Showing posts with label Fred Kida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fred Kida. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Halloween HeartBreak / Tell a Tale of Terror Thrice SUSPENSE "If!"

Here's a real Halloween treat...no trick...a little tale about a guy and a gal from different worlds...
...and we mean that literally!
Written by Carl Wessler, illustrated by Fred Kida, this never-reprinted tale from Atlas' Suspense #27 (1953) shows off panache and style close to the legendary EC Comics horror titles of the era.
In fact, Wessler reused the plot (with the variation of the girl and her family being ghouls, not vampires) the next year in EC's Haunt of Fear #25 as "Out Cold!".
(Since that's been reprinted numerous times, and is still under copyright, we aren't going to run it here.)
Even after the Comics Code forbade werewolves, vampires and ghouls, Wessler managed to get another version of the story into print, this time making the girl and her family aliens in Atlas' World of Fantasy #2 (1956)!
You can see that story here, tomorrow!
But, wait!
We promised you "Tell a Tale of Terror Thrice", right?
Well, Carl reused the concept one last time, returning to horror in a b/w magazine, which wasn't restrained by the Comics Code Authority!
So look for the final version of this terrifying tale in baleful black-and-white from Pastime Publishing's Weird Mysteries #1 (1959) on Friday!
Look for the story from Atlas' World of Fantasy #2 (1956)...
(You didn't think we'd make you wait a week...did you!)
You'd Cry Your Eyes Out if We Did That!
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

LOVERS' LANE "Heartbreak in My Search for Love"

We've spent over a month with the Gothic and supernatural...
...let's get back to the basics of True Love...like kissing and crying and betrayal!
The writer of this stereotypical (but entertaining) tale from Lev Gleason's Lovers' Lane #2 (1949) is unknown, but the art is by Fred Kida with an uncredited assist from George Tuska.
Kida worked steadily in both comic books and newspaper strips from the early 1940s through the mid-1980s, including stints on Flash Gordon, Amazing Spider-Man, and, most famously, AirBoy!
Next week:
We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)
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