Darth Corgi Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Nice Fifties! Looking forward to the nightmares tonight. Fantastic and Fantastic Fears is a great series! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Tabar Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Well Darth Korgi, I've heard you tell me this before but somehow it is even more resonant in print. Thanks for the list. I have to agree with this assessment. Some random thoughts on these stories: -a lot of these Precode stories feature cheap and sometimes hack writing and art. That said, McDonakds sure can taste good. I think a lot of the best stories are more unique than the others in idea and or art style and feature an especially brutal panel. Here are some of the most popular and repeated story types... I think these four themes might account for half of the stories in these comics: 1. Spouse kills spouse for money (half the time one or both is a vampire or where wolf) 2. Travel to Islands or Africa and steals sacred gem/statue which unleashes vengeful voodoo/black magic. 3. Business partner, spouse or lover killed and returns as a zombie or ghost to kill the murderer. 4. Alien invasion or world takeover using disguise or mind control. And lest we forget (and this was noted in a Simpsons treehouse of horror episode) the one constant in most of these stories - ironic punishment. Right you are Andy! Are there many Precode references in those episodes? Groening is very much a comic fan, but my guess is that most of the tropes he's used for the treehouse stories would be via The Twilight Zone. The story I'm referencing is when he eats the "soul donut" given to him by Flanders and then is forced to spend the day in hell, ironic punishment division - "So you like donuts, do you? Have all the donuts in the world!!" Ironic for the devil Flanders IIRC as Homer continued to eat as many donuts as was force fed to him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 A plethora of panicked prose, fifties! Thanks so much for posting these terrific stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Tabar Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Those were some great tales, Fifties! Thanks for posting! I especially liked the art in Spell of the Black Gloves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Beware! Terror Tales, #6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Chilling Tales #13. Matt Fox's sig is next to the chest in the splash page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 (edited) Adventures Into Terror 31 Edited September 14, 2014 by fifties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 The Thing, 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 ...made with the fat of a human heart...brilliant! I believe this was also reprinted in the Mammoth Handbook of Horror Comics as well.Thanks for all your great posts.I've been enjoying them so much! Jimmers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 So many great stories! I'm behind in my reading and have to catch up! Bravo fifties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldust40 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 So many great stories! I'm behind in my reading and have to catch up! Bravo fifties! +1. Rapidly becoming my favourite thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Captain Science, #7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Diary Of Horror, #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 The Thing, #13. Steve Ditko's sig in the edge of the desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Love the use of zippatone on this last story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Tabar Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 WOW! Thanks for posting these, Fifties. Those were really great. That splash page on the Hangman's Son alone is one of the most horrific things I've seen yet in comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 Beware, #9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 Forbidden Worlds #27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 Stories To Hold You Spellbound, 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 Weird Mysteries #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
