# horror hosts (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover horror hosts. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Moon Bat](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-moon-bat.html) _2026-08-19 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ It's time once again to blast-off into the deepest, battiest parts of ominous outer space with a fun sci-fi / horror hybrid from Charlton's short-lived, oddball, final issue of Space Western Comics #45 , via August 1953. Artist credits go to Stan Campbell who also appears to have illustrated every story in this ish, as well as that great cover! And what a wildly smart mix of cowboys, science,… ## [Case of the Horrible Hearse](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/08/case-of-horrible-hearse.html) _2026-08-17 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ While I'm working on a larger / weirder post arriving Wednesday, let's take a speedy quick trip into the supernatural with this frightening, 3 page "Uncanny Experiences" filler tale, via the April - May 1953 issue of Out of the Night #8 . I have a "hunch" that you'll enjoy the visuals here by ever reliable ACG all-pro, Art Gates . Now buckle up for what's destined to be one helluva bumpy ride--… ## [The Coffin](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-coffin.html) _2026-08-15 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ It's been a while since my fellow horror host chum, Mister Mystery stopped by with one of his own terrible old terror tales to tell! So let's set sail on a nightmarish sea of screams, errr dreams, and find out what awaits in this creepy coffin... from the November 1951 issue of Mister Mystery #2 . ## [The Machine!](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-machine.html) _2026-08-12 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ How many tales of tragic time machine tomfoolery do you believe exist in the realm of sci-fi / horror comic books? I couldn't even begin to fathom how many there are just posted right here on this blog alone-- but I'm sure it's a lot! And yeah, the best ones always seem to involve some crumb bum crook trying to escape the law by violently taking advantage of an innocent scientist. And with that… ## [The Old Hag](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-old-hag.html) _2026-08-10 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ It's been a bit since we had ourselves a kreepy Krigstein klassik. So fly that freak flag high, you way-out weirdos, this witchcraft laced sideshow oddity comes from the June 1952 issue of Adventures into Terror #10 , and is guaranteed to tie you and your nightmares into a nutty 'ol tangle of knotty nots! ## [Pawns of the Pit](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/08/pawns-of-pit.html) _2026-08-06 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ Apologies as we missed our Werewolf Wednesday slot by one day-- but here it comes a'creepin' now, snarling savagely and with ferocious fangs ripping flesh! This is actually a really fun entry from the great "Ghost Gallery" sector of Jumbo Comics ( #161 from July 1952 to be exact), and features wonderful art by legendary EC hero / fan favorite, Jack Kamen . It also includes a couple of very unique… ## [The Possessed](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-possessed.html) _2026-08-03 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ If our previous post HERE left you feeling a little repossessed, then maybe it's time to get re -repossessed! And while I'm not exactly sure if what I just said actually makes any sense, I do know this terrifically twisty tale of rotten romance, via the May 1975 issue of Ghostly Haunts #44 , is absolutely loads of freak-deaky fun. Winnie the wanton Witch re-materializes once again to host the… ## [Shock Ending / The Exorcism](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/08/shock-ending-exorcism.html) _2026-08-01 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ Here's a joltin', revoltin' idea-- let's kickstart the new month of posts with a shock ending! And not just any shock ending-- but a SHOCK ROCK ending, to boot! If Kiss, Alice Cooper, and King Diamond were dead, they'd be rollin' over in their graves right now! And if that opening Su Gumen number ain't electrifyin' enough for ya, let's end it all once and for all with a humorous Wayne Howard… ## [Rack of Terror!](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/07/rack-of-terror.html) _2026-07-28 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ Well, we racked up another monstrously macabre month of comic horror classics, and with one final tale to go it surely doesn't come more horrific than this! Hy Fleischman seriously knocks it way out of the park here with 7 taut 'n tense pages of perfect pacing and atmosphere, --and that iconic cover design is absolutely one of precode's finest moments ever. From the August 1954 issue of Dark… ## [I Married a Teen-Age Fly](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/07/i-married-teen-age-fly.html) _2026-07-26 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ Sunday Fun Days are here again with a wild, satirical whack at horror comics