The Human Headed Beasts!

I was just talking about The Mephisto Waltz with a co-worker the other day, --it's an eerie, early satano 70's, Quinn Martin Production starring Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, and Barbara Perkins. As many of you know, demonic films were pretty hot during this time period thanks to 60's classics like Rosemary's Baby, --with The Exorcist and The Omen loomin' on the doomin' horizon! But the thing that made The Mephisto Waltz so creepy wasn't even the devil stuff-- it was the dog with the human head! Those of you that have seen this film know exactly what I'm talking about. Which leads me to todays unusual THOIA post, via the blonde bombshell adventures of WW2 air hostess, Kay McKay. This is a nicely done back-up entry from the March 1942 issue of Captain Courageous Comics #6 and features some truly freaky-deaky, nightmarish K-9s! So if action adventure horror is your cup of tea, --then today your cups 'n mugs runneth over, chums!

Listen, You Fool

Now listen up! I've inadvertently created a "wet 'n wild" theme with the last few posts, --so howz'about one more from the August 1953 issue of Mystery Tales #14 -- it's guaranteed to send you over the edge! Paul Reinman once again delivers the wicked wedded goods, and Mr. Karswell may have even tampered with a swimsuit panel or two... or three... or four. A one piece is fine, but a bikini is divine!

The Sea Waits for Me!

Something a little different for everyone today, as THOIA hears the ominous ocean's call, and responds with a one-way trip into the darkness of the deep. From the March 1956 issue of Journey into Unknown Worlds #42, art by Dick Ayers.

It Waits in the Tank!

Fish Tank Terror is back (thanks for waiting!) and it's another weird one from the murky depths of the November 1954 issue of Journey into Mystery #19! Vince Colletta adds a good amount of creeping, disembodied eyeball chills throughout, --though if you're like cantankerous 'ol Mr. Karswell, the only thing I want creepin' around in my aquarium is the Penn-Plax Creech aerator from 1971! *glub! glub!

The Little Things

I guess it's been a while since we've seen a Howie Post Atlas classic around here, (how'e does it, I'll never know!) And this cute little hissing blast from the petrifyin' past, aka the November 1954 issue of Journey into Mystery #19, might just be what you antique and curio collectors are lookin' for! And hey, with that explosive twist ending-- nobody even has to go into work today now-- or ever again! The End.

Master of Masks and Mystery!

May was such a grueling month of hideous, downbeat horror tales, I thought maybe kicking off June with some kid friendly fun could really shake things up around here! And don't for a single second think just because it's Spiderman in a haunted house that this one doesn't deliver the chills-- the final twist panel, in fact, makes this story very worthy of its inclusion here at THOIA. From the Dec. 1974 issue of Spidey Super Stories #3, with art by Win Mortimer and Mike Esposito!

The Ghoul of Death

We've so far survived an unusual amount of female vampire attacks this month at THOIA, --let's see how you fare with one more, via "The Ghoul of Death", from the June - July 1951 issue of Dark Mysteries #1! I really love that Evening News headline at the top of page 6, almost as much as I love that batty blonde bloodsuckin' ghoul girl gnashin' her nasty gnarly teeth-- RRRROOOWWW! One more Dark Mystery to go for this monstrous month of May-- and speaking of, you va-va-va-vampire vixens can DM me any 'ol time!