The Man Who Tricked the Devil!

Today we have the last story (thank the lard) from Tales of Horror #7 1952, aka the crummiest comic book in my collection... NOTE: when I say "crummy" I'm talkin' about a multitude of things like the print failure! every page loose! zero spine! fallin' apart / brittle condition! -- I certainly have nothing against the art or stories. So for you issue completists, also see: "Dinky!", "Die for the Beggar", and the really great "Beast from the Deep!" that we posted waaay back deep in the 2008 THOIA Archives!

Splash art recycled

The Big Snake

Friends, welcome to October, this is the month when the Creep Factor around THOIA gets set to Mother F'in Over-Drive! So hang onto your spines as we kick it all off with a 50’s B-Movie-esque blast of giant monster madness!

From the December 1953 issue of Tales of Horror #8

And don’t forget to enter the latest THOIA “Haunt from the Sea” Contest, check yesterday’s post for all the details! Have some fun, win some stuff… it’s all good.

Special on Beet Soup

Yuck. With a horrific, flesh crawling title like “Special on Beet Soup” you know you’re in for something obscenely evil and nightmare inducing… yes, Mel Keefer knows what kids fear most.

From the August 1953 issue of Tales of Horror #6