Wednesday, March 18, 2026

CRYPTOLOGY NO. 8 NOW SHIPPING


Hey, kids -- time to head on over to the TwoMorrows website and pick up the latest copy of Peter Normanton's CRYPTOLOGY. It's another issue jam-packed with retro creep culture. If your'e a fan of monster movies and comics, you won't be disappointed, guaranteed.


From your fiendly Cryptologist:
"I bet you thought I’d forgotten you… but don’t worry, the Cryptologist never forgets his fiends! In this issue, we find out what Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and their cohorts were up to when they weren’t appearing in our favorite horror movies—you’d be shocked! Plus, at long last, I’ve exhumed some of Ghastly Graham Ingels’ gruesome artwork for your delectation. Then we get to meet Norman Bates, courtesy of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, Robert Bloch, and his lunatic mentor Ed Gein. Psycho II scriptwriter and Fright Night director Tom Holland will be dropping by for a chilling chat—you will definitely want to hear what he has to say! As if this isn’t enough, our Killer-B section takes you back to high school and a gathering of teenage monsters, and then we launch the first part of our extensive history of the pre-Code comic book, beginning in 1938. There’s all of this and more in my crypt crammed full of the macabre from editor Peter Normanton, made just for you retro horror fans!”

Saturday, March 14, 2026

GRUNNNT! URGGGG! BOOGLE!


This is a grisly little tale called "Fiends From the Crypt" from Farrell's FANTASTIC FEARS #8 (July 1953). It concerns a group of creatures called The Green Horde and they don't like being swindled by a greedy thief. The story--by an unknown writer and artist--does not end well.

SMUR-DA!








Tuesday, March 10, 2026

DEATH BY JELLY (PEANUT BUTTER NOT INCLUDED)


This one's about as weird as they get. A (yes) mad scientist concocts a serum that he injects into a blob of protoplasm and the thing morphs into a humanoid monster that -- what else? -- goes on a killing rampage.

Nice artwork by the team of Bob Powell (pencils) and Howard Nostrand and Marty Epp (inks).

"Jelly Death" from CHAMBER OF CHILLS #6 (March 1952).