The Corpse That Lived!

From the October 1953 issue of Out of the Shadows #10 comes this terrific Toth quickie that manages to tell more story visually (and educationally) in just three pages then most stories can manage in 8 or 9. Also not a reprint!

Murder Mansion

More great Toth terrors for you today, and man is this ever a crazy creature feature! Originally presented in the August 1952 issue of Adventures into Darkness #5, does anyone else appreciate the weird humor here? Fantastic stuff, and not to be confused with the same named Harvey tale by Lee Elias that I posted many moons ago.

Reprinted and re-colored in Seduction of the Innocent Part 2

The Phantom Ship

To celebrate the late great Alex Toth’s 80th birthday this Wednesday, we’ll be spending a week with a sampling of some of his classic pre-code horror work. Unfortunately I don’t own a full week’s worth of Toth stories from their ORIGINAL printed sources, but I do have a few fine, though re-colored, Eclipse reprints that I will be sharing. Of course you can also delve into the THOIA archive for two stories I have already posted: Blood Money of Galloping Chad Burgess from Unseen #5, and Grip on Life from Unseen #13.

But for now, we open this terror tribute with The Phantom Ship, originally presented in the October 1952 issue of Out of the Shadows #6.

(NOTE: Reprinted / re-colored in Seduction of the Innocent Part 5)

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Toth Panel Swipes

Just a mere 2 months after Toth's Phantom Ship set sail, the December '52 issue of Web of Mystery #16 hit stands... check out some of these panels below from the rather medicore tale Terror Stalked the Secret City, and compare for yourself. How multi-blatant can ya get?

Bruce Campbell

Happy Birthday to The Man. 'Nuff said.

Death While the Cat’s Away

I’m not 100% sure but I think that like yesterday’s post this is also Hy Fleishman art. The female faces are sort of the giveaway, but also up for comparison is the rotted flesh of yesterday’s post with the gruesome shredded flesh in today’s story. Cripes, that’s gotta hurt! Now, does anyone think the title of this tale makes any sense?

From the August 1953 issue of Dark Mysteries #13

Fingers of Doom!

Dark Mysteries Weekend coming atcha! One of my favorite artists from this notorious series is Hy Fleishman, I’ve posted a few of his stories around here before and everyone seems to really dig him. Now dig that splash and just try not to get a shiver up your spine!

From the October 1953 issue of Dark Mysteries #14

The Crawling Horror vs. The Thing Behind the Wall

In this corner weighing in at 2 tons: The Crawling Horror from the May 1952 issue of Mystery Tales #2. And in the other corner weighing in at 68 pounds: The Thing Behind the Wall from the May 1952 issue of Spellbound #3.

This wraps up our look at the great Ogden Whitney, hope you enjoyed it.

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This weekend--- more Dark Mysteries!

The Ghostly Host

Okay, since you pulled my arm, here’s an ACG tale from Whitney (you’re getting 2 Atlas stories from him tomorrow since I already have the scans done.) The Ghostly Host ain’t a bad tale though, Oggie’s art is perfect, the crook's tough guy banter is hysterical, and it does have an eerie, atmospheric snowbound setting (played to the hilt with occasional sparse background detail to really bring out the illusion of isolation and cold.) Yeah, actually now that I’ve re-read it again I like this one a lot.

From the Sept '51 issue of Adventures into the Unknown #23

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Plus, a couple neato ACG horror ads...