This is a cool monster magazine from the 1990s. Nice coverage of older and more recent alien monster movies. Normally I would not post scans for a magazine from the 1990s due to copyright ownership, but I believe the corporate entity that issued this one is no longer active. I believe this was the only issue.
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More gore in store for you in Terror Tales Vol. 9, issue 4. Lots of pages to spread the black bloody around too. It's funny but I'm not a fan of gore onscreen: I like my horror suspenseful and atmospheric, and with special effects or gore that fits into the storyline for a reason. But with horror comics, the fun is seeing how creatively the illustrator can render the terror, whether through gory scenes or beautifully horrible inky shadows filled with monsters and body parts. Of course, women victims seem to get the sharp edge wearing the least amount of clothing, whenever possible. Tells you something about illustrators for this stuff: like they're mostly men with some developmental issues. But their developmental issues are our gain, so yay all those troubling issues! Art therapy is good for the soul, right?
In this issue, a superb inside cover splash page starts things off (though I bet the full illustration is even more naughty), and The Headless Ones have an itch they can't scratch, which is a par for the course in Heads of Terror. And if the terror is not taking place on an island or a dungeon or a sinister house, there's always a cave to light a fire in and warm up the monsters, as in The Cave Monsters, with kinetic artwork by Ruben Marchionne. Only to be followed by another stunner by Alberto Macagno in River of Blood.
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Some terrifically gruesome stories in this one for you to sink your teeth into and warp your mind. No holds barred artwork delivers the goods, which in this issue are body parts, monstrous hungry sea witches, and bodies long dead but still moving to feed the crocodile god. Lots of hungry creatures in this issue. Those bulging eyes in The Demon's Night will keep you wide awake and The Bloody Statues will remind you of a Roger Corman movie. You've been warned. Don't blame me if you have nightmares.
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Here's some more terror for you, wrapped in a truly hideous cover. More monsters, more doom for hapless mortals, and more engrossing art to put a spell on you. After you've read a few of these stories you'll notice that a lot of evil and horror erupts between unhappy couples, the dead play mischief, and skeletons abound. And women get tied up and traumatized and faint a lot.
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The later issues of Terror Tales, and all other Eerie comics publications, rehashed stories and elements from earlier covers to save money. In this issue, Pool of Horror is reprinted, though I forget from which issue, but hey, enjoy the wonderful black and white art and the usual tropes of political incorrectness (ah, the 1970s), and revel at monsters not caring a wit about it, of course. One story, The Day Man Died, is par for the course of 1960s and 1970s angst about the future, where robots would do all the work. leaving man to idle away his time in endless fun stuff. Seems the writers of these stories forgot the most important thing: You need to buy a robot first, and lord knows how much that will cost. So maybe the story title should have been The Day Those Who Could Afford the Luxury of a Robot Died.
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ZC reader Justin noticed I hadn't posted Cracked's For Monsters Only, issue 4. Well, here you go, Justin. I found a toasty but cozy copy in the closet. I miss the days of hunting for monster mags on the newstands. I'm sure you do, too. Enjoy.
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Oops Dept. Update: I left out 6 pages from the original posting. They are now included.
The classic, I Chopped Her Head Off! is in this issue. If you ever wondered why parents and decent citizens (don't you love that term?) ganged up on the comics industry forcing the bland comics code on us all (but a boon to magazine sales), this one story captures everything you would put on a poster illustrating the evils of comic books. And you can color it in! Yes boys and girls, you too can be seduced by the dark side, just a few color pencils needed. Now that's one thing I bet you hadn't thought about. Just print out the pages of this splaterific issue of moral decay and bamm! instant adult coloring book! You can thank me later. Just don't tell your parents and loved ones where I live. I'll deny everything.
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The lead off story, Isle of the Demons, will have you in stitches, assuming they can find all the pieces. If that weren't nauseatingly enough for you, Evil Monsters will bring you past dripping, oozing labyrinths of slime, past plopping whirlpools of filth (whew!). Mere mortals had a tough time in horror comics, that's for certain. In Death Strikes Four, the amount of narrative and dialog text (a staple of early horror comics), just may kill you before the clock strikes, but the art is fabulous as you wait. And talk about chasing time, that clock has long hands and a homicidal temperament. This is one of my favorites! Oh, and there's a detective who tries to Bury Her Deep, but she keeps bobbing up with the tide, and a hangman at the end of his rope, and a witch who...well, you know, it's all there in gory black and white. Enjoy.
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An interesting escape into the wrong body, Satan dances into mischief, a burning desire flames up, people are doomed, scientists screw up, and the art is to die for (which apparently many people do in horror comics). Enjoy.
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A puppet carved from gallows wood, a dancer who twirls in the wrong direction, Medusa's head holds up like granite, and a witch goes for a joy ride on her broom. And two stories and the undying fiend provide a bit more terror for you in this issue of Witches' Tales.
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How could any self-respecting monsterkid pass up on such a cover? Of course, once snatched from the magazine rack, one would need to be vary careful around one's mom and employ subterfuge and guile to keep such a magazine carefully hidden. Just saying. I learned my lesson with Vampirella No. 1. My mom outsmarted me THAT time. She threatened to dial up Warren Publications and organize all manner of mayhem against them. No telling what she would have done if she saw this issue of Witches Tales. Speaking of witch (hey, a pun!), this issue is gruesomely drawn and vile in its depictions of victims and sinners. Perfect!
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Not the best stories of the bunch in this issue, but the artwork is always wonderful. After you read a lot of these magazines you realize that women were either married, looking to get married, or not pretty enough to be married. The men were either heroic, scientists or fools; or married, looking to get married, or not handsome enough to be married. The best stories hinge on revenge, murder or monsters, and dead things looking for revenge or murder. Often enough the married men and women were hellbent on revenge or murder. Oh, and yes, ghosts, ghouls, witches, zombies, vampires, and other assorted nasties churned up the mix too, and were always more interesting than the men or women.
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