Death Fish / Poor Fish!

It's Double Header Fish Fryday for you today, with both main courses guaranteed to twist their deadly hooks in ya! The first story is from the December 1953 issue of This Magazine is Haunted #14, (the final issue of this spectacular series in fact), with art by Bud Thompson, --followed by a rather painful quickie from the April 1954 issue of The Thing #13, with possible art by Chic Stone. Have a great weekend fiends, and don't choke on any fish bones!

The Wig 2

Okay. Last month I misunderstood my friend Carlos after posting examples of his spanish version of THIS WIG STORY. The truth is that his scans (located at the bottom half of The Hungry Lodger post HERE) were actually translated versions of a Bud Thompson tale from the December 1953 issue of This Magazine is Haunted #14 (which I do not own), and everything is the same except for the text, so it’s not a “foreign re-make” as I called it. And technically I shouldn’t call this “The Wig 2”, as this one contains its own clever plot twist differences, plus it actually hit stands one month BEFORE the Out of the Shadows version. Whew! Got all of that? Anyway, a weird coincidence, or another example of publisher swipage? Or is this based on some piece of horror literature that I am unaware of?

Hell Toupee indeed…

Thanks again to Carlos Federici for the scans!

TOMORROW: Waxing Nostalgia!

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Vintage Non-Horror Hair AD

The Door

Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve posted an ENTIRE pre-code horror issue, so to kick off the month of February I’m doing just that for the next 3 days. The reality, as some of you know, is that it’s a rare thing indeed to find a single issue containing ALL post-worthy stories from front cover to back. But the August 1953 issue of This Magazine is Haunted #12 nicely fits the bill with a decent mix of weird horror and sci-fi, and some good art and writing too. So sit back and enjoy, our fest begins now… just… beyond… the… door…