The One Who Was Dead

Friday is a good day for a mummy story, (hell any day is a good day for a mummy story), so here’s a goodie from Paul Reinman. And be sure to come back tomorrow bright and early (preferably before sunrise) because for the first time we present a very special celebrity guest host for our Double Post Super Vampire Saturday!

From the December 1953 issue of Adventures Into Weird Worlds #24

The Turkey Neck (URBAN LEGEND)

Okay, how about a TRUE horror story for Thanksgiving? I guess some people would read this and say, “Where’s the horror?” My guess is those that ask this question are likely to be of the female persuasion… unless of course this sort of thing happens to their boyfriend or husband, then this of course becomes terrifying.

Mind Over Matter

Happy Thanksgiving! I bet most of you were expecting a food related horror story here today, possibly about some greedy, fat, obnoxious glutton who gets his just desserts in the end by being eaten alive or something else typically pre code. But no, for once here’s a post that has absolutely nothing relatable to the holiday it so happens to fall upon. Instead just indulge your appetite with a weird tale of terror!

From the March 1953 issue of Adventures Into Weird Worlds #16

The Locked Door

We're at the halfway point of our week-long look at Atlas Comics' Adventures Into Weird Worlds series, and if you love ghosts and moldy rotted corpses (that aren't so safely tucked away in their coffins) then this one is for you! I remember someone mentioning something about artist Al Eadeh a few months back, so this one's for you too.

From the May 1954 issue of Adventures Into Weird Worlds #29

The Mad Mamba

Time for a 50's dance lesson, and today Joe Maneely is your partner. So dig that crazy voodoo beat, it's like you can't stop... even... if... you... tried...

From the Jan 1954 issue of Adventures Into Weird Worlds #25

The Village Graveyard

Russ Heath fans rejoice! If you visited Pappy's yesterday you saw a very fine example of science fiction horror (click HERE), so today I'm presenting even more Heath terror for your precious blog dollar, but our tale stays planted firmly on Earth soil--- six feet under in fact! And if you're a fan of "headlights" you may find something else to rejoice about as well.

From the Spring 1952 issue of Adventures into Weird Worlds #4

The Nightmare!

Let’s wrap up our nightmarish weekend with (what else?) another nightmare! Yeah! I mean--- AIEEEE!! But as we finish one theme we begin another... today we kick off with a full week of select stories from Atlas Comics classic Adventures Into Weird Worlds series! (My sincerest apologies to Anti Atlas Guy in advance.)

From the April 1953 issue of Adventures into Weird Worlds #17

Nightmare For Two

I was feeling a bit guilty about the length of today’s originally planned 3 page post (see: “The Nightmare” up next!) So what the hell--- it’s another two for one day at The Horrors of it All! What we have here is an ACG nightmare (for two) with a very chilling visual climax… my only gripe is that I wish I could see what happens next!

From the November 1953 issue of Forbidden Worlds #23

Nightmare Statue

Our second “fine art” entry today is a romantic, yet rocky Pygmalion tale of a sculptor who finds the woman of his dreams, and she just so happens to be made of stone! What a nightmare! Also stars Boris Karloff.
From the February-March 1953 issue of Frankenstein Comics #23

Devil's Nightmare (TRAILER)

Nightmare

Grave Robinson has a great theme idea for today’s Double Post Saturday--- “…horror comics that salute the fine arts of black magic and death. The fact that each title has the word "nightmare" only increases their relavence as a pairing.” So, welcome to Nightmare Weekend everyone! And if that’s not enough, both stories today come from the back-up pages of Frankenstein Comics. Our first “fine art” tale is a slight nod to H. P. Lovecraft's Pickman's Model, about an artist with a monster as the subject of his "boil" paintings.

From the Summer 1952 issue of Frankenstein Comics #19

Death By Witchcraft

While GCD claims that Vic Donahue possibly performed the inks here, they also claim that Rudy Palais was on pencils (I have some serious doubts about this; it doesn’t look like he even remotely touched this story in my opinion.) [I agree, but the GCD entry still stands. Did Palais ever do inks? I would find that more likely. -- Nequam] But whoever was responsible for the nifty illustrative duties here, this is definitely one classy Harvey tale of wanton witchcraft and eternal evil.

From the July 1951 issue of Witches Tales #4