Halloween Horror WEIRD THRILLERS "Cycle of Time"

With the revived popularity of dinosaurs due to the new movie Jurassic World: Rebirth...

...we're re-presenting one of our favorite stories; a sci-fi triple-treat: time travel, aliens, and dinosaurs!

Illustrated by Murphy Anderson, who was doing quite a bit of work for ZD including the second issue of Space Busters and both issues of Lars of Mars as well as various one-shots like this one from the HTF Ziff-Davis' anthology Weird Thrillers #2 (1951)!.

We don't know who wrote this tale, but it might be series editor Jerry (Superman) Siegel.

Halloween Horror DO YOU BELIEVE IN NIGHTMARES? "Man Who Crashed into Another Era"

Here's a short story featuring dinosaurs, illustrated by Steve Ditko...

...just before his stint on Charlton's Gorgo!

Ok, so it was the old "It's only a dream" scenario.

You got to admit, it's well-done!

From St John's Do You Believe in Nightmares? #1 (1957), a short-lived anthology produced just before St John went out of business.

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Countdown to Halloween 2020 / Thrice-Told Tales STRANGE JOURNEY "Space is a Secret"

We Have Already Seen...

..this story...well, sort of!
This is a censored version of that tale, "sanitized" by the Comics Code Authority!

Like almost all other comics publishers, Ajax/Farrell was hit hard by the Seduction of the Innocent witch-hunt of the 1950s.

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 Comics Code Authority!

This story, from Ajax/Farrell's Strange Journey #2 (1957) is a classic example of how extreme the Code took matters.

Every page has alterations, including changing the ending (in the original version, the Earthmen never escape)!

The final version, taken back to it's original level of horror...and beyond...can be found here...

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Countdown to Halloween / Thrice-Told Tales STRANGE FANTASY "Love Trap"

No, we didn't mistype the title!

This tale was published during the heyday of horror comics, then modified to satisfy the Comics Code, then re-modified to be more horrifying...probably!

All we know about the credits for this tale from Ajax/Farrell's Strange Fantasy #6 (1953) is that it was produced by the Iger Studio, 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...

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Countdown to Halloween 2020 / Twice-Told Tales PLANET COMICS "Last Expedition"

In space, things are not always as they seem...

...as this story of the rescue of personnel of a science research colony aptly demonstrates!

This tale from Fiction House's Planet Comics #72 (1953) was illustrated by Bill Benulis, but the writer is unknown.

That's a pity, because Eerie Publications editor Carl Burgos thought the story was good enough to re-do almost 20 years later...as we'll see...

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