Plant Monsters of the Golden Age: Trees – Part 1
If you didn’t caught the bouquet last time… Plant monsters in the comics come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Some are tiny rootlets Read More
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Plant Monsters of the Golden Age: Flowers
I have been wanting to reorganize my plant monsters from the Golden Age of Comics for a while. So what you will see is partly Read More
Quasi-Sword & Sorcery Comic – March 1954
Well, what can I say? Another one. This time in Ace’s The Beyond #25. It appeared in March 1954, six months before Charlton’s “Quest of Read More
The Strangest Northerns: When the Totem Walks!
“When the Totem Walks” is another chapter in the Terror of the Totem Poles. (If you missed the last one, go here.) Once again the Read More
The Ghostbreakers: The Case of the Monkey Glands
The Sherlock Holmes tale “The Adventure of the Creeping Man” by Arthur Conan Doyle might have been called “The Case of the Monkey Glands”. The Read More
Pulp Artists in the Comics
Pulp Artists in the Comics are always a treat to me. After seeing them in Weird Tales or Amazing Stories, it’s fun to see their Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Jack Kirby Style!
How about a Strange Northern with a werewolf, and all of it wrapped up Jack Kirby Style? “A Silver Bullet For Your Heart” appeared in Read More
Quasi- Sword & Sorcery Comic – September 1954
Back in December I wrote about an early heroic fantasy comic and I called the piece “Quasi-Sword & Sorcery – November 1952”. “Journey to Chaos” Read More
The Ormolu Clock and Other Timepieces
“The Ormolu Clock” by August Derleth appeared in Weird Tales for January 1950. It was one of his later ghost stories not connected to the Read More
The Ghostbreakers: Dr. Drew, Stalker of the Unknown
Dr. Drew, Stalker of the Unknown, appeared in The Secret Files of Dr. Drew, an occult detective series created by Will Eisner, Marilyn Mercer and Read More