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Stories posted on the internet are linked (also marked with an underline). Miniature splash pages tell you that this story has been posted on our horror websites – click to read the whole stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n WORLDS BEYOND #1 (one-shot) \u201cDoorway To Horror\u201d (Sheldon Moldoff) Quite a cheesy cover<\/strong>. Three blurbs screaming \u201cShocking!\u201d, \u201cTerrifying!\u201d and \u201cSupernatural!\u201d. Compare this please to that gorgeous cover of WORLDS last issue (#10) – the Norman Saunders stroke-of-genius-no-eyes-multi-eyes painting. This will be worlds beyond (sorry for the pun).<\/p>\n Wild kissing scene<\/strong> on page 3 in \u201cDoorway To Horror<\/a>\u201d! That is fast, even for an evil woman. This dark and moody tale functions more as a study in madness than I-am-the-protagonist-in-a-hellish-reenactment-of-a-bloody-curse plot. Which it is. Not bad, though.<\/p>\n Bob Powell\u2019s \u201cTwice Alive!<\/a>\u201d is great psychedelia<\/strong>: a journey of a dying man into and all through his own body \u2013 meeting his ancestors there! And the angel of death coming to claim his soul for eternity. Try that for a weird story!<\/p>\n The kiss of death?<\/p><\/div>\n I like the insanity of Fawcett\u2019s early stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n The third story, \u201cVengeance Of The Living Dead<\/a>\u201d, is strange as well: a pilot who abandoned his doomed plane above the jungle is forced to relive that plane crash.<\/p>\n Like the month before in THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED #1 we get a story about a curse, a story of a man travelling through Hades and a story about a demon controlling the fate of a guilt-ridden mortal. A bit far-fetched, maybe, but basically yes. WORLDS BEYOND remained a one-shot; the title was changed after the first issue<\/strong> – probably because Ace is already publishing THE BEYOND. With its second issue WORLDS BEYOND is being converted into the much better sounding<\/strong> (!) WORLDS OF FEAR.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WORLDS OF FEAR #2 \u201cCity Of Fearful Night\u201d (Bernard Baily) Detail from splash by Powell – please donate us the book \ud83d\ude09<\/p><\/div>\n Cover corresponds with second story. The upper quarter of the lead story\u2019s splash page is strangely empty. As if the publisher \u201cdeleted\u201d that \u201cwholesome entertainment seal\u201d we talked about in HAUNTED #1&2 (see there).<\/p>\n For a third time in a row it\u2019s a Bernard Baily story about a man being chased through limbo \u2013<\/strong> this time called \u201ca midway station between the living and the dead worlds\u201d. Variation #3 \u2013we\u2019ll keep count! In \u201cCity Of Fearful Night<\/a>\u201d Frank Thompson falls asleep and awakens with the feeling of his \u201ctongue like a bowling pin\u201d in his mouth. This strikes me as odd. I\u2019ve never had the feeling MY tongue feels like a bowling pin \u2013 you?!<\/p>\n Entering art spotting limbo with the second story: In my eyes \u201cCurse Of The Werewolf\u201d is a quite typical Moldoff, better art spotters see (again) a strong Moline streak at work. \u201cCurse Of The Werewolf\u201d is a well written tale about human drama, ending of course in the killing of the creature. Was there ever a werewolf tale in which the beast gets away, I wonder???<\/strong><\/p>\n And we have a great classic Powell horror story: \u201cThe Devil\u2019s Prize\u201d ranks<\/strong> along with some of his contributions for Harvey (and the indeed weird \u201cWall Of Flesh\u201d in THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED #12) among the ten best he ever did for pre-code horror!<\/strong> You can look up the whole issue<\/a> on DCM, click HERE. This is sadly a bad scan. That\u2019s why the story is not published on this website. If YOU are willing to offer a replacement scan\u2026 (I can’t do everything myself, you know).