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.

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.

!!! 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.

Swamp Thing Cover

Below is a scan of Bernie Wrightson's rough preliminary artwork for DC Special Series #14 (1978) and a scan of the published comic. This comic reprinted Swamp Thing #3 and #4.

Casper the Friendly Ghost

Oh, what the hell. Here's the first three issues of Casper the Friendly Ghost.




Casper the Friendly Ghost #1, September 1949.




Casper the Friendly Ghost #2, February 1950.




Casper the Friendly Ghost #3, August 1950.

Dracula Day!

Moving right along with the Countdown to Halloween, here's some images of everyone's favorite count: Dracula!




Cover art for Brides of Dracula, 1960. Book by Dean Owen, artist unknown.




Tomb of Dracula #1, April 1972. Cover art by Neal Adams.




Splash page for Tomb of Dracula #1, April 1972. Art by Gene Colan.




Vampirella #16, April 1972. Cover art by Sanjulian.




Dracula movie poster, 1931.




Dracula movie poster, 1951 re-release.




Dracula Lives #1, 1973. Cover art by Boris Vallejo.

Simon Bisely Zombies

A Simon Bisely painting for the Magic: The Gathering series of trading cards.