The Desert Castle

An interestingly simple little sci-fi horror premise from the September 1952 issue of Weird Tales of the Future #3: Two scientists working on a special generating fluid in an isolated desert castle accidentally spill the experiment on an ancient suit of armor, thus bringing it to violent life. Tony Mortellaro's koo-koo art works this one fast paced 'n full-tilt fun, and I totally adore the questioning climax with the bug eyed, bewildered scientist barely comprehending any of the possible outcomes to what he has just created. What have they done, indeed? What. Have. They. Done?!

Under Her Thumb!

Sometimes living with an awful family member can be just as horrific as any 'ol vampire or zombie, as is the case between these lovely siblings featured in the piss-poorly printed January 1953 pre-code issue of Weird Tales of the Future #5. 

The Purple Mists!

Hey, it's SCARY SCI-FI FRIDAY so let's blast off for a gruesome little tale o'tomorrow adventure that I think you all will really enjoy-- highlighted by some super spooky art from HORRORS OF IT ALL fave and friend, Hy Fleischman! So Happy Friday the 13th, fiends, and what ever you do-- stay away from the mists!! AIEEEEE!!! (Cover art by Bernard Baily)

From the March 1953 issue of Weird Tales of the Future #6.

Escape to Death!

So the new month begins, and as we finally draw to a close our week-long look at pre-code science fiction horrors I want to thank everyone who came by, commented, and contributed stories in November. I can guarantee there will be plenty of blood soaked, unholy, screaming evil coming up (especially) this month… you know, to counter-balance all the angelic warmth and fuzzy wuzzy goodness ‘n holiday cheer. Always fear--- Karswell is here!

And here’s another great Basil Wolverton submission courtesy of Brian Hirsch, from the June 1952 issue of Weird Tales of the Future #2

Nightmare World

Yikes, it’s December already! But it’s also Saturday, which means a double story post of course, and today it’s Basil Wolverton’s turn to show you something scary from outer space. Both classics today are from the excellent Weird Tales of the Future series from Key Publications… and as any collector will tell you, these are some of the most highly sought after pre-code comic books of all time.

Originally presented in the Sept 1952 issue of Weird Tales of the Future #3