The Garden of Horror

A way better than average Star tale from the September 1953 issue of Ghostly Weird Tales #120. Typically poor publication printing and badly aged, yellowed paper aside, Lee Loeb's art still shines through and is wildly imaginative at times, always supernaturally spooky, and with some downright terrifying panels scattered throughout, --of special note that incredible splash and nearly most of page six.

MUMMIES COMING DEC 6th!!!

IDW unraveled a new release date for my MUMMIES book, and it's this week-- December 6th in fact! Available in finer shops everywhere this Wednesday, and of course online too (HERE!), this book is a little different in format than the previous larger sized hardcovers in our Chilling Archives series-- it's about the same size dimensionally as a comic book and it's also softcover / square bound, but it's over 120 pages of scary, shambling, mummy shenanigans! Now in today's post, I have a couple of eerie examples of what you can find in said collection: Albert Tyler's "The Mummy's Bride" originally from the July '53 issue of Beware #16, as well as a spooky one-page short from Jay Disbrow called "The Mummy's Hand", first presented in the Sept '53 issue of Ghostly Weird Stories #120 (with both stories appearing here at THOIA for the very first time too!)

















So grab yourself a copy of MUMMIES this week and let me know what you think, this is just the first in a new series we're testing called the Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics-- and we have LOTS more on the way!

Tale of Terror / Night-Monster

If you haven't picked up or ordered the new Yoe Books collection Comics About Cartoonists, here are a couple more tales from it to weirden your whistle! The first story reprinted from the January 1953 issue of Adventures into the Unknown #39, art by the great Lin Streeter, followed by a stomping Jay Disbrow creature feature romp originally presented in the September 1953 issue of Ghostly Weird Stories #120. You know you want this book, find out more and order NOW by clicking HERE!

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The Homecoming

Jay Disbrow was one of a handful of pre-code artist/writers that could take an ordinary horror story idea and really give it that little extra something special... and if you love his stuff then you’ll love this one for sure. It’s a strangely satisfying story full of gasping sudden violence and hideous metamorphosis--- plus a truly exceptional Monster Mosh Pit ending! “Hey Killer! Watch where you’re throwing those hairy elbows! WAKUGA! KIGAH! YAHAW!”
From the September 1954 issue of Ghostly Weird Stories #124

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Plus, a THOIA Bonus Quickie:

The Parchment of Death, also by Jay Disbrow.