My Rating “A Cold And Lasting Tomb!” Reader Note: A significant portion of this story takes place in Monsters Unleashed No.02, 04, and 06. The lifeless body of the monster sank deeper and deeper into the Arctic waters. Within seconds, memories began to fade as the frigid temperature overwhelmed any vitality remaining left inside of
My Rating “Return From The Grave!” Highgate Cemetery – Midnight, the arm shot up from inside the exposed coffin, gripping Dracula with vice-like strength. The skeletal hand was fixed tightly around his undead throat using some unexplainable supernatural phenomena even the prince of evil could not explain. What was this fiend? How dare it lay
My Rating “Nightmare’s Evolution – Tigra the Feline Fury” What happened to Doctor Joanne Tumolo? Whispers begin to spread underneath the port city of New Orleans, while thousands of Mardi Gras goers fill the streets above. Murder has come to the hidden world of the cat-people and Tigra wants answers. Greer Grant Nelson, the once
My Rating “Edgar Allan Poe’s: The Raven” The raven knocked, knocked so sternly upon the window for a score. It awakened Dr. Craven from his melancholy state, the sorrow he deplore. Upon investigation, the aves, yes the aves, could speak fluent language, the words did flow. Then it revealed to the good Erasmus, it was
My Rating “His Name Is Taboo” Topaz had been rescued from the desolate streets of Punjab as a young girl. The man known simply as Taboo, stopped an angry mob from executing her for witchcraft. Fortunately, those superstitious fools knew nothing of her true powers. In time, she would be tutored fully in the mystic
My Rating “Armageddon At The Aleph!” Doctor Skarab has unlocked the full power of the Ruby Scarab, but his mind is unfocused. Chaos has erupted all around him as N’kantu and his allies attack the god-like Elementals. The streets of Cairo are a war zone with lunatic sympathizers engaging both living and undead adversaries. Then
My Rating “All These Great Pawns” The secret of the Ruby Scarab has been unlocked! Unfortunately, Doctor Skarab must find a true wizard to unleash its potential. As N’kantu and the others sneak through the besieged back alleyways in search of Skarab, the brainwashed patrols of the Elemental known as Hellfire are close behind. Over
“Strange Voices” originally featured in Prize Comics: Black Magic Vol.08 No.48 (1961) For further reading, check out the full Black Magic library over at Comic Book Plus.
My Rating “A Separate War” A new war has spread across the Middle East, but ancient territorial rights and religious beliefs have nothing to do with this conflict. An invading force, much older than the civilizations which spawned these modern governments, has laid claim to Cairo and the surrounding lands. There, the god-like elementals known
“The Haunted Car” originally featured in Prize Comics: Frankenstein No.26 (1953) About fifteen years ago, I used to run an audiobook podcast. I kind of miss it. So, when I started reading old comic books with text stories, I thought it would be fun to read some. Here is my first attempt at revisiting audio
