High Priestess of the Snake People

Those darn Dames of Doom keep slithering out of the woodwork around here, as our month of Vicious Valentine Vamps continues! And just like the previous post, this story also comes from the September 1950 issue of Challenge of the Unknown #6 (which was in fact, the one and only issue of this title.) It is also fantastically illustrated by Frank Giusto who, I believe, is finally making his THOIA debut here! I may have to do a deep dive and see what else we can find by him for a future artist spotlight. Collectors of our Chilling Archives of Horror Comics hardcover collections may remember this gem from Mike Howlett's super awesome, and weirdly underrated Snake Tales book from 2016...

The Ghost on Television

Crummy weather here in the midwest has waterlogged most of our plans for the 4th of July festivities... guess I'll just stay in and see what's on the old boob-tube instead. From the October 1952 issue of The Beyond #16.

The Werewolf Strikes!

Today's Werewolf Wednesday post is inspired by the recent reveal from the Devil's Workshop that they're creating a new collector mask based on Warren Kremer's hairy scary cover creature from the November 1950 issue of The Beyond #1 (CLICK HERE for more mask info and to pre-order now-- or scroll to the bottom of this post for a sneak peek too!) Looks pretty good, and very consistent with the quality of the previous mask releases in their precode comic cover series line. And speaking of the comic itself, I thought I had already posted the cover story from this issue years ago, but after realizing I have in fact not posted it, well-- here it is! The wolf man in the story looks nothing at all like the cover werewolf, but it's still a ravenously rollickin' terror tale all the same...