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Teen-Age Dope Slaves!

From Harvey Comics Library #1 (1952)

#harvey comics #vintage comics #funny that dreamworks owns the rights for these harvey comics today #they could produce an animated movie from teenage dope slaves #pre-code comics #comic book history #golden age comics #comic panels #drugs #comics #cw substance abuse

Shock SuspenStories 6 Cover by Wally Wood

#original comic art #comic book cover #cover art #color guide #ec comics #pre-code comics #wally wood #shock suspenstories

Horrific #1 (Comic Media, 1952)

Art: S. M. Iger Studio aka "Iger Shop"

Shock SuspenStories #11, November 1953, Pencils/Inks: Johnny Craig, Colors: Marie Severin

#comics #horror comics #pre-code comics

In a 1954 photo a wide-eyed boy reads the comic Menace #11, a pre-code horror comic typical of the kind that had parents groups and politicians in the throes of moral panic.

From the visible ad page the unknown boy has bent back one can determine which story and page he is looking at. It is from the horror & murder tale Only A Beast. The 4-page story is credited only to artist Al Eadeh. The author, if not him, is unknown. Unfortunately this lack of credit is not unusual in the work-for-hire era of comics being considered fully disposable entertainment.

Here is the entire story.

You can almost see him reading the line “I am a beast, and a beast kills those who hurt the ones he loves!”

#moral panic #1954 #horror comics #Al Eadeh #comic book archeology #menace #marvel comics #pre-code comics

Almost forgot bout this guy :)

#Pre-code comics #Dick Briefer #Frankenstein comics #Frankenstein

Those In Hiding! is a forgotten pre-Marvel Comics tale of a man trying to prove centaurs are real. Credited only to artist Manny Stallman (author unknown) it was published under the Atlas Comics imprint in Worlds of Fantasy #3 (September 1956).

The inclusion of centaurs is pretty unnecessary for this story. Horses that are intelligent, can talk and living in secret should be fantastic enough but here they are centaurs that disguise themselves as horses and are also aliens. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ .

While only a 3-page story there still seems to be a real disconnect between the script and art. US flag as academic hall backdrop? Off-panel actions? The style or quality depicted here was common for the era due to communication that is slow compared to today, the disposable nature of comics and printing deadlines. The plot was a bit loose and careless yet serviceable.

To me though the most interesting part of this story is the note the man finds which he observed the Alien Centaur Horses in Disguise™️ discussing and sharing among themselves. Apparently I’ve started up a hobby of recreating comic book artifacts that intrigue me like I did for the Parade Hater Horace comic book ad and The Voice of Death!

So I made a mock-up of it. I’ll be randomly dropping these off around San Diego wherever I go, just for the geek-fun of it. No one will understand it but maybe someone will be intrigued by an Art Mystery™️.