New Years Evil

A toast from all of us at The Horrors of it All, wishing everyone a safe, fun, and Happy New Years Eve! We hope you had a great year, and look forward to seeing you all here each and every day in 2008 for another 365 days of endless terror...



And coming next in 2008…

The Strange Room

Well, here we are on the last day of the month, on the last day of the year, and our last story post comes from the very last pre-code issue of Strange Tales... it's a fitting tale submitted by Brian Hirsch to help us end 2007 with a shiver!

From the February 1955 issue of Strange Tales #34

Game For a Mad Huntress

Some pre-code stories are thinly veiled re-workings of classic popular fiction tales. Like today’s post, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell is the obvious influence here, but thankfully Ace knew enough at this point in the pre-code horror game to add a few weird twists of their own including the undead, voodoo witchcraft, and of course transforming the savage hunter into a sexy, cold blooded huntress!

From the July 1952 issue of The Beyond #13

TCM Terrors (NEWS)

This coming Wednesay, January 2nd, TCM breaks in the new year with 8 great classic fright films: The Devil Doll (’36), Freaks (’32), Mad Love (’35), Beast with 5 Fingers (’46), The Living Ghost (’42), The Ghost Ship (’43), The Woman in White (’48), Scared to Death (’47), and The Picture of Dorian Gray (’45.)

Check TCM for more info and showtimes in your area.

Meet the Bride

Italian artist Maurizio Ercole has been dying for another Matt Fox story, so here you go my friend… savor this tasty terror tale like you would a finely cooked piece of delicious meat.

From the May 1953 issue of Adventures into Terror #19

Happy Birthday! (NEWS)

If I have to explain who this is then you are definitely on the wrong blog. Born this day in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK, 1937.

Happy Birthday Babs!

Marriage of Death

Just when you think I’ve posted too many ACG yarns, along comes another instant classic from the bowels of my collection. This one is about a woman who marries Death… literally! There’s some exceptionally nice angles and eerie moments here, particularly those that take place in the morgue sequence.

From the July 1950 issue of Adventures into the Unknown #11

The Last Dance

Here’s one for all the ladies planning to go out dancing tonight without their dead fiancé (bloody tomahawk in the forehead optional.) You have been warned!

From the December 1953 issue of Adventures into Darkness #12

Trophies of Doom

Feel like you got enough DOOM yesterday? No? Well then maybe a little more DOOM to finish off our work week is just what the executioner ordered. Plus some “Thank God it’s Friday” decapitations…

From the September 1953 issue of Adventures into Darkness #11

Serpent of Doom

If you like watching a woman in nothing but her bra and panties murder her husband with a pillow then this is your lucky day. Pretty risqué for a 50’s comic, but it seems to me that Adventures into Darkness (the series) always found a way to go the extra odd step by adding a little something something to their stories to make them uniquely different than the other publishers. Anyone know for sure if this really is Toth or not?

From the December 1953 issue of Adventures into Darkness #12

Rider in the Storm

A classic story you’ve likely heard before in some form or another: the hitchhiking ghost girl haunting a lonely stretch of highway. I love old legends like this, even if it does star the same exact dead girl (now a blonde) swiped from Russ Heath’s Village Graveyard story that I posted back in November HERE. Don’t believe me? Compare the very last coffin panels from both stories.

From the September 1953 issue of Adventures into Darkness #11

Beyond the Rave (HAMMER NEWS)

Recently revived Hammer Films will produce its first feature film in three decades called “Beyond the Rave,” and will initially distribute it in 20-minute webisodes on MySpace TV (and then eventually be made available in its entirety on DVD to buy or as a download.) This modern vampire story set in England's underground rave party scene (groan) follows “a hedonistic soldier and his quest to track down his missing girlfriend in the last 24 hours before he flies to Iraq.” As much as I love Hammer, none of this looks or sounds even the least bit interesting to me, but we’ll see.

For more info click HERE.

The Frozen Death

For the next three days we’ll be taking an adventurous detour straight into the very heart of darkness… and to start things off let’s head up to the mountains for a shivery winter tale of love after death, and vice versa.

