By the 10's: Ghost Manor (2nd Series)!

Time for another horror comic 1-10, and this time around, it's the 2nd series of Charlton's Ghost Manor comic! Expect Ditko and Sutton, my friends!


Issue 10


Issue 20


Issue 30 - a pretty freaky twist on Aladdin, by Pat Boyette!


Issue 40


Issue 50 - I haven't any idea of the thing tapping at the window is supposed to be a dog or other animal, or a teddy bear...


Issue 60


Issue 70 - the end was near for Charlton at this point!

Next time around... Ghost Rider! No, of course, not the western!

Jon

Movie of the Week: Terror of Mechagodzilla!

Yes, it's another regular feature doubling as a Halloween Countdown post! If you choose to watch the movie, please restart the slideshow afterwards, to see some stills, posters, and so forth!

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Halloween Countdown: Monster Mondays on Friday!

Yes, it's a bonus Monster Mondays post in honor of the Halloween countdown!

And this time, we'll start with the Big G himself, Godzilla!





The Godzilla Vs. Megalon US poster must be pretty rare, because I don't recall it made it into very wide theatrical release!





The creature above, in case you're not up to speed on the Godzilla mythos, is Hedorah, aka the Smog Monster, from Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster, natch!



Yes, this is another one of those Mexican Lobby Cards that turn up fairly often here... and yes, this is for Godzilla Vs. The Thing (aka Godzilla Vs. Mothra)!





And that's right, this last still isn't a Godzilla movie still... it's from Gorgo!



I know I've posted photos of the Ideal Haunted House game before...



It's just too fun not to post it again when it comes up in the rotation! One day, I'll have to buy one of these.



Next up is this nifty French poster for Hammer's Horror of Dracula! We'll be seeing Horror of Dracula before the month is out!



This lobby card for House of Dracula almost screams for a caption contest, doesn't it? Here's some more House of Dracula stuff:















On Monday's regular Monster Monday, we'll start with House of Frankenstein... just in case some of you missed it when it was the movie of the week!

Jon

Cool Stuff: Original Comic Art!

As promised, we start off with more of those Rawhide Kid pages, from issue 46, by Larry Lieber! I've ended up posting these pages a bit out of order, so if you open these images in new browser windows, plus the ones from Tuesday's Original Comic Art post, you might just be able to read the whole issue, for all I know!



Page 1



Page 2



Page 3



Page 4



Page 5



Page 6



Page 7



Page 15 (or did I post this one last time?)



Page 16



Page 18



Page 19



Page 20

And now, a few bonus pages, if you will:



Rawhide Kid 22, Page 4, by Jack Kirby!



Ringo Kid 10, cover by John Severin!

Next time around, how's about we start with some Charlton?

Jon

Give-A-Show Fridays: Mr. Magoo and Aladdin's Lamp!

Cool Stuff: Popeye Collectibles!

Let's take a look at some interesting collectibles featuring everyone's favorite one-eyed sailor man, shall we?



You'll never know how tempted I was to place a bid on this Popeye 3-D viewer, which seems to be using some kind of unholy blend of View-Master and Kenner's See-A-Show systems!



This item is a Popeye bubble blower... why make a Popeye bubble blower in the shape of a train? Well, I'm guessing it had been just a train bubble blower before, and with a sticker added to it...



Now, this is what a Popeye bubble blower is supposed to look like... and don't look too closely at Popeye's arm there... because you'll go crazy trying to figure out for sure which shoulder it's attached to!



I always get amused when I come across licensed items that make no sense... like the above Popeye chalk set!



Or this Popeye Choo Choo locomotive (that's two Popeye trains this posting so far!)... which features card art of Popeye riding a rocket ship! Well, blow me down!



There have been at least two or three different Popeye Colorforms sets... this one makes perfect sense! The one I've seen with Popeye the Weatherman (?!?!?) doesn't.



Speaking of not making sense... I'm sure Popeye fought his share of bulls in the Fleischer cartoons, but this bull looks like it fell through a portal from a different cartoon universe! The style's just wrong to my eye (looks more like a Jay Ward universe bull, if you ask me).



Cool Corgi paddlewagon, but I wish the character detailing was better!



Here's a Popeye Dot Book... note that the publisher's kindly printed a completed one on the cover to give you an idea of how it's done!



And with this toy, that makes THREE Popeye train toys this posting!



OK, so you can see from the box Popeye's not the engineer of the train... nevertheless, it's a train toy featuring Popeye.



Four! Four Popeye Train Toys, ha ha ha ha ha (to be read in the voice of "The Count" from Sesame Street, natch)!



Popeye Jack-In-The-Box closed...



...and open! I think Mattel must've made two versions of this one, because I recall seeing one with multi-levels of pop-up!



At first thought, a Popeye Kaleidoscope doesn't make too much sense... unless you think of it as a substitute for the telescope a sailor like Popeye would be using!



OK, these guys weren't even trying to make the toy go with the license... Popeye leap-frog indeed...

I'll continue with more Popeye stuff next time!

Jon