Halloween Horror HORROR FROM THE TOMB "Bone Man"

This 1954 comic series was so gruesome, it lasted only a single issue...

...but what an issue it was!

In late 1953, Premier Magazines entered the comic book field with seven titles, each in a different genre (romance, Western, crime, etc.), including Horror from the Tomb.

Unfortunately, the comic book "witch hunt" was in full swing and, in little over a year, Premier (along with almost 2/3rds of the industry) had ceased operations.

Horror from the Tomb changed it's name to Mysterious Stories with #2 and ran for five more issues, but the end was inevitable...

The writer is unknown, but the artist is Mannie Banks, who has less than two dozen comic stories (mostly horror tales at Atlas Comics) to his credit.

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Humor in a Jugular Vein: CRAZY "Wolf Man"

It's almost Halloween

Is it gonna be trick or treat for...

...in this never-reprinted story from one of Atlas' numerous MAD-clones, Crazy #5 (1954)

Dick Ayers rendered this tale in a style quite dissimilar from his usual Western or horror material.
The writer, though, is unknown, but may be Stan Lee, who was the editor of the line, and wrote a lot of the stories...

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Humor in a Jugular Vein: CRAZY "Drag-ula!"

As Halloween draws ever closer, let's look in on the original "bat man"...

...in this...unusual...tale from Atlas' CRAZY #2 (1954)

As was usual with the lead tale in CRAZY, it's lovingly-rendered by the amazing Bill Everett!

Heck, Bill might even have written it, since he already had a number of scripting credits!

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Humor in a Jugular Vein: CRAZY "Zombie!"

After Frank N Stein, you'd probably expect us to post Drag-Ula!

Nope!

I'm in a "shambling undead" mood, so here's a tawdry tale about...you know...

Veteran Bill Everett seemed to enjoy going from his usual realistic style to a more-detailed variation of Bill Elder's work on EC's MAD and Panic, as this story from Atlas' Crazy V1 N4 (1954) shows.

Heck, Bill might even have written it, since he had a number of scripting credits already!
Next up...Drag-Ula!

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Humor in a Jugular Vein: CRAZY "Frank N Stein"

For the Halloween season, we're gonna tickle your funny bone...

...with a bunch of rarely (if ever) reprinted horror-themed humor strips from the 1950s!

If imitation is truly "the sincerest form of flattery", then Atlas Comics was easily the most sincere company in comics with no less than four MAD / PANIC imitations; Crazy, Riot, Snafu, and Wild between 1953 and 1956!

Besides humor specialists like Dan DeCarlo, the sheer volume of Atlas humor titles gave the opportunity for artists who usually did Westerns or horror or romance or sci-fi to expand their range, like this tale illustrated (and possibly written) by veteran Bill Everett, who proved more than up to the task with this spoof from Crazy V1 N1 (1953).

Note: Marvel's reincarnated the title several times including a long-run b/w magazine in the 70s-80s.

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WEREWOLF BY NIGHT Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

Jack Russell had discovered his family's deepest, darkest secret...lycanthropy (that's turning into a werewolf, kiddies)!

To learn more, he journeys to the family's ancestral home, Russoff Manor...in Transylvania!
And if that doesn't send a chill down your spine, you're reading the wrong blog!

And so the story ends...for now!

But, we promised that you could enjoy the first half-century-old live-action dramatization of this tale!

So here's what you do...

1. Command-Click HERE to open the previous chapter of this blog...leaving this window open so both are on-screen
2. Command-click HERE to open an mp3 of the audio drama!
3. Press "PLAY", read along and enjoy!

It's like a podcast with visuals!

This is Power Records' Curse of the WereWolf #PR-17, adapting elements from the following comics...

Marvel Spotlight #2 (1972)

Tomb of Dracula #18 (1974)

Werewolf by Night #15 (1974)

It'll be interesting to see if the Disney+/Marvel production of Werewolf by Night follow's though on this aspect of Jack Russell's curse!

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WEREWOLF BY NIGHT Part 1

We Have Already Seen...

...Disney+ and Marvel are dropping a Werewolf by Night fright-feature flick this Friday.

But what elements of the already-existing comic are they utilizing?

Let's have a look (and listen) to the likely source...

Errr...no.

More likely, this tale...which utilizes part of the Marvel Spotlight story...along with other, surprising tales...as you shall learn!

So Jack Russell goes in search of answers.
What does he discover?
Find out Wednesday!
One hint:
What did Marvel do better than anybody else during the Silver and Bronze Ages?

Yep!
You guessed (or you peeked)!

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