Haunted! Part 1!
Haunted houses are a traditional setting for certain types of Halloween stories. The old abandoned building that remembers terrible deeds committed there works both as Read More
Tag: Mysterious Adventures
Werewolves of the Golden Age: 1954-1955
If you missed the last one… This finishes our general Golden Age Werewolf posts. I say that because we still have the Werewolves of EC Read More
Kill, Puppets, Kill!
Abraham Merritt was the king of the Fantasy writers in the 1920s. He didn’t even do the job full time. He worked on a newspaper Read More
The Seance Begins! Part 1
Seances and Spiritualism fiction began shortly after the movement swept the world in the 1840s. The flood of mediums who gave readings got a shot Read More
Caverns of the Damned!
Caverns of the Damned! Caves of the Doomed! Nothing good ever happens in a cave. Odysseus found a one-eyed giant in his. Ali Baba’s was Read More
The Ghoul Gallery – A Golden Age Gathering
I stole the title of Hugh B. Cave’s “The Ghoul Gallery” (Weird Tales, June 1932) because it makes my point nicely. The story is about Read More
Plant Monsters of the Golden Age: Flowers
I have been wanting to reorganize my plant monsters from the Golden Age of Comics for a while. So what you will see is partly 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: 1948-1953
Welcome to the Portrait Gallery… where terror hangs on the wall. Where art meets madness and talent is used for evil. The old Gothics and 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