Out of Focus

Ahhh, the disasters of the ‘ol matter transmitter machine… fans of a certain George Langelaan story will undoubtedly enjoy this similarly plotted though very different and somber tale which saw print in the March 1953 issue of Weird Mysteries #9, (three years before the timeless classic “The Fly” short story was published in Playboy Magazine.)

So who invented the concept of teleportation in an S/F tale?

TOMORROW: A Double Shot of WTF??!

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Vintage ADs

PS: The Comic Book Catacombs promises that The Killer from Saturn story should be posted there sometime today…check it out by clicking HERE, it’s another Web of Evil classic from the Karswell S/F Archives. Thanks for hosting Chuck!

Even Pappy is in sci-fi mode today, click HERE!

The Garcon / Dream!

Today it’s a 2-for-1 shot of mysterious weirdness from the March 1954 issue of Weird Mysteries #9. And our first obnoxious tale is loaded with unintentional humor (as well as the completely intentional kind too.) I do declare---this is definitely THE zaniest story ever posted here at THOIA. Bon appetit!

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Our other tale today from the March 1954 issue of Weird Mysteries #9 has a truly nightmarish, lo-fi art style reminiscent of modern day indie cartoonists, (or even color quick storyboard roughs), and the plot pretty much goes exactly where you figure it’s going from the opening panel... but it’s still an interesting glimpse into the pre-code realm of sadistic torture and Lovecraftian demon cult horrors.

And starting tomorrow we finish out the week (and weekend too) with select stories from Atlas Comics’ Marvel Tales series, featuring timeless terror classics from Al Eadeh, Dick Briefer, and many more (some we'll need help identifying too!)