<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n WORLDS OF FEAR #3 \u201cThe Metamorphosis Of The Gkmloooms\u201d (George Evans) And we\u2019re off with strange story titles<\/strong>: \u201cThe Metamorphosis Of The Gkmloooms<\/a>\u201d (try not to speak that aloud, will sound more than awkward<\/em>) seems to hint at comedy. Gkmloooms?! They can\u2019t be serious.But they are. The next story, however, \u201cThe Strangler<\/a>\u201d, can very easily be dismissed as total nonsense. Highly enjoyable \u201cbaddie\u201d about a doctor bringing back to life a maniacal murderer. Everything is fun about \u201cThe Strangler\u201d: the doctor looks like a caricature of \u201cThe Spirit\u2019s\u201d commissioner Dolan<\/strong>. The strangler himself, by the strange name of Akimo, is a rather passive character, shooting off his mouth more than employing his infamous stranglehold. <\/p>\n WORLDS OF FEAR #4 Prof. Alpha, evil genius<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cThe Dead Lover Returns!\u201d (Sheldon Moldoff) Terrible makeshift cover<\/strong>; the worst in Fawcett\u2019s horror run. They obviously forgot to produce a cover and in the last minute just took an inside panel and drew some weird eyes around it. (cue to music)<\/em> : „Shame, shame, shame \u2013 shame on you!“<\/p>\n But it\u2019s a great issue inside again. Starting with one of my Fawcett favorites, \u201cThe Dead Lover Returns!<\/a>\u201d. The most endearing and tender zombie love story there ever was!<\/strong> A truly amazing piece of horror writing, steering clear of all the clich\u00e9s. And we have another baseball horror story<\/strong> with \u201cThe Man Who Lost His Body\u201d. I\u2019ve come across five or six by now. There\u2019s not only EC\u2019s infamous \u201cFoul Play\u201d, you know\u2026 \u201cThe Resurrected Head<\/a>\u201d presents a mad and cruel and inventive tale about the decapitated head of a criminal genius being kept alive (and tortured) for the personal gains of another gangster. The evil scientist making it happen calls himself \u201cProfessor Alpha\u201d; he survives and lives to threaten the reader! <\/p>\n \u201cHeartbeat House\u201d (Bob Powell) A fat doctor, a bony lawyer and a quirky eccentric are the personnel of Powell\u2019s screwball-ish<\/strong> \u201cHeartbeat House\u201d, a quite enjoyable tale about clocks and timepieces \u2013 drawn with all the trademark Powell treats: high-angled camera shots, close-ups, towering larger-than-life faces and sound effects filling whole panels.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Devil Puppet\u201d is just run of the mill, \u201cThe Conqueror Worm<\/a>\u201d is originally a poem by Edgar Allen Poe \u2013 in the words of Wikipedia:<\/p>\n An audience of weeping angels watches a play performed by „mimes, in the form of God on high“, and controlled by vast formless shapes looming behind the scenes. The mimes chase a „Phantom“ which they can never capture, running around in circles. Finally, a monstrous „crawling shape“ emerges, and eats the mimes. The final curtain comes down, „a funeral pall,“ signaling an end to the „tragedy, ‚Man'“ whose only hero is „The Conqueror Worm“.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The last line is actually quoted in the comic story. Here, multitudes of worms attack a Dr. Rypton who stole a body from a grave \u2013 and thus \u201cdeprived the worms of their dinner\u201d. Now they are coming for him! Straight animal horror<\/strong>; makes me shudder. <\/p>\n \u201cA Death For A Death\u201d (Sheldon Moldoff) That cover looks not a bit frightening to me. A giant sloth gently coming forth from a cave? Get out the peanuts.<\/p>\n Otherwise: Welcome to a great, bizarre and psychedelic issue<\/strong>. It was a great joy to scan this book from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and upload it to the Digital Comic Museum.<\/p>\n Hello, Franz Kafka!<\/strong> In \u201cA Death For A Death\u201d Dr. Jarrat (a naturalist working on insects and killing them in the process) undergoes nightly changes to various insect forms.<\/strong> Is it only the tricks of an overworked mind? Or does a poetic justice condemn him to embody the animals he studies at day? Find out for yourself. Sometimes the length of Fawcett\u2019s horror stories is not justified<\/strong>. \u201cThe Stage Is Set For Murder\u201d clearly could have forgone three of its ten pages. Look at those big final panels. A dispensable repetition are all the occurrences of the second night. Still McCarty masterfully sets the scenes for this creepy puppet theatre revenge plot.<\/p>\n The issue\u2019s text story (\u201cThe Man Who Was Monday\u201d) depicts a man\u2019s journey into madness as he begins to live backwards in time. I wonder if author John Martin also wrote the maddening lead story about the man-turning-insect.