The Man Who Defeated Death!

We'll be taking a look at some freakily lengthy Fawcett Publications frights for the new few posts, our first from the May 1953 issue of Beware! Terror Tales #7. A fun bit of info: while the entire story itself was reprinted a few times in the following decade, the actual splash page of this story was recycled as well and used as the cover for a 60's UK reprint series called Voodoo, which apparently reprinted everything from Silver Age Marvel monsteramas to 50's Iger Shop classics (see the last scan.) More Fawcett up next!

A Game with Lucifer

During the 1950's pre-code era, Ace Comics was home to some of the most imaginative of Devil Tales. Now as we continue spiraling down into the fiery pit of Hell itself with satanic stories of eternal pure evil, we let loose with another eerie example from the March '52 issue of Baffling Mysteries #7, highlighted by art from the always amazing Lou Cameron! Today's post is also rounded out with a baffling bonus one-page excursion into Hades from the July '53 issue of Baffling Mysteries #16.

Game of Death

Nope, it's not a comic book version of the 1978 Bruce Lee film of the same name-- it's the final story from Tales of Horror #5 (1953.) This entire issue is now posted here at THOIA, and fyi: we should have another complete issue or two for you before the month is out!

 

Don't forget to head over to Karswell's other blog too where all month long he'll be featuring festive frights for this Halloween season-- today, it's a minor spoof of Famous Monsters of Filmland, plus other gruesome gags:

The Game Called Dying

Time for some jungle jitters with the greediest cast of comic book characters ever collected in one short story. It’s no spoiler to call this a “vengeful severed hand” tale of terror; all you have to do is look at the splash which establishes this fact right off the bat.

From the September 1952 issue of Voodoo #3