Severed Hands in the Comics
Here are more severed hands in the comics. As old as the Gothics, the idea of a severed hand that comes to gain revenge for Read More
Tag: Fritz Leiber
Steffan B. Aletti in the Lowdnes Magazines
Steffan B. Aletti in the Lowdnes magazines of the late 1960s is a good example of the renewed interest in H. P. Lovecraft and the Read More
Fritz Leiber in Weird Tales
Fritz Leiber’s appearances in Weird Tales are both surprising and disappointing. As an outer member of the Lovecraft Circle, it was only natural that Leiber Read More
Magic Versus Science: Campbellian Fantasy After 1943
Unknown Worlds of Science Fantasy Unknown Worlds was an important magazine for Fantasy fiction. Before its run between 1939 and 1943, the fantastic genre was Read More
The Return of a Master: Lee Brown Coye
Lee Brown Coye (1907-1981) made his debut on the covers of anthologies like Arkham House’s Sleep No More (1944) before moving onto the pages of Read More
The Strangest Science Fiction Titles
Science Fiction has an advantage when it comes to titles. You can make them as crazy as you like and editors probably won’t complain. Despite Read More
The Fantasy Vampires of Clark Ashton Smith
The vampires of Clark Ashton Smith are something different in the pages of Weird Tales. “The Unique Magazine” had plenty of tales of the undead. Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 4: Thog the Slithering Shadow
In case you missed the last monster…. Thog the Slithering Shadow is without doubt the most Lovecraftian of all Robert E. Howard’s monsters. Formless, tentacled, Read More
Fredric Brown – Part 2 (1947-1954)
If you miss Part 1… All of 1944 Fredric Brown worked hard on his first novel, The Fabulous Clipjoint. It didn’t appear until 1947. Things Read More
Sword & Sorcery at DC: The 1970s
Sword & Sorcery comics at DC Comics was a slow process. Marvel had struck gold with Conan the Barbarian in October 1970 but their main Read More