<\/p>\n Wrapping up WOF#6 with the probably maddest mad art painter story of them all: \u201cThe Locked Door<\/a>\u201d is cheesy and hilarious pre-code-horror at its lovable best<\/strong>. Great entertainment, grimly executed by our mystery in-house-artist Ed Waldman. I won\u2019t give away a thing, please read it posted my German website.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cJourney To Chaos\u201d (Bob McCarty) Moldoff emerges as trend-setter (for once at least). His horror symphony cover may have been the model for the cover of Standard\u2019s ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS #13 (March 1954).<\/p>\n This is exceptional artwork by McCarty in \u201cJourney To Chaos\u201d!<\/strong> Very inspired, most of the panels are really expressive. It\u2019s a pact-with-the-devil-story (a first for FAWCETT HORROR, I might add) AND an adventure into the realm of Death himself. Great value. Ends truly unique by the young lovers tricking the devil and be able to live happily ever after. I suggest a \u201cdouble feature\u201d reading with \u201cThe Dead Lover Returns!\u201d from WORLDS OF FEAR #4. Two tender love adventures, spiced with zombies, Satan and the legions of hell.<\/em><\/p>\n And they have to fill up this issue with a one-time outside contribution: Harry Harrison (probably) delivers the art for \u201cGhost Of The Swamp\u201d. Please miss it. Boring.<\/p>\n Followed by another run-of-the-mill music mystery called \u201cSatan\u2019s Stradivari!\u201d. Moldoff makes an effort by drawing as best as he can, but then again – it\u2019s just Moldoff!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WORLDS OF FEAR #8 You gotta be kidding!<\/p><\/div>\n \u201c\u2026 ?\u201d (Sheldon Moldoff) Last book to feature three \u201clong\u201d stories!<\/strong> They\u2019ll change to four with every consecutive issue. All suspense drops away as we lay eyes upon the dreadful cave-dwelling monster on page 9 of \u201c\u2026 ?<\/a>\u201d. You gotta be kidding! I don\u2019t get it, really. A frightening monstrosity of ANY kind<\/strong> would have saved that story.<\/p>\n Fawcett again shows a lot of nerve to feed us<\/strong> \u201cThe Phantom Gloves\u201d. Ditto!<\/p><\/div>\n Again, the mind boggles. Is that story plot a stroke of genius or is it abysmal cheekiness?!<\/p>\n Curses! I don\u2019t like curse stories. <\/p>\n WORLDS OF FEAR #9 Join the league of extraordinary melons<\/p><\/div>\n I don’t dare put a name to the cover (a drastic drowning scene), but am fairly confident about the other participants.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Harvest Of Horror\u201d features industrious Mr. Bradley, who wants to grow the biggest melons for the country fair. For a special fertilizer he uses decomposing human bodies<\/strong> (!), which will backfire in a vengeful way (Jeez, why didn’t he just throw on some guano?). A prattling rabbit – „Huh?“ indeed<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cTailor Of Death!\u201d is a run-of-the-mill poetic justice tale about a jacket able to crush its wearer to death. Story will be posted with the launch of this website on my German website, link will follow… THERE <\/a>it is. „Death’s Bride-Groom“ shows us a sculptor carving a statue out of a cursed tree. The likeness of evil Daemona (of course!) possesses his mind and will be his doom. Why didn’t he believe his fianc\u00e9e and stayed away from temptation?! Tchh, artists! Always getting their hands on forbidden things… Postscript September 2013:<\/strong> Whole issue now posted as photographed version on DCM<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe Fleshless Ones\u201d (Sheldon Moldoff) That is one of the greatest comic book covers of all time<\/strong>. Absolutely stunning what Norman Saunders did here. You\u2019ll find it printed in every horror anthology and all the specialist literature. Saunders, by the way, was a commercial artist who never drew a comic story. He just did gorgeous covers for Fawcett and Ziff-Davis.<\/p>\n Gazing at the splash of \u201cThe Fleshless Ones<\/a>\u201d we discover that Moldoff is now swiping from a Harvey horror story<\/strong> by Vic Donahue. That machine to the right looks suspiciously like that out of \u201cDungeon Of Doom\u201d (CHAMBER OF CHILLS #6, March 1952).