Like many of you this evening, THOIA is also dressin' up to paint the town orange 'n black (and red) with costumes and candy and all kinds of wicked Witches' Sabbat shenanigans. Now where did I put that sacrificial dagger, anyways? And oh, look at 'ol Norman over there, hookin' up with the absolute purrrrfect girl of his screams-- err, dreams, via the April 1952 issue of Suspense #17! She will most certainly have a bone or two to pick clean with him before the night is over! But first up, let's do what everybody loves the most on a night like this, and that's playing a spooky prank on an unsuspecting victim! Yesss, hee-hee, we've got our sights set on someone in particular-- let's just hope we can actually pull it off without a horrible hitch, --from the April '54 issue of Shocking Mystery Cases #58. Everyone have a great holiday, and Mr. Karswell hopes you all enjoyed this month of petrifyin' posts. See you in November for lots rots more-- HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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Happy Halloween! Have a good one!
Vanny and Sam were absolute jerks making fun of poor Alvin like that. Fun little twist in this one being that they were killed by their own fear and Alvin thankfully will recover from this incident. One small thing though, I noticed that Sam and Vanny's fears were swapped around when they actually came into play. Sam is the one who was afraid of hanging and Vanny is the one afraid of falling from high places. Yet, Sam is the one who crashes out the window and Vanny is the one who accidentally hangs himself. The second story is always a delight to see. I love Norman and Miss Leopardess' banter at the party, along with the idea that a leopard woman could easily blend in at a party like this without anyone being the wiser--except for maybe Norman, but dead men can't recollect what they've learned too late.
Happy Halloween followers of THOIA!
If Alvin's face wasn't drawn so terrifying on the splash and bottom right page five, this could have been a Charlton or Gold Key type horror tale. Two pranksters who get their comeuppance is often found in bronze age tales, and here it works well only because of Alvin's Mr. Hyde like appearance.
In 'Norman Was Right', this is how Curse of The Cat People should have played out. Could this were-leopard be considered the first furry?
This feline femme fatale reminds me of Hall and Oates "Maneater" or the tune on youtube "Leopards Are Eating My Face" -
something Norman experienced first hand.
It's kind of a funny detail to have the 4-F character getting taunted by two characters who never ended up in the war, and who don't even claim that they DID.
Judging by that one page, "Monster Hunters" is one more comic that went in for "healthy-looking" witches.
(As if "Madam Cat" weren't ENOUGH when it comes to this posting.)
Glowworm: Good catch! I didn't notice the error of switching the fears!
No Harm Done reads like a fun campfire tale, and I love the super deformed face, both in the splash and in the story.
In Norman was Right, that is one sexy leopard woman!
These are an interesting collection of tales because both of them work within the same thought line -- jerks who are incredibly confident getting their comeuppance. In one, it's from a strange transformation (which doesn't actually seem to be a monster but just a monstrous form) and the other from a true monster.
Great artwork in both tales; Harm is a bit text heavy but I love the smirking jokesters and timid Alvin, and in Norman just great character work all around. Both tales -- Norman especially -- have pretty telegraphed endings but work on building up the jerks over pages so them getting it has a bigger impact on the reader.
Happy Halloween to Karswell and the readers of THOIA!
Sorry if I missed it in the post, but where does The Witches Sabbat come from? Looks more '70s than '50s!
Definitely 70’s, from Charlton’s Monster Hunters:
https://www.comics.org/issue/31492/
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