The Torture Jar

One more tale for you from the August 1952 issue of Witches Tales #13, and this one in particular goes waaay off the screaming rails of the good 'ol Harvey goofball train, delivering deranged narrative with giant monsters and even a bit of bone-crushing "gorso" (that's gore and torso combined-- I made it up!)

Elixir of Evil!

We've seen some great cover art by Lee Elias this month, and now it's time for a Lee Elias story from the August '52 issue of Witches Tales #13. "Elixir of Evil!" is 7 pulse-pounding pages of rollicking, rampaging Jekyll & Hydesque horror, expertly illustrated by Elias and containing a terrific twist at the bottom of page 6. The unusually non-horrific "Weird Facts" filler page after the story also features fine artwork by Lee.

Midnight Limited!

As mentioned in the comments of our last post we have another story from the Dec. '52 issue of Witches Tales #16. There's a rather confusing moment on the second page where our hero calmly meets a skeleton conductor and thinks nothing of his boney appearence, though fleshlessness suddenly seems to bring out the exact opposite reaction in him a few panels later on the next page. That bit of editorial / artistic snafooery aside, this tale contains some really nice moments, in particular the atmospheric, moss drenched depots of the dead, and a really good shovel wham double header panel on page 5.

[GCD credits pencils to Rudy Palais, but I have my doubts-- the sweat drops here look comparatively normal. -- Nequam]

 **INSTANT REPLAY!**

Revenge of a Witch

Before we jump into some witchy revenge from the Dec. '52 issue of Witches Tales #16, I want to thank all of you who continue to stop by THOIA and leave comments, it really does help keep the heads rolling around here (now in our third year!) just knowing that people are indeed still interested in this blog... 667 followers can't be wrong, and speaking of, a Super-Satanic-Double-Horned salute to Funky Blondie Gurl who materialized out of nowhere to secure the treasured #666 spot-- HAIL! And of course thanks to each and every one of you 100% Pre-Code Followers as well!

The Hunter

Our last post was so much fun, how about another Bob Powell classic, this one from the Dec. '53 issue of Witches Tales #22. From the contents page intro: "THE HUNTER follows the track of the cat... through the treacherous paths winding about a mountain... facing the elemental dangers... facing mental pitfalls!" An intense Harvey tale of the not-so-typical Harvey horror variety.

 (cover art by Lee Elias)

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The Devil's Own / Green Horror

After seeing the great Eerie Pub cover art by Bob Powell in our last post, it was decided that a couple of his classic Harvey tales would seriously kick things off for December nicely! "The Devil's Own" from the Sept. '52 issue of Witches Tales #14, (with an awesome assistant from Howard Nostrand) and the gloriously goofy "Green Horror" from the Oct. '54 issue of Witches Tales #27, (first appeared in the Nov. '51 issue of Witches Tales #6.)

 (Bonus Text Filler)

Little Red Riding Hood and the Werewolf

This is our last gory glimpse into The Weird World of Eerie Publications (for now), but of course there's always more at Mykal's amazing Bloody Pulp and don't forget about THE ESSENTIAL book on all things Eerie Pub by Mike Howlett in stores NOW! Our story today from the April 1966 issue of Weird Vol. 1 #11 originally came to life as "Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Werewolf" in Fantastic Fears #8 from 1953 (you can thank either Burgos or Fass for removing the artist name at the bottom of the splash page), while the great Bob Powell signed his name on the gorgeous cover.

Bonus Filler!