The Grisly Ghost of Ghastly Grange!

October was packed with so many grisly, ghastly story posts, I figured the least we could do is keep that same shivery spirit alive here in November as well! And with that, we enter the December - Jan. 1966 issue of Unknown Worlds #52, to find a trio of aged supernatural sleuths encountering some-thing they hadn't quite bargained for! This is a very funny post-code tale via ACG, and might even remind some of you of the old back-up cinema spookers from the 1930's and 40's. Artist, Edd Ashe has a unique visual style, and checking THOIA's Archive I see only one other credited post HERE. I'll have to see what else I can dig up by him, his stuff is a scream...

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Fear*

*But were afraid to ask! And indeed, for many years now, we at THOIA have asked, answered, and even argued over what actually constitutes as "fear." Everyone has their own defining ideas on this subject matter of course, and no one is entirely wrong either. And this is exactly what makes us such a freaky little, tight-nit-wit family. But today, let's crack open the April 1972 issue of The Unexpected #134 and see what a very different kind of family has to say about all of this...

Holloween Horror Time!

October is here! Time to roll out the orange and black carpet of creeps for our usual month-long Halloween celebration which is actually not that much unusually different than any other month of the year, tbh! Hey, speaking of, do you know anyone who still calls it "Holloween?" Lol! Occasionally I'll see someone spell it like that on social media, or wherever, and I just have to think to myself, "Why, that dumbbell must have holes in their head!" And then sometimes, that's right when the REAL fun begins! So buckle up and take a few tips from Swilber Smith and the March - April 1954 issue of Fantastic Fears #6 --cuz things is just gettin' started 'round here and ya oughta not miss a single post, no sir!

Murder in Wax "Starring: A Corpse"

It's Midweek Murder-thon time again, so lets crack open another perfect pair-up of crime horror mystery cases guaranteed to knock your nylons off and well into next week! Hollywood dick, Dan Turner has himself a heckuva of handful trying to straighten out a murderous screwy angle or two while on a macabre movie set in, "Murder in Wax", from the July 1953 issue of Crime Mysteries #8. But first, Hollywood glamor girl, Queenie Starr starrs in the new Sam Wilde horror picture over at Paragram Studios, (via the July 1952 issue of Crime Mysteries #2), and if she's not careful, she too could find herself playing the lead corpse! Heater bangs, head bops, horror chops, and heavenly babes a'plenty-- what more could you ask for in a THOIA Double Feature, anyway?

Cadavers

If our last post didn't deliver enough chopped body parts for ya (well, real ones anyway), then today's cannibalistic cadaver corpse feast from the May 1953 issue of Weird Terror #5 should certainly whet your atrocious appetites! This one's pretty gruesome, I mean, "mortician's gone wild" should be a THOIA theme someday-- and also features a truly horrific hammer to the face panel that'll likely loosen more than just a few teeth, IYKWIM! And since two cadavers are always better than one, I've added a Skywald bonus from the October 1974 issue of Psycho #21 since its been a while for you text tale lovers. Plus, a funny Mel Millar gag! Forget from where though. And speaking of, a really nightmarish, sexy Skywald screamer is up next-- stay tombed!

The Moon Bat

It's time once again to blast-off into the deepest, battiest parts of ominous outer space with a fun sci-fi / horror hybrid from Charlton's short-lived, oddball, final issue of Space Western Comics #45, via August 1953. Artist credits go to Stan Campbell who also appears to have illustrated every story in this ish, as well as that great cover! And what a wildly smart mix of cowboys, science, monsters --and mmm-mmm-mini-skirts on the moon! Plus, a very funny final panel that left even cranky 'ol Mr. Karswell a'howlin' out loud!