tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post5104037461072605881..comments2024-03-28T07:49:33.628-05:00Comments on THE HORRORS OF IT ALL: The Thing With the Golden Hair!Mr. Karswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-28886640627923202152009-05-06T16:32:00.000-05:002009-05-06T16:32:00.000-05:00Thank you very much for posting the second story, ...Thank you very much for posting the second story, "He Spoke with a Spirit!" This is the first time I've gotten to see a story pencilled by my favorite Curt Swan inker, George Klein.<br /><br />Interesting how in the first panel of the second page the boy Tommy looks very much like Jimmy Olsen--or perhaps the son of Jimmy Olsen. There were at least two imaginary stories that depicted the children of Jimmy Olsen. One story featured Jimmy passing out in a dentist's chair after being administered nitrous oxide, and dreaming of being married to Lucy Lane. The other story, (Action 270) featured Superman falling asleep while reading an essay by Supergirl detailing her future aspirations for her role as Superwoman, and dreaming of his old age, including a visit with a middle aged Jimmy Olsen with kids--one of whom looked very much like Tommy in that panel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-52222279514362132482009-05-05T16:22:00.000-05:002009-05-05T16:22:00.000-05:00Nice story, very good art. I liked the vegetation,...Nice story, very good art. I liked the vegetation, wonder what the two guys had against it :-)<br /><br />There is a Clark Ashton Smith story called "The Seed from the Sepulcher" where a explorer gets infected with a strange plant which blooms out of him till he is the flower. Or something.<br /><br />Maybe you thought of that, Karswell?AndyDeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806906746754478064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-8494074894902985222009-05-05T15:03:00.000-05:002009-05-05T15:03:00.000-05:00I THINK THE PREVIOUS POST BLEW THIS ONE AWAY BUT T...I THINK THE PREVIOUS POST BLEW THIS ONE AWAY BUT THEY ARE ALL GREAT SO I GUESS THATS NOT REALLY SAYING MUCH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-81559467852246824452009-05-05T14:27:00.000-05:002009-05-05T14:27:00.000-05:00I really didn't have much to say about the previou...I really didn't have much to say about the previous post... precisely because the Nostrand stuff is always great!jpmorganhttp://www.fissionchicken.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-67075017858370770072009-05-05T13:29:00.000-05:002009-05-05T13:29:00.000-05:00'Weird, not counting my comments this one got almo...<I>'Weird, not counting my comments this one got almost double the number of comments than the previous Nostrand / Kremer post? You guys are sometimes hard to figure out!'</I>I believe a reason for this might be that 'The Thing With the Golden Hair' was just <I>a lot</I> better story-wise than the two Nostrand/Kremer tales. Or at least that's the way I see it.goblinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-3910876239690870362009-05-05T09:36:00.000-05:002009-05-05T09:36:00.000-05:00Weird, not counting my comments this one got almos...Weird, not counting my comments this one got almost double the number of comments than the previous Nostrand / Kremer post? You guys are sometimes hard to figure out!<br /><br />So ya'lls seem to like the jungle horror, maybe we'll make it a theme for a few more posts. See ya tomorrow, and thanks!Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-27850907780429611652009-05-05T08:59:00.000-05:002009-05-05T08:59:00.000-05:00I WAS GOING TO SAY LOVECRAFT TOO JP, COOL STORY......I WAS GOING TO SAY LOVECRAFT TOO JP, COOL STORY........ NO ONE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE SECOND TALE SO I'LL SAY THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD TOO. YOU FIND THE GEMS KARS, KEEP IT UP!! AND THANKS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-37139858621384575732009-05-05T08:56:00.000-05:002009-05-05T08:56:00.000-05:00This is great, it reminds me a little of Lovecraft...This is great, it reminds me a little of Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space", where weird, misshapen plant life is part of an awful secret.jpmorganhttp://www.fissionchicken.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-72440268482468885162009-05-05T08:22:00.000-05:002009-05-05T08:22:00.000-05:00Great story, except for the clumsy exposition at t...Great story, except for the clumsy exposition at the beginning.<br /><br />-maybe you're thinking of "day of the Triffids" ? Not really all that similar, but probably well known enough to make it a possible candidate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-17207381305197032652009-05-04T21:42:00.000-05:002009-05-04T21:42:00.000-05:00Great story here! Why do they ALWAYS shoot the wit...Great story here! Why do they ALWAYS shoot the witch doctor? Never a good idea...<br /><br />Also, that beret-wearing artist in the art-kit ad? Total perv. You can tell.<br /><br />Happy belated, K!The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-6235572822608703392009-05-04T21:33:00.000-05:002009-05-04T21:33:00.000-05:00I love jungle horror. It reminds me of a story I f...I love jungle horror. It reminds me of a story I found in an old anthology - <I>Fungus Isle</I> by Philip M. Fisher (1923).8thRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937233853572554500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-9381440231432842472009-05-04T20:08:00.000-05:002009-05-04T20:08:00.000-05:00>i had no idea Jinx was at it again!
