When "Disc Jockey" Didn't Mean "Flying Saucer Pilot"...or Did It?

With the US announcing a test of flying saucer-style tech...

...we thought we'd look back to an era when "disc" could mean "flying saucer" and/or "lp record (presuming you know what an "lp record" is), in a Case of Curious Censorship by the Comics Code Authority!

First, the original version of the story, as it appeared in Harvey Comics' Black Cat Mystery #46 (1947)...

OK, a straightforward tale of just desserts illustrated by comics legend Bob Powell.

Nothing too gory or gross.

But the Comics Code Authority thought otherwise!

When the tale was reprinted in Harvey Comics' Race for the Moon #1 (1958), there were some odd art changes to the aliens...

As we said, some odd art changes to make the aliens less-insectoid...which really made no sense!

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TWILIGHT ZONE "Voices from the Twilight Zone"

Though it reads like fiction...

...this tale was based on a somewhat true story (which was dramatized in the recent movie Lincoln!

Written by Paul S Newman and illustrated by George Evans, this two-pager from Dell's Four Color #1288 (1962) became one of the most-reprinted tales from the Twilight Zone comic series.

THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED "Some Things Weren't Meant to be Written!"

It's thought that actors are always seeking that one role that will make them immortal...

...even a notorious role like murderer of the President of the United States!

I knew actors were a tad neurotic, but...really...

The writer of this never-reprinted tale from Charlton's This Magazine is Haunted #16 (1954) is unknown, but the illustrator is believed to be Ed Waldman, and that the story was part of the unpublished inventory Charlton acquired when they purchased both the copyrights and artwork for the cancelled Fawcett Comics line (including This Magazine is Haunted).

BTW, the narrator of the story, the Mummy, was the host of sister Fawcett comic Beware! Terror Tales, lending credence to the theory this was a Fawcett-comissioned tale.

ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN "Haunted Morgue"

Since tomorrow is the 150th Anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln...

...we're presenting a couple of tawdry tales about the killer...John Wilkes Booth!

Written by editor Richard Hughes and illustrated by Emil Gershwin, this never-reprinted story from ACG's Adventures into the Unknown #14 (1950) has the ghost of JWB losing the conflict and most of the protagonists surviving.

Tomorrow, we'll present a tale where the assassin's spirit wins!