The Ice Man Cometh

DAY ONE of the October 1953 issue of Mysterious Adventures #16, in its entirety. I think I’ll skip the introductions for the next four posts and just let these stories speak for themselves, or maybe for today I’ll let the final panel of this one speak for them all. Like. Whoa.

TOMORROW: Another revolting tale of murder and-- robotics!

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PLUS: A Bonus Quickie (same issue)

The Eyes of Horror

A favorite theme among pre-code collectors is comics that contain “eye injury” panels. Stories with this illustrated bit of gruesome physical discomfort usually go for a lot of money, (more money in fact than comics featuring scantily clad women with their headlights on extra bright.) Maybe later this month we’ll have a little gouge fest of our own, but in the meantime here’s a nice example from Brian Hirsch to leave you scrambling for some Visine drops.

From the June 1952 issue of Mysterious Adventures #8