THE HORRORS OF IT ALL: Demon Flies!

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Demon Flies!

What’s that? Did you forget that Saturdays are now “Double Post Days?” Well they are, just ask Joe Certa who illustrated this gruesome little creepy crawly over 50 years ago! Time flies--- as the demon flies!

From the March 1952 issue of Witches Tales #8

7 comments:

Anonymous said...: I LOVE WAKING UP IN THE MORNING AND FIRST THING I DO IS READ SOME SPOOKY STORIES!!; 9/15/2007
Anonymous said...: this one reminds me of the other harvey story you posted with the giant spiders.....what is it with mad scientists and bugs???; 9/15/2007
Mr. Karswell said...: I know! Just once it'd be nice to see a mad scientist actually succeed with one of his mutated bug experiments!; 9/15/2007
Anonymous said...: ha ha; 9/17/2007
Eyeball said...: i love going to bed at night and the last thing i do is read some spooky stories!!

hey i think that spider has shacked up outside my basement's sliding glass door. Seriously!; 9/18/2007
Mr. Karswell said...: I've totally got the kingdom of the spiders weaving it up outside our front porch lately too. Guess I'll have to fire Orkin and call William Shatner in the morning...; 9/18/2007
Jordan179 said...: I just want to say that if I'm ever devoured alive by piranha flies I hope I am tough enough to go yagh even as a skeleton.; 8/16/2019

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