Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Dell Movie Classic: The Mummy (Part One)
It sounds like some of you are chomping at the bit for the Dell Movie Classic #537 version of The Mummy (Sept / Nov 1962), so instead of waiting until next weekend like I had planned, how about we just dig into the evil sands today and untomb part one? A typically great painted cover kicks it off, (obviously modeled after Lon Chaney's make-up design as The Mummy in the Universal sequels to the original Karloff classic) but as usual, this is where any similarities between the films and the Dell comic version end. And as mentioned in our previous post, the art inside is by the great Jack Sparling.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
The Mummy!
Ahhh, "Sundays with Mummy", if there's a better monstrosity to spend it with I don't know who, or what it is. Also, I do apologize for the lack of posts lately, it's just been another one of those months. I had originally planned an entire month of weekly mummy stories for May, but regretfully we are just now finally getting around to the first, this one from the June 1953 issue of Forbidden Worlds #18, (art by Harry Lazarus.) More on May Mummies after the story!
Come back next weekend for the Dell Movie Classic version of--- THE MUMMY with art by Jack Sparling (it will probably be another two-parter.)
(Thanks again to Tiffany Murphy for this great LIO gag!)
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Ship of the Dead / Phantoms from the Sea
Today we batten down the hatches with a double shot of bizarorror on the high seas, and our first weird tale comes from the January 1954 issue of Spook #27. A very eerie story with typically loose Star Comics artwork, but it's strangely appropriate and works none the less (and you gotta love that bonkers L. B. Cole cover!) Followed by our second soggy spook-o-rama from the Winter 1952 issue of Ghost Comics #5. This one features some really nice and crisp Fiction House art, though I think I spot a swipe or two... or twelve.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
The Evil Ones! / Turnabout
Nasty gnomes give C.H.U.D. a run for the money in "The Evil Ones!" by the dynamically deadly Don Heck, while the always amazing Al Tewks shows us what kind of killer toys for boys the ever frightening future holds in "Turnabout." Both stories are from the September 1953 issue of Weird Terror #7. (Click HERE for more from this great issue of Weird Terror in the THOIA Archives!)
Friday, May 7, 2010
THOIA UPDATE / Plus: Cowboy Henk!
Due to recent personal horrors in the THOIA Kingdom, we'll be taking a somewhat short 'n sweet, yet much needed black sabbatical. But never fear, we do promise to return to the pre-coded tales of terror shortly. In the meantime, enjoy this hilariously disturbing sampling of Cowboy Henk adventures from the mind bending "King of Dental Floss" collection by Kamagurka and Herr Seele. Does this qualify as "horror?" We think so.
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