Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Web of the Spider

Hate spiders? You may want to just skip this story if you do. Featuring a fantastic opening splash panel (and a great finale of a girl giggling with sheer horrified madness) makes Web of the Spider one of the better offerings from Harvey Comics. FYI: This will be the first of a few posts featuring stories about people who transform into some-thing other than “human.” Enjoy! And Happy 13th Posting too, you lucky fiends…

From Witches Tales #12 (July 1952.)






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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous7/25/2007

    haha!!! hands feet bending queerly......strange hair....getting more bent!!! thats the best transformation line i've ever heard

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  2. Eyeball7/25/2007

    Hugo Durando was a sick sonofagun.

    Great name, tho.

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  3. Mr. Karswell7/26/2007

    I just love how this one ends, the girl is laughing at the mad scientist even though she knows they're both about to be devoured by giant spiders... it's just so goddamn inspired.

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  4. Anonymous7/27/2007

    ...oh, dear, as I was about to flush a spider down the toilet only hours after reading this, I heard that hideous sound 'CRRRK...CRRRK'...i guess i am doomed...

    -Spider Baby

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  5. Mr. Karswell7/28/2007

    Being attacked by a giant spider is such a "draining" experience.

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  6. Anonymous8/02/2007

    it's THE FLY but in opposite

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  7. Brian Barnes9/04/2018

    The artist did some research, that's a decent spider on the awesome splash.

    This story is super convenient and the lab assistant moves in and out without any explanation, but beside those nitpicks it works to keep the story moving along at the pace it needs to. This is the kind of goofy fun stories I love from pre-code horror.

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