Peter Normanton discusses dismembered limbs in his pre-code horror comics excesses article. Like a number of other tropes, this device was used numerous times and in the most outlandish ways. One of the stories he mentions is "Devil Claws" from HORRIFIC #3 (Comic Media, January 1953). Likely out of the Iger Shop, the writer and artist are unknown, so I'll let the story speak -- or scream -- for itself. Ugh!
"The Hands of Orlac" has been adapted to the screen at least half a dozen times. It makes sense the same concept would thrive in comics.
ReplyDeleteThere's an article on disembodied hands in films in CRYPTOLOGY #2 . . .
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