The Vampires of ACG – Part 1 (1949-1951)
Hey, how about some vampire comics? After our five-part series of ACG werewolves, it only made sense to do vampires comics next. The pre-Code horror Read More
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Frank Belknap Long – Part Two: The 1940s
If you missed Part One… The 1940s saw Frank Belnkap Long move into new areas as a professional writer. He is moving away from Lovecraft Read More
The Terrors of Egypt
The terrors of Egypt were created largely out of ignorance. With centuries passing before the decoding of hieroglyphics, we had plenty of time to come Read More
“The Derelict Fleet” and William Hope Hodgson
“The Derelict Fleet” from Adventures Into the Unknown #47 (September 1953) is jam-packed with William Hope Hodgson-isms. Set in the Sargasso Sea, it draws from Read More
Prehistoric Dinosaur Comics: 1930-1940s
When I originally started on my journey to post all the dinosaur covers I could between 1950-2020, I disregarded earlier comics on the grounds that Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1966-1967
If you missed 1964-1965… 1966-1967 was the last year of multi-covers. The horror magazines have moved on leaving the prehistoric series to themselves but even Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1964-1965
1964 saw the dinosaurs going primarily to comics about prehistoric settings like Turok, Son of Stone, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan and Korak at Gold Key Read More
The Werewolves of ACG – Part 5 (1953-1954)
If you missed Part Four ACG’s three horror main titles provide the last hooray of lycanthropic tales. Nothing really new here except a couple of Read More
The Plant Monsters of ACG
ACG pre-Code horror comics did more than just vampires and werewolves (though lots of those). Five comic stories in four years featured killer plant monsters. Read More
The Werewolves of ACG – Part 3 (1952)
If you missed Part 2 The stories for this segment all came from four issues of Adventures Into the Unknown in 1952. The writers, who Read More