<\/p>\n \u201cThe Devil\u2019s Side Show\u201d is one of those flimsy horror stories which rely only on \u201cmilking\u201d a bad pun. A man who can’t make up his mind about anything stumbles into a midway – and is kept there by the mysterious barker who transforms him into one of the attractions. And because he is a kind of \u201csplit personality\u201d he becomes\u2026 the Siamese twins! Both the one-page fillers in this book come from the same mystery artist (who has a slightly John Celardo-ish feeling about him). The second filler finally (!) answers a question we all were being consumed by: \u201cHow To Become A Werewolf<\/strong>\u201d! It\u2019s quite an ordeal and I\u2019m much too idle to go there. Do YOU want to give it a try? And here’s the model panel from Donahue’s story for HARVEY HORROR<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cThe Eyes In His Hand<\/a>\u201d are one of those rare stories rotating around \u201ckiddie\u201d protagonists<\/strong> – starring a boy named Corker in conflict with a sadistic landlord. It\u2019s a highly inventive story with haunting scenes (especially when the boy plucks a glass eye out of Mr. Ebber\u2019s face). Really one of the more outrageous plots in which the glass eyes actually lead a life of their own because they belonged to Corker\u2019s daddy \u2013 before he got murdered by the mob! Ach, go read it.<\/p>\n![\"WorldsBeyond#1\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/WorldsBeyond1.jpg\")
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\n<\/strong><\/a>November 1951 <\/strong>
\nCover: (Man flinching from red skinned gnomes in cave) \u2013 Sheldon Moldoff<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u201cTwice Alive!\u201d (Bob Powell)
\n\u201cVengeance Of The Living Dead\u201d (Bernard Baily)<\/p>\n![\"wildkisses\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/wildkisses.jpg\")
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\nI suspect the same writer. He (or she) keeps impressing me with well-balanced plots. Fawcett horror seems to emanate a distinctive style from the get-go.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/a>January 1952 <\/strong>
\nCover: (Claw-like hands and the shadow of a wolf threaten woman in white dress) \u2013 Sheldon Moldoff<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u201cCurse Of The Werewolf\u201d (Sheldon Moldoff ? + Ed Moline ?)
\n\u201cThe Devil\u2019s Prize\u201d (Bob Powell)<\/p>\n![\"devilprice\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/devilprice.jpg\")
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\n<\/strong><\/a>March 1952 <\/strong>
\nCover: (Giant tribal mask watching over zombie scene) \u2013 Sheldon Moldoff<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Strangler\u201d (???)
\n\u201cCaptain Frost\u2019s Phantom Vessel\u201d (Sheldon Moldoff)<\/p>\n![\"WorldsFear#3\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/WorldsFear3.jpg\")
<\/a>Nice and colorful cover<\/strong> \u2013 and rather atypical for FAWCETT HORROR. The mask being the center of attention and not the tottering zombie below (as usual).<\/p>\n
\nWhen underwater escape artist Archer Commanger is pulled into the world of the Gkmloooms, we suspect the obligatory race-under-the-sea tale. It is, but at the end of page 6 we are surprised (and a bit shocked) to find out that we are in Hiroshima, at the scene of the world\u2019s first atomic bomb explosion<\/strong>. The mutant theme takes on a grim subtext and out of the window goes the comedy. Protagonist Commanger is changed into a Gkmlooom and is torn between his human heritage and the understandable cause of the Gkmloooms.
\nNot a story that easy to dismiss as nonsense<\/strong>. Gives you a \u201cPlanet of the Apes\u201d kinda feeling. Once again impressive horror writing by the Fawcett staff (whoever that may have been)\u2026<\/p>\n
\nThe plot is hilarious, the interior designs of buildings as well. On the last page the good doctor does something incredibly stupid, inviting his own doom. See for yourself and have a laugh \u2013 it\u2019s posted on the delectable blog \u201cFour Color Shadows\u201d.
\nThe artwork is a mystery; it is again that wild Eisner swipe style<\/strong> we saw three months earlier in \u201cThe Devil\u2019s Due\u201d (THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED #2). This may be the same unknown artist.<\/p>\n![\"EisnerSwipe\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/EisnerSwipe.jpg\")
<\/a>And it\u2019s a pirate story, wrapping up the issue: \u201cCaptain Frost\u2019s Phantom Vessel\u201d. Straight seafaring horror about rival pirate captains, battling each other to the death. It seems to me that pirate stories are the \u201cpoor cousin\u201d of the horror genre<\/strong>.
