Glorious pencils and Eastman-style colouring throughout this one – a real joy! Bug-a-Boo gets sticky for a bug-eyed booby whilst One Man’s Poison fails to understand a vampire’s needs. Paralysed is a neat tale of justifiable vengeance but my favourite was My Brother’s Keeper – I didn’t see the punchline coming at all and I always like that.
The cover has nothing to do with the stories inside – but it doesn’t matter, this is a very fine issue.
By crashryan
Of all the pre-Code horror comics I've read, I've never seen a more blatant imitation of an EC comic. Everything: the story title lettering, the Leroy-lettered balloons with too many boldface words, the gross-out themes, even the artwork (Wildey imitating Wood, Savage imitating Ingels).
Additional Information
Publication
December 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1
Credits
Pencils: Dick Beck | Inks: Dick Beck
Comic Story
Bug-A-Boo (7 pages)
Credits
Pencils: Doug Wildey | Inks: Doug Wildey
Comic Story
One Man's Poison (6 pages)
Synopsis
People keep disappearing near the old Norris' cabin. "Ma" and "Pa" Norris are a kindly old couple who are well liked in town. But the sheriff suspects that there is something up and that the Norris' are not what they seem to be...
Credits
Pencils: Ross Andru
Content
Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Martha Norris; Henry Norris; Lem Drew; Ralph J. Weeks; Hank
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