Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder CHAMBER OF DARKNESS "Music from Beyond!" aka "Music of Erich Zann"

H P Lovecraft's "Music of Erich Zann" Served as the Basis For This Terror Tale...

...which featured the return of an EC Comics stalwart to horror comics!







Adapted by writer Roy Thomas and illustrated by Johnny Craig (with some redrawing by Marie Severin), the story from Marvel's Chamber of Darkness #5 (1970) is pretty successful...within the limitations of the Comics Code Authority's restrictions.
(Ironically, the Code "loosened up" with some major revisions after this story was created and published.
As pointed out HERE at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's site: "The 1971 code relaxed the restrictions on crime comics and lifted the ban on horror comics [while still prohibiting the use of “horror” and “terror” in titles].")
Note: You may have noticed a b/w splash page just before the end of the story.
When it was reprinted in Marvel's b/w magazine Masters of Terror #2 (1975), the spash was inserted into the story with the last two captions from the previous page's final panel.
Plus, the reprint changed the title to the Lovecraft prose tale's "Music of Erich Zann".
We hope you've enjoyed a month of Lovecraft comic adaptations, and suggest you continue to check us out every Wednesday for more Worlds of Wonder!
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Halloween Reading Room SUPERSNIPE "Halloween" Part 2

...Koppy (SuperSnipe) McFad (wearing his original costume), celebrates Halloween by trick-or-treating with his friends Herlock Domes and Roxy, and ends up at the Van Welty mansion where the trio inadvertently helps an assassination attempt on the mansion's rich owner.
Discovering that they aided and abbetted a felony, Koppy and Herlock calmly assess the situation...
This tale of terror and trick-or-treat concludes Thursday...

Story and art for this tale from SuperSnipe Comics V2N12 (1945) by George Marcoux, who did all the "SuperSnipe Universe" strips himself!

Monday, October 27, 2025

Monday Monster Madness MONSTERS UNLIMITED "Best of #4"

As of #4, Monsters to Laugh With  changed it's title...
...to Monsters Unlimited!
But the Stan Lee-scripted word balloons on old (even in 1965) movie and TV horror/sci-fi pix remained as corny as ever!


Remember the caption-writing contest Stan ran last issue?
Well, here's the (as Stan put it) WEINER...
You'll Have to Wait Until Next Halloween Season To See That Pic!

Next Monday...

Shogun Warriors are Back as Monday Mecha Madness Returns!
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Sunday, October 26, 2025

Halloween Reading Room SUPERSNIPE ""Halloween" Part 1"

You'd think a story about Halloween would begin a bit differently...
...but remember, this is a story about the Boy with the Most Comic Books in America, so it'll all tie together shortly...
This tale of terror and trick-or-treat continues Tuesday...
Story and art for this tale from S&S's SuperSnipe Comics V2N12 (1945) by George Marcoux, who did all the "SuperSnipe Universe" strips himself!

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Spooky Space Force Saturdays JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS "Planet of Terror!"

 Our Final Halloween-Horror Themed Tale is Illustrated by Basil Wolverton...

...but likely not scripted by him!




Even the Grand Comics Database, which normally attributes scripting of Basil's tales to him is uncertain what to make of this somewhat disorienting ending! of this sinister story from Atlas' Journey into Unknown Worlds #7 (1951)!
You'll note the inset art for the story on the cover, by an unknown artist, has none of the elements of the tale itself!
What's the truth?
We'll likely never know...

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