Topic: Shrunken Heads (Read 17869 times)

ubantuban · « **on:** October 18, 2008, 06:44:44 PM »

Hello out there!
You may think me weird (well, who isn

PeterC · « **Reply #1 on:** October 19, 2008, 01:33:22 AM »

Hi ubantuban

I'm an editor over at the Grand Comic-book Database Project and have a bit of special access (lucky me!). Here's three comics where the synopsis mentions Shrunken Heads:
(CA) Strange Mysteries (Superior Publishers Limited) #6 seq#1 Head of Horror -- s.synopsis = A shrunken head pays an ex-G.I. to bring it to its living brother. This scares the brother to death. The head reunites with its body but is trapped in a grave by the ex-G.I.
(US) Scary Tales (Charlton) #18 seq#6 Triple-Header! -- s.synopsis = Mike Perry kills his wife and her lover in the jungle. They all end up as shrunken heads.
(US) Terror Tales (Eerie Publications) #v8#3 seq#9 Head Shrinkers -- s.synopsis = "Of all the assorted occult phenomena there is nothing so terrifying as the horror of shrunken heads especially when you're the victim."

The first one is public domain and is available here (!) but the other two are too new to be...

and there is an Italian comic that says it's reprinted from strips that were titled Head Shrinkers
(IT) Dardopocket, I #1 seq#6 Il complesso di Gigi [T23 - T93 daily strip] [Romeo Brown] -- s.notes = titolo originale "Gigi and the Head Shrinkers"

Hope this helps in your "head hunt"

Peter

ubantuban · « **Reply #2 on:** October 19, 2008, 07:56:23 AM »

Thank you very much Sir!

Yes, you sure are a lucky guy (I

darkmark · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2008, 12:09:38 AM »

There's a voodoo story drawn by Joe Orlando from an early CREEPY that involves shrunken heads with a ghastly ending. Also, in an early TWO-FISTED TALES, the story "Jivaro Death" also has shrunken heads as a background element, iirc.

narfstar · « **Reply #4 on:** October 20, 2008, 01:40:25 AM »

Two Fisted Tales #2 which has been reprinted at least twice so you may be able to get a cheap copy.

ubantuban · « **Reply #5 on:** October 20, 2008, 08:02:04 AM »

Thanks a bunch!

I have the "Jivaro Death" (actually one of my favourites). I

ubantuban · « **Reply #6 on:** October 20, 2008, 11:59:13 AM »

Alas!
Today I found a hidden shrunken-head-gem myselt, in the form of "The Thing That Talked" in Operation Peril #3.
This place is really a chamber of treasures!

rez · « **Reply #7 on:** October 20, 2008, 05:55:55 PM »

The Thing #1Shrunken Head Cover is on ebay right now if you have $150 to spend. eek!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Golden-Age-The-Thing-1Shrunken-Head-Cover_W0QQitemZ400002242862QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item400002242862&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Quote from: ubantuban on October 20, 2008, 11:59:13 AM

Alas!
Today I found a hidden shrunken-head-gem myselt, in the form of "The Thing That Talked" in Operation Peril #3.
This place is really a chamber of treasures!

ubantuban · « **Reply #8 on:** October 21, 2008, 05:02:33 AM »

Well.., I may be crazy, but I aint THAT crazy

But thanks for the tip anyway!

Yoc · « **Reply #9 on:** October 21, 2008, 10:04:14 PM »

There's a shrunken head story up on Horrors of it All blog here:
http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2008/10/shrunken-head-vs-devil-drums.html

It's a fantastic blog for horror stories you'll likely want to search through.
-Yoc

ubantuban · « **Reply #10 on:** October 22, 2008, 08:07:36 PM »

Actually, that

John C · « **Reply #11 on:** October 23, 2008, 05:59:18 PM »

It's not a comic book, but I'm sure someone will find this article (with nice references) on the subject interesting:

http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/10/the_science_of_shrin.html

ubantuban · « **Reply #12 on:** October 23, 2008, 09:09:06 PM »

Thank you!
Yes I do find almost anything on the subject interesting.

narfstar · « **Reply #13 on:** November 20, 2008, 12:57:59 AM »

Weird Terrors 13 in Comic Media has a shrunken head story

ubantuban · « **Reply #14 on:** November 22, 2008, 11:23:38 AM »

Thank You Narf! Really appreciate it.

PeterC · « **Reply #15 on:** November 25, 2008, 10:45:29 PM »

I just found another one... right here. http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/index.php?dlid=5923

Nyoka #45 has a story called "The Jungle Heads of Doom" about shrunken heads. We have the Canadian edition here...

As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to post here!