From the June 1954 issue of Adventures into Darkness #14

The Finger of Guilt

Standard Comics' Adventures into Darkness series is full of great little terror tale quickies that run one page and sometimes two pages long. So to accompany our main scan posts this week I’ll also include one of these each day for you as a bonus. Some of them are actually quite good, and usually along the lines of an "urban legend."

From the September 1953 issue of Adventures into Darkness #11

When You Believe

Bill Everett’s weird little story today marks the grand finale' of our Christmas horror scans and our glorious return back to the pre-code golden age stories of the 50’s. I hope everyone is having a safe and happy work break, and thanks to all for hanging around with us for our most unholy look at the holiest of holidays.

Originally presented in the August 1953 issue of Spellbound #16

Happy Birthday! (NEWS)

While everyone else is celebrating an imaginary birthday today, I’ll be celebrating the great Dick Miller’s, born this day in The Bronx, NY, 1928. There's nothing phony about this guy!

He Sees You When You’re Sleeping... (GREAT GIFT IDEA)

Get ready for some shoutin’ and poutin’ when you make someone’s home a little more terrifying this holiday season, courtesy of a spine-kringling changing portrait of ‘Ol Kris Kringle himself. AIEEEEEE!

Click HERE for more info and to order!

Santa’s Claws

Here’s another evil black and white xmas tale, this time from Frank Brunner and the final issue of Major Magazine’s Web of Horror series. WOH had tons of talent onboard from the start, guys like Bernie Wrightson, Syd Shores, Jeff Jones, Mike Kaluta, etc. To find out more info about this very interesting, yet very short-lived 3-issue series check out Richard J. Arndt’s site HERE.

From the April 1970 issue of Web of Horror #3

Creepy Kid

As long as we’re having a Creepy Magazine fest for xmas here’s a picture of my friend Eric taken in the mid 70’s. Check out that awesome shirt! Santa’s lap obviously wasn’t creepy enough for him so he’s sitting on the knee of St. Louis celebrity newscaster Cliff St. James, (who also doubled as Corky the Clown for the local kiddies.)

Dollie

Taken from the “Worst Gifts of All Time File,” comes another gory little story about a truly killer xmas present.

From the July 1977 issue of Creepy #90

A Scary Little Christmas (MUSIC)

Aside from a Dollie, there's no better gift for the little ghouls and gremlins on your holiday list than this eerie collection of classic holiday songs—with a slight gothic twist!

Click HERE for sound clips and to order your copy!

Anti-Christmas

Today marks the start of our Christmas scan posts, and as mentioned in yesterday’s comments section there really wasn’t a whole lot of golden age pre-code horror stories for us to present. So instead, Keith Smith has graciously provided us with a clawful of deliciously morbid scans from Warren’s highly influencial Creepy Magazine. And kicking things off for Double Post Saturday are two excellent Richard Corben classics to get you totally into (or completely out of) the holiday spirit.

From the January 1975 issue of Creepy #68

Creepy Christmas Covers

Both xmas covers from today's Double Post Saturday stories.

Bless Us, Father…

Love him or hate him, here’s another Creepy Corben Christmas tale! Try saying that 10 times fast. And thanks to Keith Smith for all the scans today.

From the January 1974 issue of Creepy #59

Happy Birthday! (NEWS)

The one and only original glamour ghoul hostess of late night 50’s television, actress, model, and friend, born this day in Petsamo, Finland, 1921.

Happy Birthday, Maila "Vampira" Nurmi!

Horror in the Moonlight

To celebrate Vampira’s birthday today I proudly present my all-time favorite Bill Everett masterpiece from the August 1952 issue of Marvel Tales #108. Aside from the opening and closing narrative, this tale is essentially wordless, though full of dynamic storytelling imagery. Someone else has their scans on display over at the Atlas site, but they are much too small for my tastes. This story needs to be viewed in full KARSWELL-SCOPE!

Vampire's Blood

Here’s another female bloodsucker classic from Superior Publishers Limited, complete with a sexy vampire, an old dude named Bela, and a supernatural camera that can expose / predict the evil ugly truths about people.

From the May 1953 issue of Journey into Fear #13

The Devil’s Puzzle (FUN & GAMES)

Print this out and invite all your evil friends over for a real knee-slapper of an evening! Wait a sec… does anyone know what 9-Down has to do with any of this?