from the 1950's, and it comes courtesy of a midcentury girlie magazine to boob-- errr, boot! Of course, this could also easily be whackin' it at sci-fi horror film classics like I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), The Fly (1958), and I Married a Monster from Outer Space (also 1958), but let's just stick with the blurb's… ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4SvlAlNPyKsa) _2026-07-26 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [Frankenstein y el Hombre Lobo](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/07/frankenstein-y-el-hombre-lobo.html) _2026-07-24 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ We looked at a comic book Frankenstein story exactly one week ago today, right HERE --and in the comments, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man '43 was mentioned (by the guy who always mentions Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man whenever he possibly can!) So hey, let's make it another Frankenstein Friday and take a look at Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man , shall we? But let's make it extra different and… ## [The Madhouse Murder Mystery](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-madhouse-murder-mystery.html) _2026-07-21 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ A few of you seemed on the fence about the hot pink horrors of our previous post, so I thought maybe we'd take another stab at it with a fun, old-time oddity from the March 1939 issue of Amazing Mystery Funnies V2 #3 . Of the 7 pages, 3 of them are overlayed with a variety of perplexing pink hues, while the other 4 pages are in black and white. Not sure why they did it like this exactly, but I… ## [The House of Fear!](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-house-of-fear.html) _2026-07-19 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ As promised, here comes another DC Movie Comic adaptation of a creaky, old Universal fright film classic (see our previous post for Son of Frankenstein in case you missed it!) And this time it's a spooky detective mystery set in a haunted theatre --where murder hath taken the stage! From the August 1939 issue of Movie Comics #5 , "The House of Fear" '39 film (not to be confused with the great… ## [Son of Frankenstein](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/07/son-of-frankenstein.html) _2026-07-17 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ I promised you something cinematically different for today's post, and here it comes, via the April 1939 debut issue of DC's Movie Comics #1 -- Basil Rathbone! Boris Karloff! Bela Lugosi! Lionel Atwill! And Josephine Hutchinson in-- SON OF FRANKENSTEIN! This is a fun, condensed photo comic adaptation of the Universal monster classic from the same year, featuring modified black 'n white film stills… ## [Esme'](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/07/esme.html) _2026-07-15 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ One more Chilling Alcazar Adventure into Sorcery for you this month, and it's a gorgeous tale containing verified proof that monsters walk among us! Don't believe me? Just put on these glasses and you will indeed see that --THEY LIVE! From issue #5 , via Februrary 1974, and this story also holds an extra special place in my heart because not only did it introduce me to the amazing work of Alcazar… ## [Horripilate Host & The Prince of Evil: 19 Years of The Horrors of it All!](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/07/horripilate-host-prince-of-evil-19.html) _2026-07-12 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ On this day 19 years ago (aka 2007), I cracked open the 'ol comic book long boxes and got to work scanning everything I had accumulated over my many decades of fiendish, fan boy collector existence. The point wasn't so much to just have everything backed-up on disc (which it is now, finally-- whew!), but to also begin something I had been mulling over in my horrible head for a few months prior--… ## [Kronos--Zagros--Eborak!](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/07/kronos-zagros-eborak.html) _2026-07-10 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ Some of you may have pondered: "When did Mr. Karswell first get hooked on Satan?" And the answer comes via the very first time I read a DC horror comic yarn illustrated by the ever fearsome, Frank Thorne! More precisely, the August 1976 issue of House of Mystery #244 . This wildly wicked story is overloaded with great Kashdan moments: a sinister brainwashing ceremony, half-nude cult cuties, a kick… ## [The Kukulkaton](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-kukulkaton.html) _2026-07-08 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ Tom Sutton was another in the long line of awesome, later era artists to really blow my gradeschooler mind in the 70's. That organically loose, mutated style of his lended just as much to the creepy, high level concepts and monster designs, as to his doomed human characters fighting to stay alive with those beady little petrified pupil'd eyes poppin' outta their freaky faces! So now, enter The… ## [Face of Love / Death + Essays into the Supernatural: