Cult of Killers!

Who's ready for a heapin' fistful of more crime horror? This time our "Monday Murdering" comes via the Feb. '53 issue of Wanted Comics #52, and Bill Woolfolk delivers yet another whip-smart crackin' script for Harry Anderson to beautifully load-up with cloaked cult kooks, smokey opium dens, swirling dancers, and dead duck dames; in particular, one truly disturbing hanging aftermath panel. So grab your black bandit masks, it's time to stop a couple'a cold-blooded, crazed killers on the loose! PLUS, another juicy John Buscema cover too!

Make Way for Murder!

"Monday Murderings" has a nice ring to it, so let's spend the rest of the month livenin' up those Monday blues with some Monday grues! NOTE: Grue definition and meanings: 1.) a creeping of the flesh. 2.) to shiver or shudder. 3.) to feel a strong aversion-- and all of these definitions most certainly apply to this incredible tale of vengeance from beyond the slimy lime pit grave-- a story not even found in a horror comic, but instead the October 1952 issue of WANTED Comics #50! This is some top tier terror via the "The Mausoleum of Weird Crimes", and exceptionally well scripted by Bill Woolfolk, (the "mile after mile" narrative in the middle of page 5 is ghastly AF!), and --hold the phone-- pencils / inks here are by the late great John Buscema, who also created that spectacularly surreal cover! And hold on to your skin before it completely slithers away, because this tale actually goes one finale insane step beyond the usual shambling dead revenge plot!

Night of the Walking Dead!

Part 3 in our look at the origins of zombie hero Simon Garth from the 1973 debut issue of Tales of the Zombie #1. As the cover blurb on later issues from this series states, "He lives! He strikes! No grave can hold him!" and for a total of 10 brutal issues he proved just that, in what is easily one of the better and strangely underrated Marvel Magazine series of the early 70's. Got lots more black and white horror coming up too, as I've decided to just finish out the month of February sans color.

The Altar of the Damned!

Now that you've read Stan Lee and Bill Everett's classic "Zombie!" (see our last post HERE) aren't you just a wee bit curious to know how Simon Garth became one of the living dead? Well look no further, because the 1973 World Screamiere issue of Tales of the Zombie #1 delivered just that-- and some bare female flesh too (is anyone still complaining about Donna Garth's make-over from her Golden Age appearence into a mod blonde bombshell?!)

NEXT: More Simon Garth-- and daughter Donna too!

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