Ghost Ship

Hook-handed vengeance from beyond the watery grave, courtesy of todays water damaged pages of the Jan '52 issue of Web of Evil #2.

PLUS! There's a Wolf Man on the loose over at AEET today too, click HERE!

The Monster from the Deep

From the November 1954 issue of Web of Evil #20, comes another atom bomb age thingie unleashed from the bottom of the sea-- one that no doubt could give even Godzilla a run for his money!

The Half-Creatures of the Sargasso Sea

It's that time of year again when THOIA sets sail into the weird, unchartered waters of the high seas to catch some hideous horrors from the deep! So inflate your water-wings and load your harpoon gun, today we dive into the October '54 issue of Web of Evil #19 for "The Half-Creatures of the Sargasso Sea."

Insane / A World Gone Mad!

Insanity and madness have taken over THOIA today, and our first tale from the February 1954 issue of Adventures into Terror #28 (art by Al Eadeh of course) might just be the cure you need to finally cut loose and really become something you are not tonight! Followed by an appropriately themed holiday yarn, originally presented in the September 1956 issue of Adventure into Mystery #3.

Happy Halloween, you fiends!

In the Bag! (x2)

THOIA fills your treat bag a few days early this Halloween with a double load of gruesome goodies, and once again it's two Atlas tales that share the same baggy name! First up, a heady little Jim Mooney classic from the July 1952 issue of Spellbound #5, followed by Doug Wildey's wicked take on John Collier's excellent horror short story "De Mortuis" from the April 1954 issue of Adventures into Weird Worlds #28.

 Speaking of Atlas, Marvel just announced another volume from their pre-code Marvel Masterworks series: Atlas Era Strange Tales Vol. 4 hardcover, collecting Strange Tales issues #31-39, coming March 2011!

Midnight in the Wax Museum!

Todays story falls a few years out of the "pre-code" horror era range, originally appearing in the May 1957 issue of Astonishing #61, but Richard Doxsee's art style does a decent job of maintaining that "Golden Age" chill of shadowy mood and atmosphere. The story itself probably draws a bit of inspiration from A. M. Burrage's terrifying short story classic "The Waxwork", and here becomes a creepy little crime yarn with a perfectly predictable, yet still shiver inducing finale.

(Cover art by Bill Everett)

Sorry... Mr. Hopkins!

It's been awhile since I posted a terror tale by my all-time favorite comic creater ever-- Mr. Bill Everett! And here's a good one from ever reliable Atlas Comics and from one of my all-time favorite pre-code series', originally presented in the May 1952 issue of Mystic #8.

Interested in more Bill Everett? Last month Fantagraphics Books released Fire and Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics, click HERE for more info!