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Not to be missed. This comic/mag is from 1959, but it might as well be a lingering imitation of EC's Picto-Fiction from four years before or a forerunner of Jim Warren's B&W comic mags which cropped up several years later in the '60s. Art by Roussos (or is that Severin?), Tuska, Powell, Battefield, Torres, Reinman, Williamson... An overlooked classic. |
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Fascinating that the ed. staff wanted to stay anonymous while at least some of the artists signed their work. That first story could almost be a straight hard-boiled piece of crime fiction, with fine early work by Gray Morrow. And Tuska drawing the "host" even on other artist's stories in several places. Definitely a subject for more research. Amazing, thanks for the upload! |
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Taken from the crinkled raw scan so needs re-scanning ideally. I prefer the papery look but the edit isn't particularly harsh. Exactly the same applies to Weird Mysteries. Shame they failed after ONE issue when there were hundreds of samey issues those b/w Mad imitations. Eye-catching covers so I can only assume that even five years on from the peak of the hysteria distributors and/or sellers wouldn't touch them (even though their kiddies could go to the cinema to watch horror films unlike in the U.K). |
