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
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The Angels of Mons
The Angels of Mons, despite denials by the author of “The Phantom Bowmen”, considered a real supernatural phenomenon by some even today. How could a Read More
DC’s Bronze Age Vampire Tales
DC’s Bronze Age Vampire Tales are a lot of fun. When you think of vampires you might think first of Marvel Comics, with Morbius and Read More
Here Comes the Bride!
Here comes the bride… and boy, is she a beauty! The Golden Age of Horror Comics loved a good wedding. Here are thirteen unlucky nuptials Read More
Welcome to the Portrait Gallery 3: 1964-1980
If you missed Part 1: 1948-1953 or Part 2: 1954-1963… Welcome back for our final visit to the Portrait Gallery. As the Silver Age moved Read More
Supernatural Sherlock Holmes
Supernatural Sherlock Holmes is not much of a deal in 2020. Ever since the character entered the public domain, all manner of novels have appeared. Read More
The Bats of DC
Berni Wrightson’s cover for House of Mystery #195 (October 1971) got me to thinking how DC Comics made that swooping bat figure their own, and Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1978-1979
If you missed 1976-1977… 1978 saw the creation of the first comic to star a real dinosaur, Jack Kirby’s Devil Dinosaur. Sadly it only lasted Read More
The Strangest Northerns Ever: DC Style
Tales of the haunted north appeared across DC’s horror line. Here’s a sample of the best of them. The earliest Northern was actually from December Read More