Clayface Is Back

Clayface is back...or so the cover said....but was he really?

Not so much, as it was scientist Preston Payne, distilling a sample from the second Clayface (Matt Hagen, more on him here), who triggered his own cellular degradation, forcing him to absorb others and live in a strength enhancing exoskeleton to stay alive.  This brought him into conflict with Batman, in these two issues of Detective Comics (#478 and #479, July-August and September-October, 1978) by Len Wein, Marshall Rogers and Dick Giordano.

Marvel Tales

Long before Marvel Tales became a home to Spider-Man reprints, it was host to horror, as shown by these two Harry Anderson covers for Marvel Tales #123 and #124 (May and June, 1954), featuring people falling victim to the undead.

Remembering Artist Nick Cardy

Remembering artist Nick Cardy on his birthday (October 20, 1920 - November 3, 2013) with a couple of scary brides...one from Witching Hour #18 (December-January, 1971/1972) , and another from Ghosts #14 (April, 1973). 

Menacing Monkeys

In the early days, anything could be a menace, including monkeys, as evidenced by Cholly the Chimp in House of Mystery #55 (October, 1956) with cover art by Leonard Starr, or an organ grinder's pet, as in House of Mystery #58 (January, 1957), with cover by Bill Ely.

Remembering Artist Luis Dominguez

Remembering artist Luis Dominguez on his birthday (October 17, 1923 - July 1, 2020) with a couple of his covers featuring people under a watery threat...from Ghosts #38 (May, 1975) and Unexpected #165 (June, 1975).

Chamber Of Chills

A couple of creepy covers by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer for Chamber Of Chills #2 and #16 (January, 1973 and May, 1975).

Celebrating Artist George Pratt

Celebrating the birthday of artist George Pratt (October 13, 1960) with a couple of his covers for the Impact! line (an experiment of DC's focusing on the Archie super heroes of earlier days...), with a couple of the annuals from June, 1992 featuring the Black Hood, the Comet, the Legend Of The Shield, the Fly, Jaguar and The Web during the EarthQuest crossover.