Tricks & Treats!

Time for a trio of terrifyin' tricks 'n treats, (also don't forget to check out AEET today too!), and we're kicking things off here with a nightmarish Dickens-esque twist by Sanho Kim-- a spooky Samhain holiday horror hit from the September 1969 issue of Ghost Manor #8. And it just wouldn't be Halloween without a visit from 'ol ever reliable, Edgar Allan Poe, with not one, but two legendary classics courtesy of The Master: "Telltale Heart" via the February 1955 debut issue of Charlton's Win A Prize #1, (sorry, no artist info available at the moment), plus, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" from the April 1945 debut issue of Debbie Dean Comics #1, art by Chad Grothkopf. My ultimate plan has always been to archive all comic adaptations of Poe here at THOIA, and it's amazing to stumble upon older illustrated variations such as these that I was previously unaware of. Hope everyone has a hellacious Halloween, and we'll see you again very soon in the coming month with lots rots more. Stay tombed...

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Altar of the Axe

After witnessing the blonde bombshell, ass kickin' horror action of our previous post HERE --I feel this voluptuous vibe has totally set us up for a wild, week long theme! Enter another fair haired, hard hittin' honey, this time in a juicy jungle jolter from the July 1954 issue of of Cave Girl #13! The great, Gardner Fox wrote the script, while Bob Powell delivers the va-va-va-visuals and pummlin', powerhouse savagery of manhandlin' Carol Mantomer, aka Cave Girl-- who makes her dynamic debut here at THOIA too, I might add! If you ever wondered what Poe's Pit and the Pendulum would be like in a jungle setting, well, --it's swingin' your way NOW!

The Raven

It just wouldn't be October without an Edgar Allan Poe post, or in the very least, a Poe inspired tale of terror. So instead of giving you the same old beat of a Tell-Tale Heart, or yet another murder in some rue-ish morgue someplace sorrowful, let's flip open a few fun pages from the January 1943 issue of Pep Comics #35, where The Hangman (he's a super hero, by the way) tackles another bird brain bad guy who's seriously flown the coop! The dark, shadowy hospital setting is nicely realized by the ever bad ass illustrative mastery of Bob Fujitani, --there's just a lot of great action art and eerie faces, not to mention an absolute load of lurid thrills 'n chills! You've likely never seen Poe presented quite like this before here at THOIA, and fans of The Spirit, Dr. Drew, etc are sure to get a kick (and maybe a punch or two) outta this one! And of course, if you require much more legitimate presentations of Poe's works, CLICK HERE for lots rots more in our archive...

The Opener of the Crypt!

It's Lurid Lit 101 time again, and after our last post which weaved a rather wicked spin on a Shakespeare classic HERE, let's fulfill a recent request for not only mo' Edgar Allan Poe, but also for some Frank Brunner art! Now this is how you really weave together some legends-- and a fine addition to our recent look at illustrators who know their way around a scary skeleton drawing too! This is based on the John Jakes sequel to Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado", and originally appeared in the May 1973 issue of Chamber of Chills #4.