughout the <b><i>Eerie Publications</i></b> line after it's premiere in <b>Strange Galaxy</b> V1N11 (1971), though I suspect Reynoso was paid only for its' initial publication!<br /><b><i>Eerie Publications</i></b> continued from 1969 to 1980, when the birth of the Direct Market and comic book stores (who didn't carry the books) doomed it to diminishing sales.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Please Support Horror Comics of the 1950s</span><br /><i>Visit </i>Amazon<i> and Order...</i></span></b><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="394" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61x19piJJ7L.jpg" style="text-align: left;" /><br /><a href="https://amzn.to/30fkVFp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Weird World of Eerie Publiications</span></b></a><br /><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/30fkVFp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Comic Gore that Warped Millions of Young Minds</a></span></i></b></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-83968859318003733442020-10-01T07:00:00.056-04:002020-10-21T10:47:43.192-04:00Countdown to Halloween / Twice-Told Tales BEWARE: TERROR TALES "Horrors of the 13th Stroke"<div style="text-align: center;">There are a number of horror stories from the 1950s that <i>couldn't be</i> reprinted in the 1970s...</div><img alt="" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oBusRm65s_s/X3KsDHOyQTI/AAAAAAAAvhM/m7kK540z35UBdjzoT5QzmVn5nHPq-wPHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/BewareTerrorTales5-03.jpg" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">...so they were <i>redrawn</i> (and often retitled)!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GT7E7z8rXzc/X3KtjuLTh4I/AAAAAAAAviE/77cQ8wTgrN4De1RrszlSPCxW2LF3po8BQCLcBGAsYHQ/BewareTerrorTales5-10.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GT7E7z8rXzc/X3KtjuLTh4I/AAAAAAAAviE/77cQ8wTgrN4De1RrszlSPCxW2LF3po8BQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/BewareTerrorTales5-10.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PVK-H0nqzJA/X3Ktp1OBBaI/AAAAAAAAviI/Co5V1TDmhowQqldQKAvFUZX9_RwE2-dSQCLcBGAsYHQ/BewareTerrorTales5-11.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PVK-H0nqzJA/X3Ktp1OBBaI/AAAAAAAAviI/Co5V1TDmhowQqldQKAvFUZX9_RwE2-dSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/BewareTerrorTales5-11.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZMN3xsfexYU/X3KtwcqwzsI/AAAAAAAAviQ/3RXs6sIhcxEftOSagLk4_jT67n0DRcvTwCLcBGAsYHQ/BewareTerrorTales5-12.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="550" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZMN3xsfexYU/X3KtwcqwzsI/AAAAAAAAviQ/3RXs6sIhcxEftOSagLk4_jT67n0DRcvTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/BewareTerrorTales5-12.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Pencilled and inked by Sheldon Moldoff, this never-reprinted story from <b><i>Fawcett's</i> Beware! Terror Tales</b> #5 (1953) apparently was considered too scary for the <i><b>Comics Code Authority</b></i> to allow it to be reprinted in color comics!</div><div style="text-align: left;">But black-and-white magazines <i>weren't</i> subject to the <b><i>CCA</i></b>!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Guess what happened?</div><div style="text-align: left;">No need!</div><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Just be here...</span></b></i><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">TOMORROW</span></b><br /><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">...for the deadly do-over!</span></i></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Please Support Horror Comics of the 1950s</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Visit <i>Amazon</i> and Order...</span></b></div></span></span></b><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="363" height="640" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/614E4t5OxbL.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="464" /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3kZYL1R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Four Color</a> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3kZYL1R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fear</a><br /></span></b><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3kZYL1R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s</a></span></i></b></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979886577937808004.post-25591101378939250552020-06-18T06:00:00.000-04:002020-10-21T10:48:24.326-04:00CoronaVirus Comics SUSPENSE "Terror in the Tropics"<div style="text-align: center;">
Here's a never-reprinted goodie from <b><i>Atlas'</i> Suspense</b> #27 (1953)...</div>
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...which demonstrates, quite graphically, how insects carry disease!</div>
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Illustrated by Sam Citron, the tale's not as ghoulishly-graphic as some of the others of the Horror Comics era, but it does get the point across in a way that kept it from being reprinted (even with modifications) when <b><i>Marvel</i></b> published several horror anthology titles in the 1970s (after the <i><b>Comics Code</b></i> loosened up) that reprinted a lot of <i><b>Atlas Comics</b></i> material!</div>
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