The Magic Glasses
Last time we looked at Robert Bloch’s “The Cheaters”, which featured a pair of glasses that only saw the truth in people’s minds. Bloch’s idea Read More
Tag: Sy Grudko
Ghost Writers in the Sky!
People don’t write stories about typewriters anymore. Even magical or haunted ones. It’s not surprising. In my collection The Book of the Black Sun I Read More
Giant Spiders in Golden Age Comics III
If you missed the last one (and you probably did)… The end of the Golden Age saw fewer superheroes and Jungle Lords and more pure Read More
The Werewolves of ACE Comics
Recently I spoke of the werewolves in The Beyond, an Ace Comic. The other Horror and action comics of the Ace line also used werewolves. Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Golden Age One-Pagers
The Strangest Northerns presents some short Golden Age one-pagers. When comic books needed to fill pages they would resort to quick tales done in a Read More
Plant Monsters of the Golden Age: Trees – Part 2
If you missed the first part…. Continuing our look at tree monsters. Last time the trees were angry because of murders, taking their justified revenge 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
The Strangest Northerns: Crimson Wraith from the North
“Crimson Wraith from the North” is a strange Northern that appeared in Baffling Mysteries #18 (November 1953). Uranium is the Arctic treasure once again. The Read More