The Strangest Northerns: The Murderous Mimics
Youthful Comics published Beware #11 (August 1952) with “The Murderous Mimics”, a strange Northern. The story was written by an unknown author and drawn by Read More
Category: Strange Northerns
The Strangest Northerns: The Fangs of Folly
The Red Fox appeared in another strange Northern earlier in November 1947. The author is not known this time but L. B. Cole drew the Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Red Fox Style
Red Fox in “The Voice of the Petrel” (Manhunt #5, February 1948) is a strange Northern that was written by another Fox, Gardner F. Fox. Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Frozen Hell
“Frozen Hell” is a very strange Northern. I discovered the author, Victor Rousseau (Emmanuel) (1879-?) through Science Fiction and Horror. He was the headliner for Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Valley of the Beasts
“The Valley of the Beasts” is our last Algernon Blackwood Canadian story. It appeared in The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories (1921). As Read More
The Strangest Northerns: First Hate
Algernon Blackwood has a special place in the annals of the strange Northerns. He wrote “The Wendigo”, one of his two most famous stories (The Read More
The Strangest Notherns: Mysterious Adventures
Story Comics produced Mysterious Adventures #1 (March 1951), which featured “The Horrible Fangs of Professor Prome”. The artist and author are not known. This rather Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Hand of Fate Style
The Hand of Fate #18 (June 1953) featured a one-page Northern called “A Hand of Fate Mystery #22”. The author and artist are not known. Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Marvel Tales Style
Marvel Tales #117 (August 1953) offered us a strange Northern called “Terror in the North”. The author is not known but the classic artwork is Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Mary Hartwell Catherwood (1847-1902) wrote two strange Northerns for the same book: The Chase of Saint-Castin: and other Stories of the French in the New Read More