Nazi Death Rattle

With today's post, we're now halfway through the August 1971 issue of Nightmare #5, (see the last two posts for more), and what would any collection of horrific monster stories be without one about nazis! Serg Morgan pulls out all the stops on another artful Skywald atrocity... enjoy?

Whence Stalked the Werewolf

Tale number two from the August 1971 issue of Nightmare #5, a hairy yarn with an ending that's a whole lot more predictable than the twist in the previous Skywald post. Speaking of, a few of you mentioned first seeing Slime World when it was reprinted in the pages of the Psycho Yearbook #1 "best of" --and todays story may also have you also screaming deja vu as it was reprinted in their Nightmare Yearbook #1, three years later in 1974. Anyway, nice 'n slick artwork here from Carlos Garzon, obviously working from photos to give it that extra realistic look.

Slime World

A few years back, THOIA friend and Snark Master General, Brian Barnes, mailed me a huge pile of Warren and Skywald mags-- seriously, right from the bottom of his snarky rocker heart! It took me awhile but I believe I've finally gone through them all and found one Skywald issue in particular here that stands out among all the others I received from him-- the August 1971 issue of Nightmare Vol. 1 #5. Featuring a wide, weird range of terror tales involving werewolves, nazis, torture, and giant sea creatures (plus a cool article about Boris Karloff and a Boris Vallejo cover no less!), I guess for xmas this year I will deliver unto you all this issue in its entirety, (possibly minus the pretentiously drab Doom Star sci-fi tale-- we'll see.) So let's kick things off with the nicely slimy first tale in this issue containing some wild, violent Ralph Reese art as well as truly inspired sound FX --did you know the sound of a head being ripped off is "SQUEEZRRIP!" ?!! Yeah, me either...

HAUNTED HORROR #8 / Unsleeping Dead

HAUNTED HORROR #8 is in stores this week, featuring a gory assortment of top notch precode terror tales, and this issue is seriously jammed to the gills with witches, aliens, ghosts, decapitation-- whew!-- as well as today's incredible Lou Cameron tale, originally presented in the November 1953 issue of The Beyond #23 (and originally presented here at THOIA waaay back in August 2007 too!) Get a sneak peek look at another great selection from the new HH issue HERE!

Two for the Money

Some guys have all the luck! And let me tell you, it's definitely NOT the guy in our next story... read along as this poor slob gets every little horrific thing that he totally freakin' deserves. From the October 1954 issue of Mysterious Adventures #22 --and featuring Bill Savage pencils!

Insane!

I've posted a number of tales here at THOIA over the years with the same "Insane!" title as this one, but never one from this particular Story Comics series-- the October 1954 issue of Mysterious Adventures #22 in fact! Art credits go to Ross Andru and Mike Esposito, with a chilly cool cover from the great Hy Fleishman! I'll have more from this crazy ass issue over the next few posts, so hang on tight-- things are gonna get even more insane, I guarantee!

The Ghoul of Ghost Swamp

We've just put another FULL issue to rest here at THOIA! Yes sir, todays tale from my crumbling, water-logged copy of Web of Evil #13 is the final entry (check the last 3 posts for the other stories) --and as we start a whole new month of posts while winding down 2013, you know there's lots more on the way! Keep it tombed right here for THE BEST precode horror tales on the web!