Hail Satan! (NEWS)

This Friday night, December 21st, TCM presents two of the greatest satanic film masterpieces of all time. First up, Häxan (1922) an early silent film from Denmark about witchcraft and the religious persecution of practioners and their subjects during the middle-ages. And afterwards it’s Val Lewton’s incredible devil-worship classic The Seventh Victim (1943), starring Tom Conway and the always haunting Jean Brooks.

Check TCM for more info and showtimes in your area.

The Cat Jumped Over the Corpse

Ever hear of the hillbilly superstition that if a cat jumps over a corpse then the dead body will come back as a vampire? Yeah, me neither… but it sure makes for an interesting pre-code horror story! Lin Streeter’s artwork here is also exceptionally slick and eerie.

From the Sept 1954 issue of Out of the Night #16

The Evil Dead (ULTIMATE EDITION DVD)

It’s that time of year! Yep, time for Anchor Bay to release yet another version of Sam Raimi’s original, grueling splatter classic The Evil Dead '81 (in stores today.) This massive 3-disc special edition appears to contain some nifty new bonus features (don’t they all?), but mostly I like the fact that they’ve gone back to the original poster art for the front cover.

Click HERE for all the details!

Death on Skis

Don’t know about your part of the world but mine is currently covered with snow. And I hate snow. So to commemorate this much hated wintery predicament, here’s a rather chilly 3-page horror quickie from Joe Kubert. The fact that he created this art while stationed overseas and serving military duty (hence the mention of Germany under his signature on the splash page) is an awesome bit of historic info, further proving Joe’s incredible dedication to the art of comics. I like to imagine him fighting Nazi’s during the day and inking a comic book by night, but of course this was published seven years after Hitler scrambled his own brains.

From the Fall 1952 issue of Eerie #9

Frankensteinia (RECOMMENDED BLOG)

I want to take a moment to let people know about Pierre Fournier’s blog because it’s a mind blowing treasure trove of all things fantastically Frankenstein. For example, he’s currently presenting a fascinating multi-part post with some truly stunning images titled “The Selling of Frankenstein.”

So if you haven’t already, please take a moment and click HERE to check out--- FRANKENSTEINIA!

Frank N. Stein

Last month Pappy posted a superbly screwball Dracula story by Bill Everett from Atlas Comic’s Crazy #2 called DRAG-ULA! (Click HERE to see it!) So to compliment Pap’s post, I thought I’d lighten the funeral parlor mood around here for a day as well and present a kooky Frankenstein story also by Everett, but from the December 1953 issue of Crazy #1.

Crazy was a very silly, short lived series that only lasted 7 issues before everyone realized no matter how good the art is it was still a far cry from Mad Magazine. None the less, today’s post is a highly enjoyable, non-sensical romp into the wacky world of humorous horror parody, and for Everett fans (and Frankenstein fans too of course) it’s a rare gem very worthy of re-discovery.

My Name is Bruce (TRAILER)

If you love Bruce Campbell then this might just be the greatest film of your life... here's your first sneak peek at My Name Is Bruce!

They’ll Never Believe Me

Time for an ACG tale of vengeance from beyond the grave. Actually the vengeance is from behind a door that’s inside a haunted painting, but you get the point.

From the June 1954 issue of Forbidden Worlds #30

The Weird Woman!

It’s Joe Sinnott’s turn to show you a little weird woman action for Double Post Saturday, and today’s story features what some believe to be one of Marvel’s earliest appearances of a [SPOILER ALERT] female “mutant.” Also, these scans have gone through many hands before winding up here today so special thanks go out to Brian Hirsch and John Kaminski for their endless arsenal of great pre-code ideas and contributions.

From the March 1952 issue Amazing Detective Cases #11

Karswell’s Night Gallery #9

RINGSTONES by Sarban. The tagline on the cover says “A Tale of Dark and Mordant Horror.” I read this years ago but honestly don’t remember much about the darkness or the mordancy. What I do remember is that the cover is one of my favorites from this era Ballantine, gorgeously painted with an eerie, moody color palette that creates a very chilly sense of some-thing that the story itself probably didn’t quite deliver.

