The Man with the Beast-like Face

We're a day early, but Werewolf Wednesday is here and already howlin' at your moon (huh?!), and today it's a ferociously fun fright-fight courtesy of the April 1948 issue of Manhunt #7. Yes sir, Inspector Kirk is back (see another perplexin' post HERE) and ok we agree, it's pretty light on story, but man oh wolfman is it ever rockin' with the Scotland Yard copper trading fisticuffs vs. lycanthrope action! So don't ask any questions, just sit back and enjoy the ringside (and rooftop) seat as we all learn another valuable lesson in how to stop a weird ass werewolf!











This story even graced the full cover on a later 1954 reprint! POW! 

Dracula's Guest

We lost the last of the iconic, golden age horror greats yesterday, and we will honor his legacy throughout the month with tales related to his amazing life and career. To many, the man was Dracula, so what better place to start than with an encore presentation of the Bram Stoker classic, "Dracula's Guest" adapted by Frank Bolle in 1966 for Christopher Lee's Treasury of Terror paperback (originally featured here at THOIA back in 2010.)

Rest in peace, dear Prince of Darkness.

Dracula's Guest

In 1966 Pyramid Books released Christopher Lee's Treasury of Terror, a small paperback book containing black and white "picture stories of supernatural horror" as selected by Lee himself, featuring five fright classics: Robert Bloch's "The Past Master", Rudyard Kipling's "The Mark of the Beast", Ambrose Bierce's "The Death of Halprin Frayser", "Wentworth's Day" by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth, and finally today's THOIA Flash Forward pick, Bram Stoker's long-lost first exploit of Count Dracula "Dracula's Guest" (adapted by E. Nelson Bridwell and illustrated by Frank Bolle.) There's more after the story...

Other artists applying their talents to this fine collection are Alden McWilliams, Russ Jones, EC's legendary Johnny Craig, (and Mort Drucker on the cover.) If you enjoyed today's story let me know, I'll be glad to feature other tales from this collection in the future.

---Karswell