Friday, March 6, 2020
This House is Haunted!
I was bettin' you guys 'n gals would all dig more Atlas tales this month, and I was correct! So let's keep it goin' with another gruesome one from the February 1953 issue of Mystery Tales #8 (see the previous two posts as well), highlighted by even more terrifyingly top notch artwork from eerie Ed Winiarski.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
A Killer in the Street
A criminally fun tale of terror stalking the night, and like our last post it's another entry from the February 1953 issue of Mystery Tales #8 --containing yet another awesome Bill Everett cover too! Murderously moody Reinman art fills this one with great atmosphere, and I'm not 100% sure, but I do believe you'll likely figure it all out by the the end of page one, or page 2 at the most.
Sunday, March 1, 2020
The Madman!
Don't lose your heads again, but I think we'll stick with the Atlas tales for a few more posts this month. And picking up right where we left (our heads) off last month is another wonderfully weird yarn of cutting edge eeriness, and this time it's from the February 1953 issue of Mystery Tales #8.
Friday, February 28, 2020
Lost in the Graveyard / Missing... One Head!
Yet another Atlas comic containing two similarly themed tales of heady horror within one issue, and this time they're both from the Nov '52 issue of Adventures into Weird Worlds #12. And we end out the month with another double (be)header-- and another great Bill Everett cover too! Hope everyone enjoyed this fright-filled February! See ya's in March!
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Too Horrible / How Beautiful?
The May 1953 issue of Adventures into Weird Worlds #18 utilized the tricky old "Eye of the Beholder" / covering of the face for added drama routine most famously seen in the classic Twilight Zone episode, in not one, but two stories in this issue. (FYI: The TZ episode didn't actually air until 1962.) And as creepily clever as Atlas is, they managed to make each tale in today's Double Header uniquely fun, and also frighteningly funny at the same time. And dig that spooky Bill Everett cover too!
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Lost!
It's been awhile since we've seen an Atlas post, so here's a queer little quickie from the July 1952 issue of Adventures into Weird Worlds #8. And maybe we'll go ahead and finish out the month with a few more creepy Atlas classics as well-- so stay tombed!
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
The Vampire Fog
Earlier this month marked the 40th anniversary release of one of my all time favorite John Carpenter films, The Fog (1980.) I'm sure I don't need to recap the movie here as it's quite the supernatural classic, so instead enjoy this similarly themed tale of foggy fright on the high seas of horror, from the June 1952 debut issue of St. Johns Weird Horrors #1.
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