Ballantine Books (1961)
Cover Art by ???

Blind Date

The concept of a blind date to me, even in it’s simpliest most casual form just has “disaster” written all over it from the get go. Before I got married (a million years ago) I too encountered a few set-ups that didn’t quite turn out as planned. But I never had one turn out as badly as this one… and if it had I suppose I wouldn’t be around to tell you all about it anyway, so...

Originally presented in the August 1952 issue of Strange Tales #9

Ghost With a Torch

Take a look at this one and answer me this: what came first, the cover or the splash? My guess is the splash, and the editor liked it so much he said, “Put it on the front cover too!” I can’t say I disagree with that hypothetical decision because she is definitely one of the spookiest looking zombies of all 50’s era comics.

From the October 1954 issue of Tales of Horror #13

Portrait of Jennie (NEWS)

Here’s a perfect fit into our week long look at “weird women.” Sunday December 16th TCM airs an eerie Lewton-esque film favorite of mine called Portrait of Jennie (1948.) This poetic and haunting supernatural classic stars Joseph Cotton as a struggling New York artist in love with a beautiful ghost played by Jennifer Jones. Highly reccomended viewing!

Check TCM for more info and showtimes in your area.

The Hammer Story (BOOK NEWS)

For the first time ever, Hammer has finally produced an authorized history of their company with a film-by-film dissection, dripping with rare promotional material and previously unpublished photographs.

For more info visit the exclusive Hammer Story site HERE!

The Blood Money of Galloping Chad Burgess

Got a very spooky Alex Toth tale for you today, one with great use of silhouette and quite a bit of the old red stuff too. I say, do you hear hoofbeats or is that just my heart pounding? Gor blimey!

From the June 1952 issue of The Unseen #5

Happy Birthday (NEWS)

Gordon Hessler, producer of the awesome Alfred Hitchcock Hour television series, and director of horror cult classics like The Oblong Box (1969), Scream and Scream Again (1970), Cry of the Banshee (1970), Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) and more, born this day in Berlin, Germany, 1930.

Not Dead Enough

Here's a beautifully illustrated Vince Colletta terror tale with a gorgeous ghost girl and a truly nasty pair of evil schemers. And be sure to click the issue link below to see what is surely one of the most gruesomely frightening front covers ever from Atlas Comics.

From the March 1954 issue of Mystic #28

Withering Heights

Time for an atmospheric Bob Powell / Howard Nostrand classic from Harvey today as we continue along on our Week of Weird Women stories. GCD calls this a “parody” of Wuthering Heights, although aside from changing one letter in the title, labeling it "A Boo of the Month” (and the 3 center panels on page four) I’m not really sure what else about any of this actually qualifies as a parody.

From the August 1954 issue of Witches Tales #26

Visions of Death (BOOK NEWS)

For fans of Richard Matheson, Roger Corman, Vincent Price, Edgar Allan Poe, and horror films in general, comes this amazing limited edition, signed hardcover book containing two scripts Matheson wrote for Corman based on Poe's short stories, "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Pit and the Pendulum." These are Matheson's original scripts for the films and NOT transcriptions from the AIP movies so there are many differences. Also includes “making of’s” for both films, rare interviews with cast and crew (including Vincent Price), press notes and much more!

Click HERE for all the info and to order yours now.

The String of Pearls

Our story today comes from Hank Chapman and Ogden Whitney. To be honest I don’t really know much about Whitney except apparently he’s a favorite among collectors and for obvious reasons. His lay-outs are very dynamic, and full of subtle elegance and detail, even in a weird terror tale like this. I really love the title treatment too.

From the March 1952 issue of Suspense #15

Christmas Creeps (REQUEST)

So help me out friends, does anyone know of good holiday themed pre-code horror stories I could post this year for Christmas? Actually it doesn’t even have to be from the Golden Age, if you’ve got it or know about it from any era please let me know so we can share it with everyone. After all, tis the season to be screamin’…

Blueprints For Delinquency (ARTICLE)

Speak of the devil... here’s a typically annoying article from the May 1954 issue of Reader’s Digest, written by everyone’s favorite over-reacting, child-hating psychiatrist, Fredric Wertham, M.D. (FYI: the M.D. stands for Mega Dick.) This is actually just a condensed excerpt taken from his infamously ridiculous 1950’s comic book exposé “Seduction of the Innocent.” Enjoy?