The Werewolf](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/07/face-of-love-death-essays-into.html) _2026-07-06 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ Another 70's comic book that made a huge impression on young Mr. Karswell was the April 1974 issue of Red Circle Sorcery #6 . Awaiting readers behind that amazing, Vampira -esque cover design by the late, great Gray Morrow , (one of my most favorite covers ever), was a nifty little tie-in tale about a radio DJ and his #1 deadicated fan in listener land! Even at a a single digit age, I still… ## [The Old Mill](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-old-mill.html) _2026-07-04 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ As mentioned in my intro to the previous post, THOIA turns 19 in a few weeks (July 12th to be exact!), so let's spend the lead-up to that date with a few scary stories that made a huge impact on Mr. Karswell as a young 6 year old just discovering comics in the 70's. My grandmother had taken me antiquing in Farmington MO, and I found and purchased (with my own allowance!) a large stack of mind… ## [Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PklfJt24W1rW) _2026-07-04 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell and margin trade BTC & ETH with fiat currencies ## [Clinging Corpse](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/07/clinging-corpse.html) _2026-07-03 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ Time to ring in the new month with a clingy classic about a corpse that just can't stop hangin' around! This is a real nice quickie crime corker filler from Mort Meskin , and can be found in the back-up pages of the Feb - March 1954 issue of Frankenstein #29 . Lots more on the way too as THOIA is about to enter its 19th year of ominous existence on the 'ol weird wide web! Can ya believe it?!!… ## [The She-Monster](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-she-monster.html) _2026-06-30 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ Who amongst you actually believed I would finish out June with a scary She-Beast ? Ohhh, how little you know me... why, clearly the only way to truly seal the coffin lid on a month, (as well as a "Lurid Ladies" theme) is with a She-Monster! Dynamic Dick Briefer returns to THOIA now, delivering his own vicious version of the eternally flawed Bride of Frankenstein , via the January 1954 issue of… ## [The She-Beast](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-she-beast.html) _2026-06-27 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ We're heading back into the teeming, screaming jungle for another eerie, horror adventure encounter, and this time with the monstrously macabre maiden " REPTA" via the slithery, September 1953 issue of Horrific #7 . And of course Marty Elkins art is always a welcome addition to the THOIA Archive , but just to further spice things up around here with something different, Mr. Karswell also welcomes… ## [Cinderella](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/06/cinderella.html) _2026-06-24 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ Time for one of the most gruesome fairy tale freak-outs ever produced during the precode 50's, via the February 1954 issue of The Thing #12 . And this one comes from dependable 'ol Steve Ditko , no less, demonstrating, as usual, his dynamically deadly, dense sense of panel packin' punch. I mean it when I say that every single page here is seriously overflowing with a fangtastic amount of… ## ["Ghostly Killer" / "Death on Display"](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/06/ghostly-killer-death-on-display.html) _2026-06-21 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ Gale forces are still blowin' strong here at THOIA , as we re-enter Earth's atmosphere, leaving behind Gale Allen and her space-age Girl Squadron (see our previous post HERE ), thus, landing once more back on solid, blood-soaked soil to find not one, but TWO great, horror-tinged, Gail Ford murder mysteries awaiting us! Yep, someone's dumped a dead dame amongst the dummies in a department store… ## [Nest of Horror!](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/06/nest-of-horror.html) _2026-06-18 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ From the teeming, steaming jungles of our previous post HERE , to the weird, webbed corners of spooky outer space, it's now time to blast-off into more long-legged, blonde bombshell adventure as Gale Allen and her gorgeous Girl Squadron face some bloodthirsty butterfly men! Sounds kinda silly doesn't it? But you have no idea how creepy-crawly alien butterfly men can be! And don't even get me… ## [Altar of the Axe](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2026/06/altar-of-axe.html) _2026-06-15 · Mr. Karswell · THE HORRORS OF IT ALL_ After witnessing the blonde bombshell, ass kickin' horror action of our previous post HERE --I feel this voluptuous vibe has totally set us up for a wild, week long theme! Enter another fair haired, hard hittin' honey, this time in a juicy jungle jolter from the July 1954 issue of of Cave Girl #13 ! The great, Gardner Fox wrote the script, while Bob Powell delivers the va-va-va-visuals and…