The Magic Glasses
Last time we looked at Robert Bloch’s “The Cheaters”, which featured a pair of glasses that only saw the truth in people’s minds. Bloch’s idea Read More
Tag: Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery
Giant Insects in the Comics: Bees
The idea of gigantic bugs including bees began with H. G. Wells’s The Food of the Gods (Pearson’s Magazine, December 1903-June 1904). Wells applied it Read More
Four Color Dragons
The dragon of Western culture was a chimera of parts with the body of a crocodile, the wings of a bat and the neck and Read More
Phantom Hounds in Comics
The Phantom Hounds howl in comics! Arthur Conan Doyle left us with a dual heritage from his work and life. He created Mystery’s finest false Read More
Snow Beasts! Yeti, Bigfoot and Sasquatch in Comics – Part II
If you missed the last one… The late 1960s and early 1970s was a time of great interest in the Occult and the unexplained. Books Read More
Return of the Slime
If you missed the last one…. Return of the Slime! Last time I was focused specifically on slime that was of a plant variety. This Read More
More Bronze Age Plant Monsters
If you missed the last one… More Bronze Age Plant Monsters…because I keep stumbling over more of them. (I know that first one is technically Read More
Gold Key Does Plant Monsters
Here’s how Gold Key does Plant Monsters in the Bronze Age. Most of these appeared in Boris Karloff’s horror comic but you can find others Read More
The Severed Hand in Comics II
If you missed the last one… The severed hand is one of horror’s classic monsters. Like most, it started in fiction before coming to comic Read More