LOVE ME DEADLY (TRAILER)

Is there anything creepier than a lovely lady who likes her men a little on the “cool side.”

Love Me Forever

Today brings the start of a week-long theme I’ve wanted to do for some time now: Females of Fright. Or: The Weird Women. Whatever we call them, these ghastly gals are either naturally born scary or are just full of good old everyday supernatural spunk, and for the next seven days I guarantee you will not be looking at the opposite sex the same…

From the December 1953 issue of Forbidden Worlds #24

Testament of Dr. Mabuse (NEWS)

Sorry for the last minute post but I just noticed that TCM is airing The Testament of Dr. Mabuse ('33) late Sunday night, December 9th. We just celebrated director Fritz Lang's birthday last Wednesday so this is your chance to see one of his tremendous entries in the Mabuse film series saga. (And afterwards don't miss Mantan Moreland in King of the Zombies ('41.)

Check TCM for times and info in your area.

I, the Robot

I, the blogmaster have never read the Isaac Asimov story I, Robot so someone will have to tell me if this is close or what. But if you’re looking for a good spooky tale with a sci-fi twist then you’ve come to the right place. If for some reason you’re looking for a funky fresh rap star turned overrated actor then just keep moving along. Please.

Originally presented in the May 1954 issue of Menace #11

Amicus Collection (DVD NEWS)

Somehow I forgot all about this Amicus Collection that came out around Halloween. And Now the Screaming Starts and Asylum are both exceptional horror classics... I only wish they could have chosen something better than The Beast Must Die (which in my opinion is a rather mediocre, uninspired werewolf turd.) This boxset is still a great value for the other two films though.

Click HERE for more info.

The Last Kkrul

I remembered someone asking me weeks (or possibly months) ago to post something from John Romita so today means Double Romita Day. Also, starting today all Atlas stories will now be linked directly back to the Atlas Tales website instead of GCD.

Originally presented in the October 1952 issue of Astonishing #18

The Lost Skeleton Returns Again (NEWS)

Fangoria has reported that filmmaker Larry Blamire is reviving his hilariously great tribute (not spoof) of 50’s sci-fi horror films The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra with a sequel! You can read more about it HERE and eventually HERE. If you haven’t seen the original Lost Skeleton yet you better, it’s only the funniest, silliest, cheeseballiest film to come out of Hollywood in the last 10 (or 60) years and rates Karswell’s Highest Squeal of Approval.

The Shrunken Skull

GCD claims this story first appeared in Weird Terror #2, but I see no listing for it in said issue unless it was titled something else. Today’s post, (definitely called The Shrunken Skull), is scanned from the September 1953 issue of Horrific #7. Now let’s fast forward 16 years… here it comes again in 1969 courtesy of Eerie Pub and reprinted in B&W in Horror Tales and Terror Tales with not one, not two, but three re-make versions (all re-titled "Skull in a Box.") Typically the script is nearly identical to the 50’s version while only the art has been somewhat modernized, though less slick.

The Green Slime (TRAILER)

Seems like everyone is really hyped for The Green Slime on TCM this Friday night so here's the trailer for those of you still unaware.

TCM Triple Threat (NEWS)

TCM has 3 terror classics lined up for you tomorrow night (aka Friday December 7th.) Set your recorders and turn out the lights for Attack of the Crab Monsters, The Killer Shrews, and The Green Slime!

Go to TCM for more info and times in your area.

City of Fearful Night

You’ll probably have to set an hour aside to read this 11-page nightmare extravaganza, but you will find it to be very worthy of your time, especially if you’re a fan of weird dead things, or even ::choke!:: the Final Destination movies.

From the Jan 1952 issue of Worlds of Fear #2

Creature Double Feature (VIDEO)

Before video… before DVD… and long before Monsters HD, this was the kind of thing you looked forward to as a kid to get your weekly horror movie fix. And sometimes these horror show intros were just as cool as the films they actually played, they’re certainly just as memorable. (Also see yesterday’s post: I Was a Horror Host.)

