The following features the wonderful, detailed art of Golden Age great, Syd Shores; with a cool story by Archie Goodwin. The Face of Fear comes from Marvel's Chamber of Darkness No. 2, December 1969.
It occurs to me that this is the same basic story as "Room For One More" from the classic "Twilight Zone" where a woman dreams of a nurse inviting her into the morgue. However, as she's about to board a plane, the steward says "Step right up honey, there's room for one more" and freaks her out. She runs away, and the plane crashes on take-off, killing all on board...except she wasn't.
A good if not a bit over-used story from Goodwin, though it's hits you over the head a bit with the moral. The art's great, it's really kinetic and the grave digger character is a good visual.
We still have (most of it any way) this Comic Book ... it was our first horror comic... was one of my Uncle's older comics. (even has the Tom Sutton drawn "Mr. Craven Buys His Scream House").... Great post good Sir....
It occurs to me that this is the same basic story as "Room For One More" from the classic "Twilight Zone" where a woman dreams of a nurse inviting her into the morgue. However, as she's about to board a plane, the steward says "Step right up honey, there's room for one more" and freaks her out. She runs away, and the plane crashes on take-off, killing all on board...except she wasn't.
ReplyDeleteYep, much the same, Kirk. Good catch.
ReplyDeleteA good if not a bit over-used story from Goodwin, though it's hits you over the head a bit with the moral. The art's great, it's really kinetic and the grave digger character is a good visual.
ReplyDeleteWe still have (most of it any way) this Comic Book ... it was our first horror comic... was one of my Uncle's older comics.
ReplyDelete(even has the Tom Sutton drawn "Mr. Craven Buys His Scream House").... Great post good Sir....
Thanks, Doctor!
DeleteNo, Thank You, good Sir for this wonderful post was just looking over this comic a few weeks past....
ReplyDeleteMan, thanks for posting. I first read Archie Godwin when I got a Colection of classic star wars newspaper strips from the library.
ReplyDeleteYou're certainly welcome, NZ
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