Peter

P.S. I'll be indexing it over at the GCD at http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=553552

Yoc · « **Reply #16 on:** November 26, 2008, 02:54:19 AM »

I'm impressed this thread has gone on as long as it has.
Who knew shrunken heads had such a following?

thaibites · « **Reply #17 on:** December 06, 2008, 11:45:37 AM »

Shrunken heads rule! Check out Voodoo #1 for a good one.

darkmark · « **Reply #18 on:** December 07, 2008, 09:06:51 PM »

Don't know if it counts, but in just about the last ish of MARVEL FAMILY (which we have here), the cover features a full-sized Freddy Freeman with a very shrunken head, and a story of the "Pinhead Plague" affecting people all over.

If this keeps up we'll be including issues of PSYCHOANALYSIS for the headshrinker theme...

JVJ · « **Reply #19 on:** December 30, 2008, 03:12:49 AM »

Captain Terry Thunder in Jungle #94 (Oct. 1947) is about some shrunken heads.

Astrp3 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 02, 2009, 02:13:51 AM »

Sorry, I didn't notice this until today or I would have replied earlier.
Here are several (some have already been mentioned):

The Shrunken Skull - Chamber of Chills #5 (Harvey, Feb 1952) - reprinted in Chamber of Chills #25 (Sep 1954)
also reworked by Eerie Publications as The Shrunken Monster with art by Larry Woromay in Weird v4n3 (1970), Witches Tales v3n5 (1971), and Tales of Voodoo v6n1
reworked again by Eerie Pubs as The Head Chopper with art by Oscar Fraga in Tales From the Tomb v7n1 (1975), Horror Tales v8n4 (1977), and Horror Tales v9n1 (1979) as The Head From Hell

The Shrunken Skull - Horrific #7 (Comic Media, Sep 1953) reprinted in Weird Terror #13 (1954) as Dive to Death
also reworked by Eerie Publications as skull in a Box with art (I believe) by Cirilo Munoz in Terror Tales v2n5 (1970), Horror Tales v3n6 (1971), and Horror Tales v5n4 (1973)

Heads of Horror - Voodoo #14 (Ajax/Farrell, Mar-Apr 1954)
Reprinted by Eerie Publications in Weird v1n12 (1966), Terror Tales v1n9 (1969) as Heads of Hate
also redone by Eerie with same title and new art in Tales From the Tomb v6n4 (1974), Horror Tales v8n2 (1977), and Horror Tales v8n5 (1977)

Devil Drums - Black Cat Mystery #43 (Harvey, Apr 1953)
Reworked by Eerie Pubs with art by A. Reynoso as The Head Shrinkers in Tales From the Tomb v4n5 (1972), Terror Tales v6n6 (1974), Terror Tales v8n3 (1977), and Weird Vampire Tales v4n2 (1980)

The Shrunken Heads of Doctor Death - Web of Evil #12 (Quality, Mar 1954)

Queen of the Shrunken Heads - Fantastic #9 (Youthful, Apr 1952). Haven't read this one.

The Shrunken Head - Adventures Into Terror #26 (Atlas, Dec 1952). ditto

The Shrunken Head - Men's Adventures #25 (Atlas, Jan 1954)

Don't Shrink Sam's Head - Mystic #23 (Atlas Sep 1953). Reprinted in Vault of Evil #6 (Marvel, 1973).

Horror Ahead - Haunt of Fear #16 [#2] (E.c., July 1950).

The Tiny Heads - The Clutching Hand (ACG, Aug 1954)
Repinted in Chilling Tales of Horror v1n3 (Stanley Publications, 1969) as Ghostly Revenge

Triple-Header - This Magazine is Haunted #17 (Charlton, May 1954)
Reprinted in AC Comics Crypt of Horror #2 and in Scary Tales #18 (Charlton)

We Don't Want Your Head - Journey Into Mystery #13 (Atlas, Dec 1954) is about "head hunters" but no shrunken heads - read it to see why

ubantuban · « **Reply #21 on:** January 07, 2009, 10:12:33 AM »

Thank You All!

I have most of them, but still looking for a few of them (Queen of the Shrunken Heads - Fantastic #9, The Shrunken Head - Adventures Into Terror #26, Don't Shrink Sam's Head - Mystic #23 or Vault of Evil #6)...

and Yoc:

("I'm impressed this thread has gone on as long as it has.
Who knew shrunken heads had such a following?")

I had a strong feeling there were more headcases than me out there..!

rez · « **Reply #22 on:** January 07, 2009, 10:57:39 PM »

If ubantuban were of an eastern Indian descendancy and lived in the city would he be called UrbanTurban?

ubantuban · « **Reply #23 on:** January 08, 2009, 09:36:40 AM »

And if he was of eastern Indian descendancy an lived i Germany and was riding the subway, he would be called U-bahnTurban
(this is off topic, isn

rez · « **Reply #24 on:** January 08, 2009, 05:42:27 PM »

heh, ya, but small rabbit trails can be interesting.
Carry on.

Quote from: ubantuban on January 08, 2009, 09:36:40 AM

And if he was of eastern Indian descendancy an lived i Germany and was riding the subway, he would be called U-bahnTurban
(this is off topic, isn

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