Plant Monsters in the Comics III
If you missed last time… Well, it’s allergy season again and green is to be seen everywhere. The comics always seemed to do plant monster Read More
Tag: Adventures Into the Unknown
The Spirit of Frankenstein
The Spirit of Frankenstein lives at ACG. Adventures Into the Unknown was the first true horror comic. Begun in 1948, the first two issues were Read More
One-Shot Occult Detectives
One-shot occult detectives are more common than you know. The early comics all had to have one. After Siegel & Shuster created Dr. Occult, they Read More
The Vampires of ACG – Part 1 (1949-1951)
Hey, how about some vampire comics? After our five-part series of ACG werewolves, it only made sense to do vampires comics next. The pre-Code horror Read More
Frank Belknap Long – Part Two: The 1940s
If you missed Part One… The 1940s saw Frank Belnkap Long move into new areas as a professional writer. He is moving away from Lovecraft Read More
The Terrors of Egypt
The terrors of Egypt were created largely out of ignorance. With centuries passing before the decoding of hieroglyphics, we had plenty of time to come Read More
“The Derelict Fleet” and William Hope Hodgson
“The Derelict Fleet” from Adventures Into the Unknown #47 (September 1953) is jam-packed with William Hope Hodgson-isms. Set in the Sargasso Sea, it draws from Read More
Dark Shadows!
Horror comic covers can be quite explicit but the best often suggest rather than show the terror. One of the best techniques for this is Read More
The Werewolves of ACG – Part 5 (1953-1954)
If you missed Part Four ACG’s three horror main titles provide the last hooray of lycanthropic tales. Nothing really new here except a couple of Read More
The Plant Monsters of ACG
ACG pre-Code horror comics did more than just vampires and werewolves (though lots of those). Five comic stories in four years featured killer plant monsters. Read More