Friday, October 4, 2013

HORRIFIC "The Teller!"

A 1950s horror comic wasn't complete without a host, so...
...so here's a slew of them, along with their ringleader, the debonair Teller (no relation to Penn's silent partner)!
How many horror hosts narrate their own origin story?
While the writer for this never-reprinted scare-story from Comic Media's Horrific #8 (1953) is unknown, the art is by the extremely-underrated Don Heck, who did some of his best work for Comic Media's twin terror-titles Horrific and Weird Terror.
There's much more monsters and mayhem to come as we resurrect this moribund blog just in time for the Countdown to Halloween 2013 blogathon!

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN "World that Was"

Yesterday at Atomic Kommie Comics™...
...we ran a most unusual tale about a shunned outsider.
Today, we present the original version of that tale with the codicil that it may be NSFW due to politically-incorrect references to mental handicaps...
Appearing in ACG's Adventures into the Unknown #61 (1955), this tale was written by Richard Hughes and illustrated by Ken Landau with a number of changes by Ogden Whitney (the last three panels of page 2, all of page 3, and panel 1 of page 4!
Among other things, an entire plot point, involving a dead dog is changed into a "mistaken identity" story!
Strangely, the dead dog plot was restored in the Comics Code-approved reprint!
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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Tell a Tale of Terror TWICE #1! SUSPENSE DETECTIVE "Short Step to Oblivion"

With the recent revelation that Fredric Wertham lied about comics' effects on kids...
...it seems appropriate to take a look at how his far-reaching deception altered pop culture as we know it!
BTW, most people (myself included) felt that Wertham exaggerated his claims, but altering/modifying evidence to validate his theories went over the line.
This pre-Comics Code tale appeared in Fawcett's Suspense Detective #1 (1952), illustrated by George Evans, but the writer is uncredited.
It seems to be a straightforward tale of mistaken identity and justice served with some violence mixed in, but nothing over-the-top, right?
Not according to the Comics Code Authority!
Tomorrow, check out our "brother" blog Crime & Punishment™ on Friday to see how the Code altered this story, which they considered too violent!
Join us next time as we present another tale your grandparents didn't want your parents to see!

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

JOURNEY INTO FEAR "Her Lips Dripped Blood"

It's Valentine's Day, so let's think of something romantic like moonlight...
...as not-so-romantically illustrated in Superior's Journey into Fear #15 (1953)!
Surprisingly, this story had never been reprinted before it's re-appearance in the new IDW anthology Haunted Horror!

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Friday, February 8, 2013

WORLDS OF FEAR "Death for a Death"

We've all squashed an insect or spider at one point or another...
...but what happens when the insects and arachnids decide to fight back...from beyond the grave?
Sadly, both the writer aand artist(s) for this tale from Fawcett's Worlds of Fear #6 (1952) are unknown.
Surprisingly, this story had never been reprinted before it's recent re-appearance in the new IDW anthology Haunted Horror!

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