\nThey are just invited along the ride, but never get to sit in front. They are never a main feature, always the fifth wheel, the odd man out. They are being exploited for cheap ghost thrills, an excuse for a horror story.
\nI can\u2019t recollect a single memorable pirate ghost story \u2013 can you? Has there ever been a serious effort to tell an inventive pirate horror yarn, other than dead men popping up and demanding bloody revenge?!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/a>May 1952 <\/strong>
\nCover: (Giant pairs of eyes stare from black cover; panel of skeletal zombie positioned in lower middle) \u2013 Sheldon Moldoff ?<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"WorldFear4_ProfAlpha\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/WorldFear4_ProfAlpha.jpg\")
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\n\u201cThe Man Who Lost His Body\u201d (Bob Powell)
\n\u201cThe Resurrected Head\u201d (Mike Sekowsky ? + Vince Alascia ?)<\/p>\n
\nA dead man is allowed to spend more time on earth to find his true love. And when he does, there is a price to pay. The man makes a noble sacrifice. Wonderful parable about of how lovers see each other and what they mean to each other. An \u201canti-horror\u201d horror story like I\u2019ve seldomly come across.
\nGo read it on \u201cPappy\u2019s Golden Age Blogzine\u201d:<\/p>\n
\nHere we get an ambitious rookie who recklessly robs baseball heroes of the past of their trademark traits. That is a bit far-fetched, if you ask me. Rather silly, despite Powell\u2019s attempts to create an eerie atmosphere. There\u2019s a lot of blue specters running around; and they look very bleak and unformed in print.<\/p>\n
\nTo see it on the internet, follow the underlined link and scroll down to second story, first one is \u201cThe Green Hands Of Terror\u201d by George Evans from THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED #2.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"HeartbeatHouse1\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/09\/HeartbeatHouse1.jpg\")
<\/a>WORLDS OF FEAR #5<\/a>
\n<\/strong>July 1952 <\/strong>
\nCover: (Skeletal specter emanates from coffin which is being dug out of the ground by three men) \u2013 Sheldon Moldoff ?<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Devil Puppet\u201d (Mike Sekowsky + ?)
\n\u201cThe Conqueror Worm\u201d (Morris \u201cMo(e)\u201d Marcus + Rocco Mastroserio ?)<\/p>\n
\nFind it posted in our „Stories“ section.<\/em>
\nPlease note that they have to \u201cfill\u201d the long 10 pages by a giant splash and 4 generous six-panel-pages.<\/p>\n![\"DeathForDeath1\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/DeathForDeath1.jpg\")
<\/a>WORLDS OF FEAR #6<\/a>
\n<\/strong>September 1952 <\/strong>
\nCover: (Giant cave-dwelling monkey creature is caught in flashlight) \u2013 Sheldon Moldoff ?<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Stage Is Set For Murder\u201d (Bob McCarty)
\n\u201cThe Locked Door\u201d (Ed Waldman ?)<\/p>\n
\nPlease note that change in lettering<\/strong>! Whenever being a caterpillar or a cockroach, the capital letters become – wonder o wonder! \u2013 miniscules.<\/p>\n![\"JourneyToChaos1\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/09\/JourneyToChaos1.jpg\")
<\/a>WORLDS OF FEAR #7<\/a>
\n<\/strong>November 1952 <\/strong>
\nCover: (Violinist flinching from skeletal maestro conducting band of skeletons) \u2013 Sheldon Moldoff ?<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u201cGhost Of The Swamp\u201d (Harry Harrison? + ?)
\n\u201cSatan\u2019s Stradivari!\u201d (Sheldon Moldoff)<\/p>\n
\nAnd I\u2019m not even pissed off at a happy ending (most are lame), this one is actually moving<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/a>January 1953 <\/strong>
\nCover: (Boxer being knocked down by disembodied boxing gloves, demons watching the match) \u2013 Sheldon Moldoff ?<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"WOF#8AlienMonster\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/WOF8AlienMonster.jpg\")
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\n\u201cThe Phantom Gloves\u201d (Bob McCarty)
\n\u201cThe Curse Of Manu\u201d (Ed Waldman ?)<\/p>\n
\nStupid cover, followed by horror history\u2019s shortest story title – just a question mark<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThis creature was a thing to unhinge the mind\u201d, murmurs the text. Only thing it unhinged with me was my diaphragm. This is one of the most pathetic horror monsters ever!<\/p>\n
\nOut of sheer boredom sports reporter Jack Lonergan declares himself a warlock and bewitches a pair of boxing gloves, turning them into match-winning killing tools. And so it happens \u2013 to the reporter\u2019s own surprise!
