With barely a dozen Bernie Krigstein stories nestled in the THOIA Archive, I feel like I've stumbled upon yet another back-stabbing travesty of epic proportions around here! I guess what I'm trying to say is: how can you have an All Atlas Fest August without some kooky spooky Krigstein?! His unique vision and expert sense of intense story telling really cuts to the bone-- so here we go, a whole new month of posts, and we're revvin' it right off the starting block with a couple of killer Krigstein klassiks! Wait, did I say a couple? Yep, stay tombed for him in our next post as well. But for now, enjoy this atmospherically wicked little walk in the park, from the June 1952 issue of Journey into Unknown Worlds #11.
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Page three, middle right panel, how did they get away with showing a mini pinup in a comic back in 1952? This is one that flew under worthless weasel Wertham's radar.
This is a tale of a fatal love triangle, and I do mean fatal. Basically all three met their end. I wonder if the name Dede was a play on words/names since she ended up ded.
I feel bad for Al, but if Dede had escaped Xanthia's knife, she would have most likely fallen or run away with some other guy after marrying Al. Dodged a bullet there, Al. Here's hoping Al finds someone who will stay with him through thick or thin, provided her name isn't Peg (out of the frying pan into the fire.)
Is it just me, or does the skull on the splash page look like he has a moustache?
Great post as always!
That may or may not be the way that panel originally looked— me and my Photoshop skills plead the fifth!
Dammit, Karswell! I was just about to start hoping that was real!
Lucky Al. Imagine being married to Dede and having to put up with her obsessions. Lucky, lucky Al.
Yeah, so that panel, that's definitely fool me once territory but for a second ...
OK so Krigstein. Another artist that as a kid I would have absolutely hated but now I super appreciate. I think he was better served on the non-horror work he did (nobody can doubt Master Race) but he does horror with excellence, too, and a real kind of great eye for camera angles making the expressions better. Like the panel 2 panels away from Wertham's worst fear panel.
I like Xanthia and Hemus. Both really, really like something and neither of them is going to budge! This really straddles the line between horror and dark humor.
I know it's not correct, but I really like the skeleton on the splash!
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