Monday Monster Madness DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, and "WEREWOLF"...as SUPERHEROES???

we warned you...

Our "brother" RetroBlog, Hero Histories, has the complete runs of the swinging Sixties superhero incarnations of Frankenstein, Dracula, and WolfMan, (which was retitled "Werewolf" due to trademark conflicts).

Did you know writer/editor DJ Arneson and artist Tony Tallarico put Universal Monster SuperHero Universe references within the three series?
Was a crossover team-up or battle planned...but not published?

If that doesn't scare your pants off, nothing will!

Click on the links...
Frankenstein
Dracula
WereWolf
It's Up to You to Decide if this is our Treat to you...or a Trick!!!

Tresspassers Will Be EATEN!

Trick-or-Treaters Will be Licked! 

Whether you're a member of Team Jacob, or just love the furry fanged furies, go WEREWOLF this Halloween with our kool kollectibles including recyclable trick-or-treat bags, mini-buttons (great for bag stuffers and they don't rot teeth), magnets, mugs, yard signs and banners, and of course, shirts and hoodies!

Order now or you'll be baying at the moon with regret!

Monday Madness KARLOFF! LORRE! CHANEY! TOGETHER!!!

Can you name the one time this Trio of Terror Titans appeared together?

And they played themselves...as well as three of their Manifestations of Malevolence!

Click HERE to learn the ominous answer!

Design of the Week Redux--AIEEE! WereWolf!

This week, we re-post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another, but this one has done so well, we're keeping it going for another week!
This week...
We're continuing our roll-out of horror comics-themed goodies with this vintage 1950s horror comic cover from the new Werewolves 2011 12-Month Calendar that'll be on assorted collectibles like iPhone cases, mugs, t-shirts, iPad/Kindle/messenger bags and the like for only 7 days! After that, it's back to the tomb, only to be seen on the calendar!
Combine it with one of the demonically-delightful books or DVDs below for a kool-ghoul gift set for birthday or holiday

Design of the Week--AIEEE! WereWolf!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week...
We're continuing our roll-out of horror comics-themed goodies with this vintage 1950s horror comic cover from the new Werewolves 2011 12-Month Calendar that'll be on assorted collectibles like mugs, t-shirts, iPad/Kindle/messenger bags and the like for only 7 days! After that, it's back to the tomb, only to be seen on the calendar!
Combine it with one of the demonically-delightful books or DVDs below for a kool-ghoul gift set for birthday or holiday

Woof! Woof! Werewolves Gone Wild!

Due to popular demand, we're expanding our Horror Comics of the 1950s™ department to include entire new sections devoted to specific types of monsters!

WEREWOLVES!

The very personification of uncontroled release of murderous, mindless, animal lusts!
Before the 2000s, that's how those who changed when the moon is full were portrayed by performers from Lon Chaney to Oliver Reed.
Interestingly, enough, a number of novels and short stories portray human women who can control the desires of lycanthropic men and make the transformed males obey them. Few, if any of those tales have been adapted for the screen.

Today, werewolves are as hot a romantic icon as vampires, with whom they're usually presented in conflict with over human females, in movies and TV series like True Blood, Vampire Diaries, and the Underworld and Twilight series!

For those who prefer lycanthropes who don't bare their chests unless they've gone furry, or Team Edward members who want to rib their Team Jacob counterparts with gag gifts, we've resurrected the classic image of the furry fiends on a line of collectibles including mugs, magnets, t-shirts, iPad/Kindle/messenger bags and other undead tchochkies!

Plus, a Werewolves! 2011 12-Month Calendar!

If you're looking for a birthday or holiday present for a fan of the life-impaired (or a treat for yourself), why not combine one of our kool kollectibles with one of the books or DVDs below for the ultimate ghoulish gift set?

Design of the Week--WereWolf? There, wolf!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week we take a one-liner from Young Frankenstein as our headline as we celebrate (Secret Chic-style) the remake of The Wolf Man!
This vintage cover art by Don Heck from the 1950s, when EC Comics' horror titles like Tales from the Crypt and The Vault of Horror dominated the newsstands, features a werewolf (but not Larry Talbot, the WolfMan) lurking in the foliage, blood dripping from his gleaming fangs!
He's available on t-shirts, messenger bags, mugs, and a whole slew of kool kollectibles, but only on-line from us, and only for one week.
So order now, before the full moon rises...

Return of the WolfMan...

In anticipation of a screening this Tuesday of the new WolfMan film, I spent Super Bowl Sunday reviewing the previous Universal flix in the Wolf Man Legacy (note, it's two words, not one as in the new film) box set issued in 2004. (BTW, congrats to the New Orleans Saints!)

While it does emphasize the then-current Van Helsing film (and it's werewolf) in the extras, the set includes the only solo film (The Wolf Man) featuring Larry Talbot (all the others were "team-ups" with other Universal monsters), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (the first of the monster "team-ups" and not included in the Frankenstein Legacy set), WereWolf of London (featuring a different werewolf and origin), and She-Wolf of London, which is more Cat People than Wolf Man.
A new documentary, Monster by Moonlight, covers the history of Universal's various werewolves, including Talbot.
Considering reports that the new film adapts elements of not only both Wolf Man and WereWolf of London, but Hammer's Curse of the WereWolf (ironically, distributed in the U.S. by Universal) as well, I'd suggest catching all three before you see the new one to contrast and compare!
(I'll be watching Curse on Monday night...)

It's been fun immersing myself in Universal's werewolf lore once more.
Did you know that the Wolf Man is the only Universal monster to by played by the same actor in every appearance (even when meeting Abbott & Costello!)?
I hadn't seen all these films together since the Film Forum's summer Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror festivals! (I used to arrange my vacation days from work to do all-day shows and party with my friends!)

Happy Hunting!