October was packed with so many grisly, ghastly story posts, I figured the least we could do is keep that same shivery spirit alive here in November as well! And with that, we enter the December - Jan. 1966 issue of Unknown Worlds #52, to find a trio of aged supernatural sleuths encountering some-thing they hadn't quite bargained for! This is a very funny post-code tale via ACG, and might even remind some of you of the old back-up cinema spookers from the 1930's and 40's. Artist, Edd Ashe has a unique visual style, and checking THOIA's Archive I see only one other credited post HERE. I'll have to see what else I can dig up by him, his stuff is a scream...
There are many "friendly ghost" stories, but this one takes some odd turns.
ReplyDeleteThis could have been the plot for a British 'Carry On' movie, such as 'Carry On Screaming'. They wouldn't have to change much to make it work, just add in the typical bawdy British humor/humour and it would have been a smash hit.
ReplyDeleteGhost dodged a bullet....make that a 155mm shell.....there. Imagine what would have happened if she were killed in the fall. She'd become a ghostess, marry the poor ghost, and makr his unlife miserable for the rest of eternity.
ReplyDeleteI feel sorry for ol’ grisly… though she wasn’t much of a catch…. I see the cover for this issue was attributed to “Lou Wahl”… but I swear this was Kurt Schaffenberger… who had done Captain Marvel, Superman and Lois Lane…that really looks like his cartoony style…
ReplyDeleteOK, out of the hundreds of stories you've published this is the most horrifying one of them all. The Grisly Ghost of Ghastly Grange, whose concept of beauty is both wacky and inspiring at the same time, tries everything and at the very end is sent out crying his ghostly wails as the object of his affections completely burns him to the ground.
ReplyDeleteThat's absolutely horrifying! It's killing me!
I love how she twists her rescue "hoping to catch me on the bounce to count my broken bones!" Ha!
I really like the art in this one, our ghost hunters (and the ghost) are super distinct, and the artist is drawing more than your regular he-man and good girl art. It's fun, and clever, and quite a bit different than a lot of friendly ghost stories. Very neat!
Usually when I come home I look around and make extra sure I'm not living in a grange.
ReplyDeleteIt really mystifies me why granges are always so haunted. Granges are basically ancient barns, right? Old stone sheds for grain storage? Like, I can see why they'd be haunted by horses, I guess--but why this Don Quixote type? This wizened old knight in his armor with his lute? What he doing in trapped barn? There's a grisly backstory here, I suspect.
I love the Scooby Doo panel where they're running from the ghost lights on page four.