Lover

It pains Mr. Karswell greatly to admit to you all, that despite my vast collection of comic books and other ephemera related material, I actually do not own even one single piece of original golden age precode artwork, be it a cover, or random interior page of simple pencil, or ink! I've tried my hand a few times online, even held some in my skeletal hands at conventions! But alas, luck hath not yet become my friend on said pricey subject. I do suppose if the offer came down the pike, and I were somehow given the chance to pick any page from any story during this horrific 1950's era, page 5 of today's superbly insane story with exceptionally eerie awesome art (by Ed Waldman?) would most certainly be high on my list. It's pretty much got everything: creepy graveyard and freshly exhumed corpses, and sexy mad robo-science gone gory good, and self destructively brutal. It really is 7 of my all time favorite panels, all on one putrid page, and I really do hope everyone enjoys it, as we finally reach the big Valentine's Day Massacre terror tale here at THOIA.

From the June 1953 issue of This Magazine is Haunted #11.























And for another kind of Valentine's Day Massacre, be sure to head over to my other blog HERE, for a really smokin' hot shot of holiday heartburn!

The Rain, The Deadly Rain!

Seemed like everyone had such a great time with that last full Fawcett Publications issue, I thought, what the heck, how about another? In fact, how about the freaky February 1953 issue of Strange Stories from Another World #5? We've already got "Vampire's Daughter" in the can (click HERE for it), and today things get extra soggy and saturated with our first of two stories concerning vengeful Earth elements (we'll see what fire has to say in our next post!)

The Secret of the Walking Dead

December kicks off with a real zombie zinger from the August 1952 issue of This Magazine is Haunted #6. This might be one of my favorite Fawcett stories ever… but in typical Fawcett fashion one can only imagine how much better it would be if the coloring had been a bit more inspired.

TOMORROW: A vampire legend celebrates his 84th birthday!

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Vintage Fawcett AD

Ready—Action—Camera!

Or is this one called The Men From Mars? Well whatever its called, it’s time for terror from out of this world from the fourth and final story in our 3-day presentation of the August 1953 issue of This Magazine is Haunted #12 in it's entirety. Hope you enjoyed it.