Slave of the Pharaoh

Let's quickly detour back to the House of Mystery for a macabre Mummy Monday rampagin' murderama, via the November 1980 issue of HoM #286. It's 5 packed pages of creepy crumblin' chaos, plus a joltin' Cain quickie-- not to mention a really great cover from 'ol King Kubert too!

Who Toys with Terror!

Legendary John Severin was mentioned in the comments of a recent post, which got me thinking that it's been a minute since we saw any of his mastery around here. And paired-up with another master, Boris Vallejo, and one of his all-time hottest cover paintings ever, well, I'd say we have ourselves one helluva way to kick off our macabrely weird weekend! Not only that, but how about a peek at the awesome original Boris painting too! Quite a difference in the two, eh? And say, don't forget the model glue now, cuz you'll be sniffin' up a sad storm of Aurora monster kit kiddo memories before it's all over! This is one truly packed, and utterly perfect post... from the March 1975 issue of Weird Tales of the Macabre #2.

Hugo at the Monster Rally (AD)

A fun, comic book style ad for one of the best Kenner hand puppet toys of the 70's --you could even wear the interchangeable disguises on your very own face --it's Hugo the Man of a Thousand Faces! Dracula ("BLYAH!"), Frankie ("HYUCK!"), the Wolfman ("YIPE!"), and heck, even Peter Lorre ("SNERK! SNERK!") showed up for this one! BEHOLD:

The Viyi

We're kicking off May with a slight change of pace, a very condensed, though no less beautifully illustrated (by Esteban Maroto) version of Nikolai Golgo's supernatural folklore classic from the Ukraine, The Viy. Appearing in the November 1972 issue of Dracula Volume 5 #1 from New English Library, it's a terrifying tale originally about a priest who kills a witch and is then forced to watch and pray over her body for 3 consecutive nights in a haunted chapel. Of course each night gets more and more intense as she simply will not stay dead. If you've ever seen the tremendous Russian horror film version from 1967 --full of flying coffins and an army of demonic creatures literally crawling out of the woodwork-- then you already know why Mr. Karswell is posting this. And if for some reason you haven't seen the film yet, it is currently available on Shudder as The Viy. But for now, let this shortened / altered version whet your freaky fanged whistles...