Happy Birthday (NEWS)

Fritz Lang, German born director of the haunting Dr. Mabuse films, Metropolis, and M, as well as many of the finest film noir classics of the 40’s, born this day in Vienna, Austria-Hungary in 1890. R.I.P.

I Was a TV Horror Host (BOOK NEWS)

John Stanley hosted "Creature Features" in the San Francisco-Bay Area for 6 years (‘79-84), and met some of the greatest entertainment icons of the 20th Century. With an historic overview of creepy storytellers from the early days of movies and radio, this pictorial history, including 559 photos, updates Stanley's exclusive interview material with Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Ray Harryhausen and many many more! The result is a swirling cauldron of fascinating media history.

Click HERE for more info and to order yours now!

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

The Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics (NEWS)

Nearly 450 pages long, The Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics arrives in February ’08 from Running Press, and features over 60 classic horror tales of the 50’s, (64 pages in full-color.) This volume also includes modern contributors, and more. Softcover, 6x9, B&W, $17.95

Skeleton’s Gibbet

At first I thought I had the most disgustingly titled pre-code comic book story of all time for you today. But then I read it again and realized the word was not “giblet” but actually gibbet (which is just an alternate name for a gallows.) Don’t get me wrong, this is still a good story, it’s just Skeleton’s Giblet could have no doubt been a true nauseating classic. Can you imagine what the splash page would have looked like? Wertham could have had a field day with it…

From the April 1954 issue of The Unseen #14

Tank of Corpses

With a name like Tank of Corpses, how can you go wrong? I’m surprised the idea of a haunted med school cadaver tank hasn’t been used more often in horror comics, or even horror films. There was a mildly entertaining attempt with the Horrorfest ’06 entry UNREST, but in the end it just didn’t quite deliver enough cinematic chills as it could have. Leave it to a 55 year old comic book story to show them how it’s done.

From the April 1952 issue of Witches Tales #9

Unrest (TRAILER)

If today’s Tank of Corpses story intrigued you into wanting to see more formaldehyde soaked terrors then here’s the trailer for last year’s moderately watchable Horrorfest film UNREST. A big selling point was the tagline claim that they actually used “real corpses” in the making of the film. Not sure if that’s true or not, so judge for yourself…

Diary of a Madman (DVD NEWS)

AC Comics has announced another classic Vincent Price release finally coming to DVD this February. Based on the Guy De Maupassant horror tale The Horla, Diary of a Madman stars Vinny P as a man possessed by an evil creature evicted from the body of an executed killer! Click HERE for more info!

Escape From Death

Yesterday we escaped TO death with Basil Wolverton, today we escape FROM it with underrated Atlas artist Manny Stallman. And hey, don’t let that fiery splash page fool you, this definitely is not a Human Torch tale! (FYI: This post is actually a request granted exclusively to Monster Blog’s John Kaminski. Enjoy JK!)

From the May 1952 issue of Suspense #18

Escape to Death!

So the new month begins, and as we finally draw to a close our week-long look at pre-code science fiction horrors I want to thank everyone who came by, commented, and contributed stories in November. I can guarantee there will be plenty of blood soaked, unholy, screaming evil coming up (especially) this month… you know, to counter-balance all the angelic warmth and fuzzy wuzzy goodness ‘n holiday cheer. Always fear--- Karswell is here!

And here’s another great Basil Wolverton submission courtesy of Brian Hirsch, from the June 1952 issue of Weird Tales of the Future #2

HorrorBid.com (NEWS)

Horrorbid.com is a new auction site like ebay, but one that deals solely and specifically with the buying and selling of horror related items only. It’s an interesting concept and once they get more items up on the auction chop block this could possibly turn into the next best place to shop for horror! They even put $5 in your pay pal account when you register (and registration is FREE!) so click HERE to sign up.

Nightmare World

Yikes, it’s December already! But it’s also Saturday, which means a double story post of course, and today it’s Basil Wolverton’s turn to show you something scary from outer space. Both classics today are from the excellent Weird Tales of the Future series from Key Publications… and as any collector will tell you, these are some of the most highly sought after pre-code comic books of all time.

Originally presented in the Sept 1952 issue of Weird Tales of the Future #3