Thursday, April 11, 2019
The Horror of the Hearse
What's that you scream, not enough chemical vat torture stories here at THOIA? Well, let me rectify that NOW. Fans of mysterious detective tales (like Dr. Drew for example) should enjoy this eerie expedition into macabre murder and vengeance, as Kirk of Scotland Yard faces one of his most facelessly evil adversaries! From the Dec '47 issue of Manhunt #3, with perfectly petrifying art by Paul Parker!
Wow Mr. K., another hero with questionable actions. I enjoyed the art and story. The antagonists face being nice and gruesome. The denouement was a bit rushed though, for my tastes. That "black Cat" cover, I liked the little green man jumping with excitement. Thank you Mr. K.
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ReplyDeleteOkay, that was awesome.
ReplyDeleteCould easily be an early '60's Italian/German horror movie.
Mestiere:
ReplyDelete'Ever seen some of those Bollywood movies where they anachronistically have horses and cars, swords and bullets?'
Completely the same with many 30's/40's cheap westerns.
Jeez, guys, WHEN is this taking place??
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ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Scotland and anachronisms, the notorious anthology film GALLERY OF HORROR has a story set in "Edinburgh in the 18th Century," where a character has a short phone conversation.
ReplyDeleteI have to question the justice in all of this.
ReplyDeleteJaime kind of had a real point in his vengeance. They tortured him for FIVE YEARS and turned him into a living skeleton! Did our inspector ever mention that his torturers were caught? NOPE! Just trying to catch the poor living skeleton. I'm pretty sure his victims deserved their fate. I'm not promoting vigilantism but come on! FIVE YEARS OF TORTURE. For falling in love with somebody?
YIKES.
That chemical vat panel is awesome.
This could have been an adventure in the Doctor Who series with the third doctor, Jon Pertwee, as the hero. Make the Pre-Skeletor villain a threat from the future trying to eliminate the ancestors of his rival. The Doctor's companion, Sarah Jane, gets kidnapped due to mistaken identity just as in the comic, and its a race against time for the Time Lord to save his companion.
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Oh man! A skeleton with a pompadour from a fifties comic! That's some kind of undead hepcat fashion right there. Since this takes place in post-war London, I guess our revenge-mad international man of mystery was trying to fit into the network of gangland Teddy Boys feeding him necessary street dope, à la the Shadow. And why not? Teens are notorious gate-keepers, but I guess one perk of being a living skeleton is that one can dodge all sorts of age restrictions.
ReplyDeleteAnd for the record, an image search for "horse-drawn funeral" brings up thousands of post-war examples. Meanwhile, the "wild west" most definitely lasted well into modern times. The shootout at the OK Corral happened about fifteen years before cars started appearing on US streets, but Wyatt Earp lived long enough to be a consultant on early Hollywood oaters (John Ford was a good friend, Tom Mix was one of his pall bearers). Plenty of small western towns and northern pioneer villages still looked just as "cowboy" as they ever did well into the thirties. Except for all the cars, of course.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the weird comments, lol-- keep 'em coming cuz I have lots more weirdness coming right up
ReplyDeleteI know what Brian Barnes means. For every Phantom of the Opera type story that really goes into the character's grievances, there are many others that brush that aside.
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