NEW ARTICLE PUBLISHED!

Hey, folks. Today I'm announcing the publication of my new article in TwoMorrow's CRYPTOLOGY #10, now available for shipping direct from the publisher. It's a special Neal Adams tribute issue and well worth the purchase just for that. "Attack of the Pre-Code Action Figures!" takes a look at the line released a while back of Super7's mini figure characters who appeared on some of the more ghastly pre-Code comic book covers (you can get a peek at them on the post of my companion site, FEAR IN FOUR COLORS).

Edited by the eerily erudite Peter Normanton, this magazine of retro creep culture gets my highest recommendation.

Preview and purchase the issue HERE, and please consider subscribing to one of--if not the best--monster mags being published today.

From the publisher:

"Don’t turn your back for even a second, for I, the Cryptologist, have returned from the mire to bring you the latest issue of my despicable magazine! For fans of Neal Adams’ horror comics, I’ve got a wealth of his dark imaginings to share with you, plus never-before-seen things to pique your interest. Once you’ve savoured that, you’ll be fascinated to see Batman’s perilous encounters with the macabre, before I disclose some surprising actors who couldn’t resist the lure of the horror movie—one of them being Humphrey Bogart! Spiderbaby’s very own Beverly Washburn will venture into my lair to discuss her time in horror, as a prelude to my setting loose the spiders that terrorized cinema screens, comic books and the pulps. And before you go, I’ll throw in more of those lurid paperback covers along, with your regular dose of B-movie masterpieces and another selection from the Hammer archive. So if you enjoy the dark side, I dare you to step on into my creepy magazine with editor Peter Normanton, solely cooked up for you retro horror fans!”

THESE BOOKS WILL HOLD YOU SPELLBOUND (PART 3)

Continuing from the first two posts about witchcraft and occult books from the 60s and 70s, here is another gallery of covers that exemplify the topic. Posted right at the witching hour!

Part 1

Part 2

Attract love with the Black Magic Ritual Kit!

Cover art by J. Jones.

Cover art by Victor "Vic" Kalin.

Cover art by Jan Parker.

Hammer film adaptation.

KING KONK!

One of the many MAD magazine imitators was Marvel's CRAZY. It was first introduced as an Atlas comic with a cover date of December 1953 lasting for 7 issues and revived briefly in 1973.

The title went to a full-size magazine later in 1973 and included a mascot by the name of "The Nebbish", a Yiddish term for a weak and ineffectual person. After a few issues he was renamed Irving Nebbish and later replaced by Obnoxio the Clown. Nebbish had a passing resemblance to CRACKED's Sylvester P. Smythe.

This King Kong parody appeared in issue #19 (August 1976). The cover is by Bob Larkin. The script is by Len Herman with art by Ernie Colon, alternated Kong's image between a cartoon character and one that was a faithful rendering of the original from the 1932 film.

CRAZY's last issue was #94 with a cover date of April 1983.