From the June 1952 issue of Mysterious Adventures #8
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
The Eyes of Horror
A favorite theme among pre-code collectors is comics that contain “eye injury” panels. Stories with this illustrated bit of gruesome physical discomfort usually go for a lot of money, (more money in fact than comics featuring scantily clad women with their headlights on extra bright.) Maybe later this month we’ll have a little gouge fest of our own, but in the meantime here’s a nice example from Brian Hirsch to leave you scrambling for some Visine drops.
From the June 1952 issue of Mysterious Adventures #8
From the June 1952 issue of Mysterious Adventures #8
Karswell (and Brian Hirsch!),
ReplyDeleteI love this blog! I'm here every morning with my coffee checking out the lastest tale!
Great eye-gouge story!
Anon E. Mouse
....gruesome.....
ReplyDelete>I love this blog! I'm here every morning
ReplyDeleteThanks! But yeah, despite the techinical glitch we experienced a few days ago this is really turning out to be one of the better weeks for stories. Coming up in the near future we have more zombies, skrunken heads, and a rampaging robot so don't go away!
It would seem hard to see out of that eye (but there I go getting logical - how stupid).....
ReplyDeleteGreat work on the blog and I have you to thank for my ever-increasing list of books to buy.
If only a young Aldrich Ames would have bought this comic...
ReplyDeleteInspite of the lettering,it was a great shocker,and heck'im just glad the glitch is gone,so i'd be grateful even if you posted a crappy story!.Love the fact that it shows how the Russkies were even against us when we were allies!,great.As for eye-gougers,yeah,along with tentacled eyes,it's a great subgenre,even though i also like beheadings,poo-like monsters,cross-dressing,Hitler-in-hell and"headlights"(and this story wasn't devoid of 'em either!).
ReplyDelete>im just glad the glitch is gone
ReplyDeleteHeck, I'm just glad the not-so-anonymous Horror Pariah is back, I totally thought we lost ya there for a while chum. Yes, I recognise your comments like they were me own mum's.
>If only a young Aldrich Ames would have bought this comic...
ReplyDeleteAnd it's nice to see the Zen Wizard back too with his oddly curious obscure culture references. I think I learn something new from you every time you comment my friend... keep 'em coming!
There was a movie made in 1976 starring Richard Baseheart called "Mansion of the Doomed." This is an "eye" story that conveys very successfully the tone of pre-code horror stories.
ReplyDelete>"Mansion of the Doomed."
ReplyDeleteI remember this move very well, another somewhat forgotten classic that played on the late late show alot in the late 70's... it also stars Gloria Grahame who I just did a brithday post on last month.