Here are the Amazon links for the first four which have both digital and analog versions to chose from: Scooby-Doo Team-Up Volume 1, The Creeps Volume One: Night Of The Frankenfrogs, Ghosts and Ghostopolis. And then here’s a link to the MyComicShop.com page for Leave It To Chance!

Most of today’s entries happen to not be available in digital formats. However, if you’re interested in checking them out, I’ve provided the MyComicShop links here: Tomb Of Darkness #18, Night Force #1, Marvel Chillers #2, Secret Origins #15, Unexpected #166 and Vault Of Evil #7.

As I mentioned in the episode, the original Night Force series has been collected into a very handsome volume that I’m hoping to check out in the near future. For a less expensive taste, you could also try out the DC Comics Presents Night Force 100-Page Spectacular digitally which collects the first four installments. Finally, the Secret Origins issue featuring Deadman and Spectre can also be purchased on Comixology!

If you’re curious to read my series of Jack Kirby-related monster posts, you can check out the Unleash The Beasts archives on Marvel.com here.

I had it in my notes, but totally forgot to say that Modred would have made a delightful Amicus or Hammer horror feature in the 70s!

As always, I mention a lot of titles in the episode. I’ll link to them here and also show off some images below to help create a fuller experience. Frankenstein: The Mad Science Of Dick Briefer, The Monster Of Frankenstein By Dick Briefer, the Jack Davis-drawn “Mirror, Mirror On the Wall ” can be found in glorious black and white in Fantagraphics’ ‘Taint The Meat…It’s The Humanity, Creepy Archives Volumes 1 and 2, Eerie Archives Volume 1, Top Cow Monster War, Doc Frankenstein, Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Prodigal Son Volume 1, Madame Frankenstein and Frankenstein Underground!

Starting with Marvel, check out Menace #7, X-Men #40 and the fantastic Monster Of Frankenstein trade paperback if you’d like to learn more.  Scroll on down for some images of those books as well as plenty of others mentioned in the episode. I also mentioned the Avengers: Legion Of The Unliving trade which you can check out here.

I should probably link to the episode, so here it is!

Here’s a few more of the Marvel books I mentioned: Nick Fury’s Howling Commandos, Howling Commandos Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Fear Itself: Deadpool/Fearsome Four and Punisher: Frankencastle.

Moving on to DC, these are some of the books I mentioned: Showcase Presents Superman Volume 2, The Demon By Jack Kirby, Showcase Presents The Phantom Stranger Volume 2, The Creature Commandos, Seven Soldiers Of Victory Volume 2 (though you should also check out Volume 1 as well), Frankenstein Agent Of S.H.A.D.E. Volume 1 and 2 and Elseworlds: Batman Volume 1.

The five books I talk about in this episode are Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein, The Monster Of Frankenstein, Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein, Classics Illustrated Deluxe Frankenstein and Puffin’s Frankenstein The Graphic Novel.

And with that, you can listen to the episode here:

Here‘s that article I mentioned where Guillermo del Toro talked about Wrightson’s Frankenstein. It’s really good and insightful, give it a read.

If you want to read the Monster Of Frankenstein Spooklight on Marvel.com, you can! You can also read more about Marvel Unlimited here if you’re curious.

If you’re interested in the books I mentioned that I didn’t get a chance to read, this link will take you to the current printing of the Classics Illustrated take, this one will get you to Patrick Olliffe’s version and I’m still not sure what’s up with Junji Ito’s!

Ooh, I also mentioned the Larry Fessenden Blu-ray Collection which you can buy from Scream Factory!

We use this excellent collection of reader and creator-submitted fears to springboard into the perils of parenthood, our own deep dark fears and a bunch of other horror shows and movies.

I’ve written a ton about my relationship with these movies here and there on this blog, most recently here. That might help give a little more context to the episode as it goes. Also, if you’re curious, like I said in the intro, these issues are very hard to find for a reasonable price, so happy hunting if you’re interested. Without further ado, here’s the episode.

Here’s the Stefan Hutchinson JoeBlo interview I mentioned.

If you’re wondering why I don’t mention the artist of Halloween III: The Devil’s Eyes, it’s because he’s a gross dude whose name will not be mentioned here. I didn’t realize it when I recorded the episode itself, otherwise, I would have probably approached it differently.

