Blogger's acting glitchy again, and I've been trying to get this one up for a few days-- anyway, I guess it's working now, so here's the final weird west horror post as promised, finally... another spooky fun "Tales of the Ghost Rider" double feature, both by Dick Ayers and both from the March 1953 issue of The Ghost Rider #11. Has anyone ever seen (or have) one of those cool mail-away Ghost Rider masks in the ad below?
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I really enjoyed the first story. I love a good chasing body part, and especially one where the story spends a good amount of time giving you explanations for why the body part just keeps showing up. Even though you know it's supernatural, I like how they cast a little bit of doubt along the way.
Ayers had a really strong eye for cowboy tales, horror or not. The horizontal sequence on page 2 is a real stunner.
Does hell work dress requirements included bald head and goatee? Those are very comic book devils!
> bald head and goatee? Those are very comic book devils!
I wanted to use this story in my Devil Tales collection, but ran out of room...
Okay, one comment absolutely warrants a change in posting, so we'll be heading into outer space next for our next one-- stay tombed...
Aargh. I just had a busy week full of numbskull shit is all. Still don't know how I missed this for so long. I'll stick with "Blogger glitches"! Great excuse!
Ha ha, it's nice to get a really clear idea of how hard it is to draw foreshortened fingers. I mean, that I have a lot of trouble doing it means nothing. But if even Dick Ayers can't quite get it right? I'm surprised he didn't just come up with a different visual plan. I also notice that he had far less trouble drawing digits comin' at ya in the amazing splash of story two.
Loved Hand Wrenched from the Grave. Great campfire feel. I'm delighted that the paranormal mechanism is weaponized happenstance--although I love a story in which a hand trots along under its own steam, too.
So that's where the extra hand in the face of horror came from. Or was it from Michael Caines' "The Hand" or any of the myriad of other severed hand movies. Thanks for posting!
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