She's...>i had no idea Jinx was at it again!<br /><br />She's on facebook too, me and Kitty are friends with her.Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-65452934624736007112009-05-04T20:06:00.000-05:002009-05-04T20:06:00.000-05:00holy crap, COVEN!!! how cool is that? thanx for th...holy crap, COVEN!!! how cool is that? thanx for the link, i had no idea Jinx was at it again!Prof. Grewbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16132543249418576650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-77841816137911021742009-05-04T19:59:00.000-05:002009-05-04T19:59:00.000-05:00"Uncle Henry The Friendly Ghost, the Friendliest G..."Uncle Henry The Friendly Ghost, the Friendliest Ghost you know!..."<br /><br />sorry.Prof. Grewbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16132543249418576650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-2560448483064232252009-05-04T16:35:00.000-05:002009-05-04T16:35:00.000-05:00Coupla Toth swipes, too, and probably a bunch of ...Coupla Toth swipes, too, and probably a bunch of others too obscure to immediately identify.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-32447379621361157402009-05-04T15:51:00.000-05:002009-05-04T15:51:00.000-05:00Great story! Do I see an Ingels swipe on the secon...Great story! Do I see an Ingels swipe on the second to last panel?Mike Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783223455997428201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-62123214840910663652009-05-04T15:44:00.000-05:002009-05-04T15:44:00.000-05:00Thanks Anony-J, while the Collier story isn't ring...Thanks Anony-J, while the Collier story isn't ringing any immediate bells with me it just might be the one.Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-44267985386475673502009-05-04T14:35:00.000-05:002009-05-04T14:35:00.000-05:00There's a genuine creepy vibe to the main story re...There's a genuine creepy vibe to the main story reminiscent of an EC tale. There's gold in them pre code stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-85294295208866754372009-05-04T12:06:00.000-05:002009-05-04T12:06:00.000-05:00Kars,
It vaguely resembles a 1932 short story by ...Kars,<br /><br />It vaguely resembles a 1932 short story by John Collier called "Green Thoughts" where an exotic plant in an English hothouse consumes (or subsumes, it's never very clear) two humans and a cat and turns them into large blossoms that resemble their faces. It's a creepy-ass tale, and was also the inspiration for a Dick Briefer Frankenstein 8 pager (or maybe it was longer, but you get the idea).<br /><br />If that doesn't ring a bell for you, then I'm drawing a blank.<br /><br />j-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-15523104466812616272009-05-04T11:35:00.000-05:002009-05-04T11:35:00.000-05:00Does anyone recognize this concept as lifted from ...Does anyone recognize this concept as lifted from an old sci-fi story? I had major deja vu reading this one, like it was something I already read as a kid from some short story collection possibly.Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-1365157335393284112009-05-04T07:03:00.000-05:002009-05-04T07:03:00.000-05:00"Ghastly" plants? Is that the first word that com..."Ghastly" plants? Is that the first word that comes to mind?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-40323013916538005542009-05-04T06:18:00.000-05:002009-05-04T06:18:00.000-05:00I've never been a big fan of Sheldon Moldoff, but ...I've never been a big fan of Sheldon Moldoff, but this is one of his better jobs. Shelly was known to swipe and the penultimate panel on page 6 has a couple of swipes from Graham Ingels. Still, a pretty good horror story with the usual stupid horror comics characters.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-35231600351076106592009-05-04T01:06:00.000-05:002009-05-04T01:06:00.000-05:00Eek! Radioactive dirt. I think I'll take off my ...Eek! Radioactive dirt. I think I'll take off my protective gear and wallow in it a while!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13836904680434822238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-62948939957044540962009-05-03T23:19:00.000-05:002009-05-03T23:19:00.000-05:00"My vheels, I can't move my vheels""My vheels, I can't move my vheels"Mr. Cavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634994342702518448noreply@blogger.com