The Case of the Vampire Murders

Let us now open one last case file from the luridly lively, pulp-fisted, Bentley of Scotland Yard series from Pep Comics. And up to this point, all of the stories we've seen so far have been from the later Paul Reinman illustrated era... well now we're rollin' the clock way back for an even early entry, via the September 1940 issue of Pep Comics #8, where we find that the great Sam Cooper has taken over the art duties. Everyone seems to have enjoyed these posts, so don't be surprised if Bentley pays us another visit sometime before the summer's end. Stay tombed, lots more on the way!

Waltz of the Vampire

The blood screaming image at the bottom left of page one below contains another panel I've seen taken out of context and shared all over the www for the last few years, so if you were ever curious about where it originally came from then look no further, --or look in the April 1941 issue of Blue Ribbon Comics #11. This is also another weird war era hero vs. horror tale that we've occasionally been looking at here at THOIA to variety things up a bit, annnnd if you're not familiar with spooky supe "Mr. Justice", then CLICK HERE to find out what his actual deal is. But this is a fun, fast paced frolic of fear with vampires and nazis, plus a 40's style musical dance number even! Maybe we'll look at another Mr. Justice story before the month is over, stay tombed...