Tomorrow is Today

I've been posting stories here at THOIA since 2007, and aside from one text page entry from 2009 HERE, I believe this is actually the very first Ouija board related comic tale I've ever featured (someone please correct me if I'm wrong.) It's weird though, right? Ouija, or "spirit" boards have been popular since the late 1800's, so you'd think there'd be a bunch of related comic tales. Can anyone think of any others to recommend for future posts here? This also concludes our frightfully fun Fawcett precode series fest of B!TTs... from the July 1953 issue of Beware! Terror Tales #8, with art possibly by Sheldon Moldoff (again), and / or maybe Ed Moline. Now, does anyone know who created that sinsational witch cover?

The Weirdest Corpse of All Time!

I've posted a lot of stories here over the years about stupid ass slobs getting their well-earned, just rewards. But occasionally I'll find a tale where I have to wonder, with everything truly awful all around him: "Does this guy really deserve his grisly fate?" Maybe the life he was living was worse and his death actually becomes his well-earned escape, who knows... anyway, we're keeping things weird and corpsey around here, in fact, today's tale is about The Weirdest Corpse of all Time! From the December 1951 issue of This Magazine is Haunted #2, art by Sheldon Moldoff and Ed Moline.

Curse of the Werewolf

This wild 'n wooly (and lengthy) werewolf tale from the Jan '52 issue of Worlds of Fear #2 (Fawcett Publications), features some very nice art by Sheldon Moldoff and Ed Moline (??), as well as a few panels where some obvious Lon Chaney Jr. Wolf Man photo reference was used-- for example the first panel on page 5 is a rather well known image from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein from 1948 (and is pictured at the very end of todays post too.) If you spot any others let us know about 'em in the comments! Oh, and Happy Easter to all of my THOIA friends, long time returning chums as well as new ones... today you all get a killer hairy wolf dude instead of a filler hairy bunny.

Death! / The Last Man! / Escape!

Today THOIA serves you three times the terror, all from the Sept. '54 issue of Uncanny Tales #24. First, Myron Fass brews up an unexpected visit from "Death!" himself, followed by Ed Moline's superbly spooky "The Last Man!", and finally rounding out our traumatic triple beheader with "Escape!" possibly illustrated by Sid Greene (so sayeth Ger), it's a fast paced thriller which proves not every story about a man escaping from prison by hiding in a coffin will end in a premature burial... well, sort of.

The Faceless Ones / "Going...Down!" / The Strange Shop!

3's a charm as we plunge deeper down, down, down into the nether regions of satanic horror this Devilcember! Three Atlas tales for you: The Faceless Ones (from the March 1954 issue of Adventures into Terror #29), "Going...Down!" (from the December 1951 issue of Adventures into Terror #7), and finally The Strange Shop! (from the April 1954 issue of Adventures into Weird Worlds #28.) Sit back and let Myron Fass, Joe Maneely, and Ed Moline lead you along the THOIA Highway to Hell today.

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A few more Atlas Tales on the way this week too from Colan, Ayers, Tuska and more! Say your prayers now...