Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Corpse Springs Alive!

In all my years of reading horror comics I've learned this important fact: corpses are razor sharp, and if you're not careful you can very easily cut yourself on one and start bleeding. What the hell am I talking about you ask? Well read on then if you don't understand or believe me. I mean, what--- you think someone actually makes this stuff up?!!

From the February 1952 issue of Mysterious Adventures #6









More Mysterious Adventures all this week--- stay tuned!
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17 comments:

  1. Cie Cheesemeister3/16/2010

    Oh goody, a beddy-bye story!
    I have to be up at 4 AM. UGH!

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  2. Runs.with.Ferals3/16/2010

    No rest for the dead in this one. Damn viagra, keeps us erect even after we're gone~!

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  3. Unca Jeffy3/16/2010

    People say "paper cuts are the worst!". I gotta say "corpse cuts" got 'em beat!

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  4. Anonymous3/16/2010

    EE-OW! LOOKEE! SEE SEE! Truer words have ne'er been spoken...

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  5. Mr. Karswell3/16/2010

    I guess somehow being buried in a salt mine causes corpse flesh to become sharp. Ah well, it's not the clumbsiest bit of writing I've ever read in a comic book... let's save that for maybe the next post.

    Thanks for the early bird comments too, keep 'em coming!

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  6. Frank Forte3/16/2010

    Great story. the weird colors make it even creepier. This is a great blog!!!

    surandeThanks for the EEEK plug. the links aren't working for some reason. I just posted some images on the Asylum Press Blog

    http://asylumpress.blogspot.com/

    The book will be out for Sept. 2010 (halloweenish)

    Thanks

    Frank F
    Publisher
    Asylum Press
    www.asylumpress.com

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  7. chrismartindeed3/16/2010

    Speaking of paper cuts...

    Am I imagining things or was there a Golden horror story about a man who could make himself as flat and sharp as a razor?

    Not 'The Flat Man' stories from Journey Into Fear No.19 or Spellbound No. 3... but something just as outlandish.

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  8. Anonymous3/16/2010

    I WAS GLAD WHEN THE ZOMBIE KILLED SYDNEY, MAN THAT GUY WAS ANNOYING! COOL POST AND THOUGH THE ART SEEMS KIND OF CHEAP IT WORKS WELL WITH THE SILLY STORY.

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  9. Mr. Karswell3/16/2010

    >Thanks for the EEEK plug. the links aren't working for some reason.

    Fixed!

    >was there a Golden horror story about a man who could make himself as flat and sharp as a razor?

    Doesn't sound familiar to me but if anyone else reading this knows about it please let us know, or send me the scans as it sounds too good not to post! Thanks gang!

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  10. Prof. Grewbeard3/16/2010

    i DO like my corpses with a lot of salt, yummy!...

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  11. Tamfos3/17/2010

    Shouldn't it be "The Corpse Springs Ahead?" I gotta go check my watch.

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  12. Unknown3/17/2010

    How convenient that "the corpse had gone back to death!" Otherwise, we would have just been left hanging.

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  13. Tim Beard3/17/2010

    Haven't we learned not to spill blood on corpses by now?

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  14. Mr. Karswell3/17/2010

    >Haven't we learned not to spill blood on corpses by now?

    Haha, good point Tim. I suppose NOW we do know this, but maybe not so in 1952.

    I'm glad to see more comments still coming in-- The Corpse Still has Some Life!

    Got a wild Lou Cameron tale coming up later this week, but first another AC Hollingsworth atrocity full of suicide, ghosts, corpse desecration, and bottom barrel art --be here at midnight!

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  15. Patty3/17/2010

    Ooh I love comics, thanks for posting! Can't wait for the next one!

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  16. 8thRay3/18/2010

    Wow, I just realized Abe Vigoda is a Peruvian salt-preserved zombie.

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  17. Sandy7/05/2011

    Although I like comics, I never was a fan of horror ones, somehow they are too fantastic, generating psychological problems for those who are reading them.

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