Wednesday, October 24, 2012

STRANGE WORLD OF YOUR DREAMS "I Talked with My Dead Wife!"

Can the power of love enable a deceased spouse (and mother) to communicate...
...from beyond the grave to protect her loved ones?
In 1950, the writer/artist team of Simon & Kirby created Black Magic, a comic book about unexplained phenomena which quickly became a best-seller.
Their publisher, Prize Comics asked them for another, related series, so they conceived and produced Strange World of Your Dreams.
The theme was dreams and nightmares, with the added aspect of having readers submit their own dreams to be dramatized and analyzed in the comic!
This particular tale from SWoYD #1 (1952), written and illustrated by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, theorized that a deceased mother's love for her child transcended the boundaries of life and death with the unwitting aid of her still-grieving husband, a tale of true love, but not a romance, per se.
SWoYD was an interesting approach to the horror genre, but unfortunately, it didn't sell well enough to survive past it's 4th issue.
Next week:
We wind up our fantasy-themed October posts with a woman who returns from the grave to protect her spouse from werewolves!
And, as always, we can guarantee that...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

SPACE ADVENTURES "All for Love"

Most sci-fi fans believe love can exist between any sentient beings...
...and, yes, we're referring to hot 'n heavy "getting it on" love, not the "love thy neighbor" type.
I'm sure you were expecting some sort of "Twilight Zone-twist" ending, but weren't sure exactly what it would be.
Luckily, readers of this blog hadn't seen the cover to Charlton's Space Adventures #8 (1953) the way readers who picked up the comic from a drugstore or newsstand saw it, before reading the story...
Art by Dick Giordano
...because it gives away the plot twist!
Illustrated by Dick Giordano (pencils) and Art Cappello (inks).
The writer is unknown.
Next week:
We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

BLACK MAGIC "Romantic Souls"

This is a ghostly love story, but not a "breathless romance" tale...
Art by Jack Kirby
...instead, it's a story of enduring love from the creators of the romance comic genre!
This gentle, never-reprinted tale from Prize's Black Magic #25 (1953) was laid out by Jack Kirby and penciled/inked by Al Eadeh.
The Simon & Kirby team edited/art directed the book, and wrote most of the stories, so one or both of them probably scripted this one.

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!
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

HAUNTED LOVE "Mother's Boy"

It's October and we're starting off with the greatest horror of all...
...an evil mother-in-law who will never let her son go!
Written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Tom Sutton, this story from Haunted Love #6 (1974) gives me the creeps in a way I would expect from a pre-Comics Code story, when almost anything was published!

Next week:
We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

SECRETS OF YOUNG BRIDES "Can This Be Love?"

As the weather turns cooler, let's take one last summer fling...
...with a '70s tale from Charlton's Secrets of Young Brides #3 (1975)
Man, dig those crazy fashions and hairstyles!
Illustrated by the talented Enrique Nieto (who did only romance, horror, or gothic romance tales)
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!
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