Sunday Bloody Sundays are back, and it's time to wake up for another terrifyin' THOIA delivery of precode horror goodness-- right to your doomed doorstep! Yes, this is a fun tale with a great ending, and from the same August 1953 issue of Strange Fantasy #7 as our previous post HERE. And please don't forget to tip the delivery boy, --he works REALLY hard for the money!
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The funny part is that even when gulping down the bottles of blood, Mr. Black really doesn’t look like a vampire. Probably because we’re not used to vampires wearing normal business suits and jackets and glasses. That’s definitely not what I think of when picturing a vampire. Also, when Peter claims Mr. Black was the ugliest man he’s ever seen, I didn’t really see that either. I mean, he looked pretty normal to me, not like, say Nosfuratu or something. I love the narration stating that Anne’s heels clacks down the stairs like a berserk woodpecker.🤣🤣 The one question I have was neglecting to cancel his blood delivery service an accident or did he do this on purpose to leave payment for the delivery man? Also, the blood man is such a fun idea!
A vampire as a realtor, that wasn't too surprising to some during the last housing bubble.
This could be just one chapter of a continuing tale where the vampire/realtor sells a house to an unsuspecting buyer, he collects the blood and the ghoul Bloodman collects the bodies. If the vampire-realtor was smart, he would casually mention to the buyer that the local milkman delivers 'a special tomato juice' that is a favorite of the realtor, who will pick it up when it is delivered.
The Bloodman reminds me of a vampire joke I had seen in the comic Bizarro-
A vampire stands in the doorway while a pizza deliveryman is outside holding a pizza, the vampire calls back into the house "Dinner's here, and it came with a side order of pizza."
Thanks for making this a outstanding October, Karswell.
I like this one, the art is a bit stiff but the story is fun, and I like the weird business dynamic the vampire / ghoul have. I also like the concept that a giant skeleton hand delivers stuff through your window, if Amazon did that I'd certainly become a subscriber.
Normally I feel sorry for innocent victims in stories like this but Anne and Peter are pretty much asking for. "You can't run from the supernatural" er yes you can! "Hush, maybe there's still a chance..." now is not the time, Peter!
Peter's bad heart didn't really play into the story. Did it make Anne not want to tell him about the blood? Yes, but she did, anyway.
I love the ghoul crashing through the door. That's going to piss off the vampire because now he'll have to fix that before he can rent it again!
I noticed that the “bad heart” mention never really played into the story either, Brian. Usually stories with bum tickers end with the the person dying from them. Here? It’s not the bad heart that does Peter in, it’s the Blood Man himself. Another weird detail in this story is that Peter not only immediately believe Anne when she tells him about the bottles of blood and Mr. Black slurping it down like Coca Cola, he comes up with an entirely plausible explanation for it!
Man, that vampire has worked out a real money maker there. Sell house to stupid young couple, kill them, repeat, PROFIT!
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