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Harvey Horrors Collected Works
Harvey Horrors Collected Works: Tomb of Terror, Vol. 2
Tales beyond belief and imagination from this pre-code 1950's classic title! Tomb of Terror ran for 16 issues and is now collected together in this exclusive 3 volume set. With a introduction by Jeff Gelb and illustration by Scott Shaw, each volume will profile some of the leading artists working on the title. Greats such as Moe Marcus, John Giunta and Abe Simon, together with some fine examples of their original artwork. Reprinting issues #7-11, January to September 1953. Thanks from Capt Chuck!
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First published September 10, 2013
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October 1, 2022
This volume collects Tomb of Terror 7-11. It's not quite up to EC standards but head and shoulders above the first volume. Highlights are the stories with art by Lee Elias, Howard Nostrand, and Don Perlin. Not fantastic but I'm not throwing it on the pile of crap to haul to Half Price Books at some later date either. 3.5 out of 5 stars.
September 1, 2016
These were my favorite stories from vol. 2 of PS Artbooks' collection of issues 7 - 11 of Tomb of Terror, a sordid and wonderfully ghastly pre-code horror anthology from the Fifties, published by Harvey Comics. Spoilers galore for anyone that plans on reading these
The Eyeless Ones - An interplanetary expedition finds a planet of eyeless humanoid creatures, and after some violent encounters with them, they hightail it out of there. As their rocket ascends, they pass "The remains of a strange statue or monument!". Why, it's the Statue of Liberty!
Colony of Horror - Here's a life lesson- if your car breaks down near a summer colony, and some sinister looking old men in hooded robes invite you to spend the night....just run away. The most most twisted part of the story is the Amusement Hall, where victims are tortured on stage to the delight of cheering old men in hooded robes.
Hive - More frightening than the dream sequence involving giant bees, is the mob of grizzled working stiffs that decide to take a co-worker down a notch by bludgeoning him to death h for shacking up with the lady boss. This bit of real world violence is more disturbing than zombies, or giant bugs.
The Search - A prisoner undergoing surgery for a blood clot finds himself in a strange realm pursued by death. I really love the panels of him running through wet, fleshy tunnels as if he's become lost inside himself. I don't know if there's something Freudian about liking wet, fleshy tunnels, but damn it, I like looking at them!
Vision in Bronze - Here's another life lesson- if someone asks you to climb into a medieval torture device "You know...just for a joke to see what it's like!"....just run away.
Backwash - I immediately liked the curmudgeonly main character that buys a remote beach front home in order to put some distance between himself and the rest of the world he despises, especially after he exclaims out loud "Alone! Alone at last...free from the stupidity of mankind!". Later, he kills two vagrants that keep breaking into his cellar. He tosses the bodies into the ocean, yet the tide keeps bringing them back... as living corpses! The best thing is that their tattered clothes look like dresses, and their hair has grown really long, and they keep bursting into his house, chasing him around, looking like toga wearing hags. It's both creepy and hilarious.
A Rose is a Rose - Tommy is another character I liked right off the bat, a young boy at an orphanage of whom the bitchy director has this to say, "People want healthy, happy children...not a strange, sensitive boy like him!". I say, strange and sensitive boys of the world unite, unite and take over. Tommy is ostracized because he likes nature, and feels a kinship with birds and flowers. Tommy defends those who can't speak for themselves, and when told to shut up about it, he threatens to scream. When tricked into hurting his friends, he evens the score....with an axe! Yeah, I like Tommy a lot.
The Closet - Lucy's penny pinching aunt starves her and locks her up in a dark closet whenever she steals food. My favorite panel is when she steals a piece of cake, and fondles it lovingly. "It makes me feel so good and warm" she says. Unfortunately, she doesn't get to eat it, since her aunt walks in and throws her in the closet. My next favorite panel is Lucy in the dark, arms upraised in rapture, either embracing madness, or some devious part of her nature that allows her to hatch a scheme to turn the tables on her aunt. It's unclear if she's crazy, or just conniving, which I like. The third best panel is when the aunt has been locked in the closet and we see the exact moment her mind breaks. "But then suddenly a change came over her..." and all she can mutter is "D-D-D-D-D...". Ha Ha, take that Aunt Harriet.
The Eyeless Ones - An interplanetary expedition finds a planet of eyeless humanoid creatures, and after some violent encounters with them, they hightail it out of there. As their rocket ascends, they pass "The remains of a strange statue or monument!". Why, it's the Statue of Liberty!
Colony of Horror - Here's a life lesson- if your car breaks down near a summer colony, and some sinister looking old men in hooded robes invite you to spend the night....just run away. The most most twisted part of the story is the Amusement Hall, where victims are tortured on stage to the delight of cheering old men in hooded robes.
Hive - More frightening than the dream sequence involving giant bees, is the mob of grizzled working stiffs that decide to take a co-worker down a notch by bludgeoning him to death h for shacking up with the lady boss. This bit of real world violence is more disturbing than zombies, or giant bugs.
The Search - A prisoner undergoing surgery for a blood clot finds himself in a strange realm pursued by death. I really love the panels of him running through wet, fleshy tunnels as if he's become lost inside himself. I don't know if there's something Freudian about liking wet, fleshy tunnels, but damn it, I like looking at them!
Vision in Bronze - Here's another life lesson- if someone asks you to climb into a medieval torture device "You know...just for a joke to see what it's like!"....just run away.
Backwash - I immediately liked the curmudgeonly main character that buys a remote beach front home in order to put some distance between himself and the rest of the world he despises, especially after he exclaims out loud "Alone! Alone at last...free from the stupidity of mankind!". Later, he kills two vagrants that keep breaking into his cellar. He tosses the bodies into the ocean, yet the tide keeps bringing them back... as living corpses! The best thing is that their tattered clothes look like dresses, and their hair has grown really long, and they keep bursting into his house, chasing him around, looking like toga wearing hags. It's both creepy and hilarious.
A Rose is a Rose - Tommy is another character I liked right off the bat, a young boy at an orphanage of whom the bitchy director has this to say, "People want healthy, happy children...not a strange, sensitive boy like him!". I say, strange and sensitive boys of the world unite, unite and take over. Tommy is ostracized because he likes nature, and feels a kinship with birds and flowers. Tommy defends those who can't speak for themselves, and when told to shut up about it, he threatens to scream. When tricked into hurting his friends, he evens the score....with an axe! Yeah, I like Tommy a lot.
The Closet - Lucy's penny pinching aunt starves her and locks her up in a dark closet whenever she steals food. My favorite panel is when she steals a piece of cake, and fondles it lovingly. "It makes me feel so good and warm" she says. Unfortunately, she doesn't get to eat it, since her aunt walks in and throws her in the closet. My next favorite panel is Lucy in the dark, arms upraised in rapture, either embracing madness, or some devious part of her nature that allows her to hatch a scheme to turn the tables on her aunt. It's unclear if she's crazy, or just conniving, which I like. The third best panel is when the aunt has been locked in the closet and we see the exact moment her mind breaks. "But then suddenly a change came over her..." and all she can mutter is "D-D-D-D-D...". Ha Ha, take that Aunt Harriet.
October 18, 2022
Collecting issues 7 to 11 of Tomb of Terror, full of five-page horror stories that are hysterical, weird and beautifully illustrated. I couldn't put this down and now want to find all the other volumes. I laughed out loud several times and took a lot of photos of some great panels here and there.
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