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is Haunted #16 (1954) is unknown, but the illustrator is believed to be Ed Waldman, and that the story was part of the unpublished inventory Charlton acquired when they purchased both the copyrights and artwork for the cancelled Fawcett Comics line (including This Magazine is Haunted).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.

THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED "Constant Eye"

From the company that brought you the Golden Age Captain Marvel...

...came this almost EC Comics-level series hosted by Dr Death!

Many fans don't realize Fawcett Comics also did horror comics almost on a par with EC's gruesome classics.

Beware: Terror Tales, This Magazine is Haunted, Worlds Beyond/Worlds of Fear, Strange Suspense Stories, and Unknown Worlds/Strange Stories from Another World anthologies featured art by legends Bob Powell, Bernard Bailey, Mike Sekowsky, and Sheldon Moldoff, among others.

When the titles were acquired by Charlton Comics after Fawcett ceased operations in 1954, few stories in inventory were usable without major revisions since Charlton was now following the Comics Code.

As a result, though they had the rights to do so, Charlton didn't reprint the vast majority of the stories, and the few they did had major changes to conform to the new standards.

(We've presented examples of such changes HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.)

This particular tale from This Magazine is Haunted #4 (1952) was illustrated by the co-creator of The Spectre, Bernard Bailey.

"Constant Eye" has only been reprinted twice, once in the 1980s, and currently, in IDW's Haunted Horror anthology.

Join us next week as we present another tale your grandparents didn't want your parents to see!

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