\nHe lands in the loony bin, hiding behind the door (???) \u2013 see for yourself.<\/p>\n![\"WOF#8loonybin\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/WOF8loonybin.jpg\")
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\n\u201cThe Curse Of Manu\u201d comes as predictable as they always are. This is a bad issue. One of FAWCETT HORROR\u2019S worst. Aaarrggh.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/a>April 1953 <\/strong>
\nCover: (Red devil claw forcing man\u2019s head under water and drowning him) \u2013 ???
\n<\/strong>This issue was missing! German horror comics collector \u201cwhitewolf61\u201d let me photograph his issue, so here\u2019s the contents:<\/em>
\n<\/i>\u201cThe Harvest Of Horror\u201d (Maurice Gutwirth)
\n\u201cTailor Of Death!\u201d\u00a0 (Bob McCarty)
\n\u201cThey<\/span> Are Watching You!\u201d (Sheldon Moldoff + ?)
\n„Death’s Bride-Groom“ (Leonard Frank)<\/p>\n![\"MelonFace\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/MelonFace.jpg\")
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\nReminds me of that never published STANDARD HORROR tale \u201cThe Harvest Of Death<\/a>\u201d wherein human blood is used to make fields fertile. In the end it’s what goes around, comes around – and has the faces of melons!<\/p>\n![\"rodentplans\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/rodentplans.jpg\")
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\n\u201cThey<\/span> Are Watching You!\u201d however is a delightful zany tale about a scientist confronting the animal kingdom<\/strong>: In the aftermath of an accident, Philip Watson is able to understand the language of rodents. He learns of their plans to attack mankind and take rulership of the world. Watson develops a deadly poison, but is waylaid by all kinds of forest animals.
\nWhich best laid plans will turn out to be the better ones? Those of men or those of mice?<\/p>\n
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\nStory’s a nice variation of all those stone-cutter tales and a mildly entertaining five-pager, routinely executed by Leonard Frank.<\/p>\n![\"WorldsOfFear10Cover\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/WorldsOfFear10Cover.jpg\")
<\/a>WORLDS OF FEAR #10<\/a>
\n<\/strong>June 1953 <\/strong>
\nCover: (Man with blank eye-sockets being surrounded by dozens of giant floating eyeballs) \u2013 Norman Saunders<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u201cWitchcraft In Old England\u201d (Anthony Cataldo ?) \u2013 one-pager
\n\u201cThe Devil\u2019s Side Show\u201d (Bob McCarty)
\n\u201cThe Juju Wishing Doll\u201d (??? – \u201cFacet-o\u2019-Fawcett\u201d)
\n\u201cHow To Become A Werewolf\u201d (Anthony Cataldo ?) \u2013 one-pager
\n\u201cThe Eyes In His Hand\u201d (Maurice Gutwirth)<\/p>\n![\"FleshlessOnes1\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/09\/FleshlessOnes1.jpg\")
<\/a>The story though shows only the smallest analogies. The author took the idea of a \u201cdisintegrating machine\u201d and built a whole other story about it. It\u2019s a gripping one! We post it here (click miniature splash<\/em>)\u2026<\/p>\n
\nYeah, total hogwash. How would that ever be possible?! Without even a trace of plausibility. Pathetic! I can only sadly shake my head.<\/p>\n
\nSee it posted just below…<\/em><\/p>\n![\"dungeondoom\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/dungeondoom.jpg\")
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\nA typical off-the-wall pre-code horror tale<\/strong> about children shooting marbles and competing in a 2,500 dollar priced backyard marble tournament (were these events for real in the 50s?). Good for you if your marbles are magic glass eyes \u2013 winning by themselves. One wonders.<\/p>\n
![\"Werewolf\"](\"http:\/\/charm-of-charlton.de\/filecollection\/sites\/4\/2013\/08\/Werewolf.jpg\")
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