Monday, December 9, 2013
Two for the Money
Some guys have all the luck! And let me tell you, it's definitely NOT the guy in our next story... read along as this poor slob gets every little horrific thing that he totally freakin' deserves. From the October 1954 issue of Mysterious Adventures #22 --and featuring Bill Savage pencils!
It's kinda hard to take Harvey's claims that all his clients are "rich old bags" seriously, when all the ladies in this comic are drawn in a classic pulp Matt Baker sort of way. (Except Carlotta, but hey, she's got her own hang-ups.)
ReplyDeleteWow, this beats George Romero to the flesh-eating zombie concept by over a decade! (In most horror comics of this era, the flesh-eaters are either called ghouls or cannibals...)
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ReplyDeleteSo Harvey was a confidence man. Here's an idea -- make a deal with these creatures. You have two beautiful and rich wives, and you use your skills to lure in victims for them.
ReplyDeleteWhat would be better for them: having to marry, wait months, than explain what happened to the cops, than marry again? What do they get, a victim every couple years?
Harvey gets two hot wives and all the money he can spend, and just has to lure in overweight suckers, something he's already an expert at.
Awesome zombie (really more a ghoul, though) at the end. Why the writer makes sure to point out "hair hands" shines more into the writer's phobias than true horror!
Man, that was a great splash! I really dig the loose, moody art here. I like the story too; especially the first half, which really cashes in on the info we were given in the splash to keep us guessing. Sadly, the only two possible twists were that both women were monsters or that a third woman was going to pop up unexpectedly, so the last half of the story was a bit less clever. But who cares? Now Harvey can become a mummy and the trio can hook up to fight crime monster style.
ReplyDeleteI'm all for Monster Teams that fight crime, sign me up!
ReplyDeleteLoads more left to post here in 2013-- and don't forget to pick up a copy of HAUNTED HORROR #8-- in stores NOW!
I don't know about "Ilka" and "Eva" but since she's from Eastern Europe I guess "Habor" is probably meant to make you think "Gabor."
ReplyDelete(In fact, the way she tries to use up a husband actually sounds a little like a Zsa Zsa joke.)