Horror Versus Weird Menace: What Is the Difference?
I have been a fan of Horror fiction for most of my life. Even before I was a strong reader I liked Horror comics and Read More
Category: Occult Detectives
Weird Tales TV: Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper
If you missed the last one… “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper” (Weird Tales, July 1943, also in The Mystery Companion, 1943)Â is in some ways Read More
The Gothic Heritage of the Ghostbreaker
The word “Gothic” is open to much misinterpretation these days. Most people associate it with a certain lifestyle that requires black clothing and white make-up. Read More
Werewolves of the Golden Age: 1950-1952
If you missed the last one… The opening years of the 1950s did not feature any new werewolf movie classics. This gap allowed the comics Read More
Werewolves of the Golden Age: 1930-1940s
We’ve done werewolves before. But it felt right to go back to the beginning and see what we had missed. Because we have done them Read More
Frankenstein’s Monster in Bronze Age Comics: 1975-1986
If you missed the last one…. The rest of the Bronze Age, 1975 to 1986, is a scattered and largely unimpressive collection. The Frankenstein boom Read More
Frankenstein’s Monster in Bronze Age Comics: 1970-1974
If you missed the last one… The early 1970s brought us several series (though none ran more than eighteen issues) where the monster acts more Read More
Invisibility in the Pulps: 1930
If you missed the last one… The 1930s saw invisibility become one of the major themes in Science Fiction Pulps. The last post covered an Read More
Richie Rich, Ghostbreaker!
There have been a lot of Richie Rich comics over the years. Some with titles referring to his great wealth like Billions, Zillions, Gems, etc. Read More
The Ghostbreakers: More Famous Fakes
In our last post, “Three Famous Fakes” we featured Arthur Conan Doyle, Grant Allen and Agatha Christie. This one offers three more ghosts that prove Read More