The Thongor Comics: Creatures on the Loose #22
Creatures on the Loose #22 (March 1973) was a good example of Marvel Comics experimenting with other Sword & Sorcery characters besides Conan. COTL was Read More
Tag: Weird Tales
Frank Belknap Long – Part 3: 1950-2016
Part 1 Part 2 Frank Belknap Long was a veteran Pulpster by 1950. He had written for Weird Tales, Astounding Science-Fiction and many other Pulps. Read More
The Comics of Henry Kuttner
The comics of Henry Kuttner have been forgotten by fans. As a successful Science Fiction writer who had hopes of breaking into Hollywood, these early Read More
The Monster Bats and Harpies of Marvel’s Conan
Wings & Warriors Gigantic monsters bats and sinister harpies take on Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian. The original Conan fiction of Robert E. Howard did feature Read More
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
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
The Ghostbreakers: Dr. Muncing, Exorcist
Dr. Muncing, Exorcist was a ghostbreaker character from Strange Tales, one of Weird Tales biggest competitors. In the tradition of Jules de Grandin and other Read More
Spotted Satan, A Jungle Horror
Two Old Pros “Spotted Satan” was a jungle horror-adventure that appeared in one of the final Farnsworth Wright issues of Weird Tales (January 1940). 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
Flowers of Evil by Robert Charles
Flowers of Evil by Robert Charles was a Horror paperback published in 1981. It is the second title in my Summer of Horror Novels. After Read More