Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween



To celebrate the last few hours of Halloween, here's the coolest zombie drawing ever by Bernie Wrightson and a couple DC House covers...




Zombie drawing, 1970.






House of Secrets
#100, September 1972.






House of Mystery
#213, April 1973.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Wednesday Witches



I can't make it through a Countdown to Halloween without running this classic by Gil Elvgren. More witches below...




Riding High
, by Gil Elvgren, 1958.




A Hornbook for Witches by Leah Bodine Drake. Arkham House, 1950.




The Old Witch
by Johnny Craig, n.d.




The Witches of Salem by Carl Barks, 1979.




Wendy, the Good Little Witch #21, December 1963.











Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Tuesday Terror!!!






Tomb of Terror #2, June 1952. Cover by Lee Elias.




The Terror, 1963.




Weird Terror #11, May 1954. Cover by Don Heck.




Terror in the Haunted House, 1959.




Terror Illustrated #2, April 1956. Cover by Reed Crandall.




Masters of Terror
#1, July 1975. Cover by Gray Morrow.




Adventures Into Terror #4, June 1951.




Terror Tales, September 1934.




Monday, October 24, 2011

Monster Monday





Horror of the Blood Monsters, 1970. Art by Neal Adams.




Monsters Unleashed #5, April 1974. Cover by Bob Larkin.




Famous Monsters of Filmland #6, February 1960. Cover by Albert Nuetzell.




Demon illustration by Bernie Wrightson, circa 1970.




The Bride of Frankenstein, Aurora model box cover, 1965.




Mad #89, September 1964. Cover by Norman Mingo.




Sunday, October 23, 2011

Tales of Magic and Mystery



Two really nice covers for the first two issues of the pulp Tales of Magic and Mystery.





December 1927.




January 1928.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Mister Mystery




As you Countdown to Halloween, enjoy some more pre-code nastiness with these covers for Mister Mystery.




Mister Mystery #1, September 1951. Cover by Ross Andru.




Mister Mystery #2, November 1951. Cover by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.




Mister Mystery #3, December 1951. Cover by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.




Mister Mystery #4, March 1952.




Mister Mystery #5, May 1952.




Mister Mystery #6, July 1952. Cover by Tony Mortellaro.




Mister Mystery #7, September 1952. Cover by Tony Mortellaro.




Mister Mystery #8, November 1952.




Mister Mystery #9, January 1953.




Mister Mystery #10, March 1953. Cover by Bernard Baily.




Mister Mystery #11, May 1953. Cover by Bernard Baily.




Mister Mystery #12, July 1953. Cover by Bernard Baily.




Mister Mystery #13, September 1953. Cover by Bernard Baily.




Mister Mystery #14, November 1953. Cover by Bernard Baily.




Mister Mystery #15, February 1954.




Mister Mystery #16, April 1954.




Mister Mystery #17, June 1954.




Mister Mystery #18, August 1954. Cover by Bernard Baily.




Mister Mystery #19, October 1954.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

!!! Pre-Code Horror !!!



Here's some nice pre-code horror comics.




Lawbreakers Suspense Stories #11, March 1953.




Monster Crime #1, October 1952.




Worlds Beyond #1, November 1951.




Diary of Horror #1, December 1952.




The Dead Who Walk
nn, 1952.




Chamber of Chills #19, September 1953. Cover by Lee Elias.




Amazing Mysteries
#32, May 1949.