From the March 1955 issue of Mystic #36 (the very last precode issue from this series before they added the hideous comic code stamp of approval *gag!) And leave it to Jay Scott Pike to illustrate one of the most gorgeous bad girls of them all... she actually kind of reminds me of a Silver Age era Buscema gal! Anyway, be careful what you wish for, already!!
Here we go with another eerie Atlas classic, and it's Robert Q. Sale's turn to sell you the rose-tinted glasses. Don't take this the wrong way, friends, but the last thing THOIA would ever attempt to do is keep any of you "safe from the trouble and paaaain..." (from the June 1954 issue of Mystic #41.)
THOIA's February Freak-A-Thon continues with a creature feature science fiction horror classic from the September 1951 issue of Mystic #4! Seriously, is there anything freakier than Basil Wolverton art?! 'Nuff said...
We'll leave all the hugs 'n kisses to AEET and dedicate the new month of posts here at THOIA to the February Freaks! So lets drag out our first eerie excursion from the scary 'ol sea, aka the May 1952 issue of Mystic #8, and it's one illustrated by the late, great Joe Sinnott, no less! Yes sir, batten down the hatches-- things are gonna get beastly around here for a bit!
If you enjoyed our little hunting tale in the last post, we've got another! And sinister Sid Check leads the party into the wild 'n wooly depths of Werewolf Wednesday doom this time around, --it's a savage story with more bites than you could ever possible chew! From the June 1954 issue of Mystic #31.
Summer swamp swing time here at THOIA, --so find you some frightening fun on the run-- before it findssss you! From the December 1952 issue of Mystic #15, art by Vic Carrabotta.
A few of you seemed to enjoy the Dracu-Cat kitten in our last post, so here's another frisky little feline transformation tale from the swampier sector of the April 1953 issue of Mystic #19. Dare I call today's post a "Werecat Wednesday" weirdy? Well, I guess I just did. And to be honest, even better than the story is that amazingly creepy cover art by Carl Burgos!
Love is in the scare all this month, and we mean it, seriously-- it's so strong you can smell it! But *yawn* maybe we've done this all before, so how about we try something different? Say, maybe a 25 cent ride through the 'ol Tunnel of Love'll do the trick? Mr. Karswell highly recommends that you give it a whirl, you might even come out the other side as a totally changed person. From the January 1953 issue of Mystic #16.