Do yourself a favor and check out Alex’s fantastic animation work on YouTube and Vimeo and also give his blog a look. See the bottom of this very post for one of the Twisted ToyFare Theater strips he animated that I helped voice!

So, enjoy the episode and read on for a few more notes. In the following gallery you can see the covers to Arkham Asylum and The Cult, plus an image of the lettering by Gaspar Saladino and the big spread towards the beginning we both talk about.

The Arkham Asylum inspired story of is was called “Trial” from Season 2. Paul Dini and Bruce Timm came up with the story and Dini scripted.

Batman Gothic was drawn by Klaus Janson and originally appeared in Legends Of The Dark Knight #6-10.

I happened to talk with artists Brent Schoonover and Mark Laming at New York Comic Con after recording this episode and Laming told me that McKean’s artwork was actually mixed media and photographed!

We also talk about Batman: The Cult by Jim Starlin and Bernie Wrightson, which I haven’t read yet!

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Here are the Amazon links for the books I mentioned, which usually leads you to Comixology versions if you’re interested: The Books Of Magic, Black Orchid, Free Country: A Tale Of The Children’s Crusade, Death: The High Cost Of Living and Hellblazer: Pandemonium.

If you’re interested in reading all of the Children’s Crusade installments, you can find them on Comixology here.

That’s all until next time. Hit me up in the comments with any suggestions, ideas or, well, comments!

We talk about so much in this episode that I want to note here. The Frank Gorshin video we both saw is called Comic Book Collector. You can see the photo of my copy below and also check out the version on YouTube here:

The Amazing Stories episode starring Christopher Lloyd that Brent mentioned is called “Professor B.O. Beans” from 1986. “Reflection of Death” by Al Feldstein appeared in Tales from the Crypt #7.  Jack Davis’ “Foul Play” was actually in Haunt of Fear #19 and one of Fredric Wertham’s examples of harmful comics! Then there’s Jack Davis’ “The Coffin” which appeared in Haunt Of Fear #16.

We also talked about the HBO Tales From The Crypt series which ran on from 1989-1996. All of it’s on DVD. You should watch it. I believe the sideshow one Brent mentioned is “Lower Berth” from Season 2, Episode 20, which is also the origin of the Crypt Keeper himself! The nine lives one is “Dig That Cat…He’s Way Gone” (Season 1, Episode 2). “Korman’s Kalamity” (Season 3, Episode 19) changed the name from the original “Kamen’s Kalamity,” which ran in Tales From The Crypt #31.

The house for the blind ep is called “Revenge Is The Nuts” (Season 6, Episode 5). That story was also used for the 1972 Amicus Tales From The Crypt film as well and the original story, “Blind Alleys,” appeared in Tales #46. “Lover Come Hack To Me” (Season 1, Episode 5) starred Amanda Plummer who played Honey Bunny in Pulp Fiction. Teri Hatcher’s in “The Thing From The Grave” (Season 2, Episode 6) and the logging one I mentioned is “Split Second” (Season 3, Episode 11).

Hopefully after listening to us talk about these comics, you’re itching to check them out yourself! There are a variety of different ways you can get into EC Comics these days. First off, a bunch of collections are on Comixology. You can also dig up the old Gemstone reprints that Brent and I read in the 90s. Later on they started doing the recolored EC Archives that have been taken over by Dark Horse. And of course, Fantagraphics started printing artist-specific books in black and white.

In the intro I mentioned David Hajdu’s The Ten-Cent Plague, which I highly recommend. I’m also happy to say that Digby Diehl’s Tales From The Crypt book is nicely priced on Amazon. If you’re looking for more comic book history, peruse the Wiki pages of both Marie Severin and Flo Steinberg who we discussed.

Finally, I have the answers to both the how and why of the EC Comics lettering system. As Diehl wrote in a sidebar, it’s called the Leroy Mechanical Lettering System and Gaines used it, basically, because his dad used it as well as letterer Jim Wroten. Later, Gains would say that it was the only system that would allow them to fit all of Al Feldstein’s words in such a small space (Tales From The Crypt book page 46).  Here’s a video of how it worked thanks to YouTuber Ben Towle.

And that’s it for this week. Post any questions, comments or suggestions here in the comment section. Next week’s meeting will feature a kind of sampler of early Vertigo books you should check out!