Friday, January 11, 2008

The Unburied Mummy

It’s been a month or so since we had a spooky mummy story… so here you go! “Spooky Mummy Friday” lumberin’ atcha--- and some great Bob Powell artwork too!

From the June 1952 issue of Witches Tales #11







8 comments:

  1. Anonymous1/11/2008

    Thanks for posting this story. Years ago, I hung out at weekend flea markets and picked up all of Bob Powell's Harvey horror I could find. They could be had for a song then, compared to today. But for me at the time, even $5 - $10 for a comic was a lot.

    The few I got, I sold or turned over into other comics within a few years. So they live for me mainly as a memory now. So thanks for this beautiful blast of horror and nostalgia.

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  2. Anonymous1/11/2008

    That's a lot of beautiful comic book art right there!
    Nice post!

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  3. Anonymous1/11/2008

    FOR ALL I CARE YOU COULD POST NOTHING BUT HARVEY STORIES ON THIS BLOG AND I'D BE HAPPY! ANOTHER AWESOME POWELL CLASSIC!!

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  4. >weekend flea markets and picked up all of Bob Powell's Harvey horror

    I fear those days are long gone... I barely find anything good at flea markets anymore too, even from the silver or bronze age.

    >YOU COULD POST NOTHING BUT HARVEY STORIES ON THIS BLOG AND I'D BE HAPPY!

    Well you'll be happy for the next 3 days at least, got more Palais, Elias and Nostrand Harvey horror coming atcha all weekend!

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  5. Anonymous1/11/2008

    Great artwork!love the evil face of the mummy!i remember that in THE COMIC BOOK-BOOK,Don Thompson describes a story about "mummies sucking peoples guts out through their mouths" wonder if this was it?,it's certainly tamer than he made it out to be if it is.

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  6. I just noticed on page four, bottom panel on the left... you can see some pink color on the mummy's neck. It gives the impression that he's just some dude wearing a mummy mask.

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  7. When oh when will these mad scientists learn? No good ever comes of reanimating the dead!
    But it is fun to watch them wreak havoc.

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  8. Just started working my way through this wonderful site, and this is by far my favorite yet. Really like this artist - more Bob Powell please! And I like that the Mummy needs specific chemicals. LOL

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