Showing posts with label STRANGE FANTASY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label STRANGE FANTASY. Show all posts

Friday, January 2, 2026

DON'T BURY ME--I'M NOT DEAD!


Taking a cue from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Premature Burial", the unknown writer of this tale tells the story of an unnamed man who is winged by a passing car and hits his head on a fire hydrant after leering at a girl on the street who shows a little leg when her skirt is blown up in the breeze!

Appearing medically dead but still conscious, his unfaithful wife gives permission for the coroner to have his body donated to "medical science". The slightly-nutty doctor removes the man's heart, after which he is placed in a coffin and buried like any other stiff. The problem is, after all he's gone through, he's still alive!

"Cry From the Coffin" was drawn by the Iger Shop and published in Farrell's STRANGE FANTASY in their October 1953 issue.

On a side note, this title was edited by Ruth Roche, who was one of the very few women of that era to hold such a lofty position. Miss Roche was part-owner of the Iger Shop from 1945 to 1961.






Wednesday, September 17, 2025

I WANT MY EYES!


This unintentionally hilarious story, "The Terror of Akbar", was produced by the Iger Shop for Farrell's STRANGE FANTASY #10 (February-March 1954). An ancient mummy comes back to life and breaks out of his sarcophagus to reclaim his eyes that have been returned to the museum where he is on display. All he has to do is follow the bouncing eyes. A laugh out loud moment is when he has just broken free and is "attracted to the light", a hard thing to do when one is sightless, to say nothing about tracking them down in the first place! Also of note is the name "Akbar" has its origins in India/Pakistan, not Egypt. Artistic license!