Flash Gordon - S075 - The Skorpi (1959-02-08 to 1959-04-05)

Story & Art: Mac Raboy 

Original run: 1959-02-08 to 1959-04-05

Summary: Finding themselves plunging through an artificial lake on Saturn’s moon Titan (read S-074 The Ship of Gold), a horrified Flash and Dale suddenly stand face to face with the dreaded Skorpi, an all-conquering race who is preparing an Earth invasion from their hidden base.

Managing to evade his captors, a desperate Flash tries to contact the authorities on Earth, but first he needs to locate and save Dale, a task made much more complicated by the fact that the Skorpi are master duplicators...

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Flash Gordon - S074 - The Ship of Gold (1958-12-21 to 1959-02-01)

Story & Art: Mac Raboy 

Original run: 1958-12-21 to 1959-02-01

Summary: Preparing a shipment of mining equipment and a large money consignment at an Earth rocket port, Flash and Dale are suddenly overcome by two robbers in an unusual attack.

Watching helplessly as the cargo rocket takes off with Dale as a hostage, Flash scrambles together a rescue ship and follows the culprits to one of Saturn’s moons and a meeting with an unscrupulous character from his past...

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Flash Gordon - S073 - Moon Wreck (1958-10-19 to 1958-12-14)

Story & Art: Mac Raboy
Original run: 1958-10-19 to 1958-12-14
Summary: As the world is buzzing with the news of a pompous playboy and his movie star partner crashing their space ship on the Moon, plans are set in motion for the delicate rescue mission.
Agreeing to pilot the rescue ship, Flash has his work cut out for him as he must reproduce the crash in minute detail to be able to reach the isolated space travellers – with unforeseen trouble ahead...
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Flash Gordon - S072 - Rocket Derby (1958-08-24 to 1958-10-12)

Story & Art: Mac Raboy 

Original run: 1958-08-24 to 1958-10-12

Summary: Agreeing to fly the powerful “Bumblebee” rocket in the upcoming Solar Derby space race, Flash soon learns that his decision incites acute jealousy in another prospective pilot, who swears to get even in another ship she will pilot in the race.

With a jealous Dale turning up as a surprise participant in the race, Flash has his hands full to avoid trouble from the opposite sex, but must also keep an eye out for real saboteurs aiming to doctor the race for their own purposes...

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Flash Gordon - S071 - Stratosphere Beast (1958-06-22 to 1958-08-17)

Story & Art: Mac Raboy 

Original run: 1958-06-22 to 1958-08-17

Summary: Taking a prolonged holiday away from all things space to come to terms with the outcome of his latest mission (see S-070 The Z Bomb Cloud), Flash is contacted by his old big-game hunter friend Brian Farr, who has an interesting new theory to offer.

Being a firm believer in the existence of living ‘flying saucers’ in Earth’s upper stratosphere, Farr persuades a sceptic Flash to pilot a reconnaissance ship to the right altitude to observe, and catch, one of the fascinating creatures...

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Number 1253: Journey into Halloween fear!

As I mentioned yesterday, Wednesday is Halloween, and despite being the Ebeneezer Scrooge of Halloween, I feel obligated to show some Halloween stories. But obligated is the wrong word. I love horror stories, I'm just not thrilled about Halloween. It's the kids you know...the kids who come to the door and yell “Trick or Treat!” and make Ebeneezer Pappy get off the comfy couch, from which I’ll be watching some old horror movie on TV, no doubt.

I also told you yesterday I found a long-forgotten bag of jelly beans in a drawer. I will give them out to the kids. I opened the bag and poured them into a bowl to keep by the front door. I sampled one of the j.b.'s and it was a bit hard. I nearly broke a tooth. I'll have to issue a disclaimer when I put them in the kids' trick or treat bags. “Make sure you suck on these jelly beans for a half hour or so before biting into them, kiddies! Heh-heh. And don't send me a dentist's bill!”

So what have we for our fear-fare today? We have two stories I've showed before, way back when in the early days of this blog. They're both from the Canadian publisher, Superior Comics, which got their pre-packaged material from the Jerry Iger Studios. Iger had some demented people writing and drawing terror tales in those days. 

Hey, you know what's funny? Halloween candy may rot your teeth, but horror stories like these will definitely rot your brain!

From  Journey Into Fear #19 (1954):

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Number 1252: Two Halloween horrors!

Halloween is Wednesday...and that means the little neighborhood beggers will be coming to the door for their tricks and their treats. I found a bag of forgotten jelly beans placed in a drawer a few years ago. The kids will have to settle for fifteen-year-old candy from Pappy!

I have two Fawcett horror stories to celebrate Halloween. First up, “The Thing From the Lake,” from Strange Stories from Another World #3 (1952). It's a tale of a castle, greed, and a slippery, slimy corpse using psychological torture as revenge. The sharp black-line artwork is from a downloaded version of the story done up as an online collection called Fawcett Classic Horror #2. Some good person (and thanks to him!) probably got the stories from UK or Australian comics, which printed them sans color.

Next up, from Beware! Terror Tales #5 (1953), a tale of a cursed clock, “Horrors of the 13th Stroke.” The Grand Comics Database lists ? as the artist on this tale. Karswell of The Horrors of It All showed his scans of the story almost four years ago, in January 2009, so I feel it's time (get it? Clock? Time?) to see it again. As a bonus, the nifty cover from the issue is drawn by Bernard Baily, who did some great horror covers of the pre-Code era.

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