Boris Karloff’s Tales of Heroic Fantasy
Tales of heroic fantasy can be found in the pages of Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery from Gold Key comics. “Mystery” was Silver Age code Read More
Category: Monsters
The Ghostbreakers: Ghost Gallery and Drew Murdoch
With the success of Dr. Occult at DC in 1935, comic publishers created a host of ghost-busting heroes. At Fiction House, this was Drew Murdoch Read More
The Terror Garden: The Orchid Horror
“The Orchid Horror” by John Blunt appeared in Argosy, September 1911. The story begins with a strange event narrated by the author. During a friendly Read More
Plant Monsters of the Golden Age: Space Terrors
If you missed the last one…. Science Fictional Horror tales have their own small niche in the larger spectrum of speculative fiction. It sadly has Read More
Plant Monsters of the Golden Age: Trees – Part 2
If you missed the first part…. Continuing our look at tree monsters. Last time the trees were angry because of murders, taking their justified revenge Read More
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
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
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
Henry Hasse Part 2: 1950s and Beyond
If you missed the first part… The second half of Hasse’s career showed moments of production followed by large gaps. He wrote his only novel Read More