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Halloween 2019 Post-A-Day 30 Horror-ible Crossed #1 Terror! And not for the squeamish "The Devil’s Bride!” Story – Garth Ennis Pencils – Jacen Burros Inks – Jacen Burrows Colorist – Juanmar Letterer– unknown Chief Mechanic – Ariana Osborne Editor – David Marks September 2008 I found Crossed late last year, both in and out of the Crapbox. Issue one fell with a bunch of other horror books and I read it with all the fear and terror that this one issue generates. Given it is an Ennis story, I was sucked in immediately. When a few weeks later, I saw the first trade on a Half-Price shelf, I grabbed it as well, with a feeling that mixes excitement with discomfort. Let me get this out of the way: Crossed isn’t for everyone. It is harsh. Brutal. It is every worst nightmare you’ve had given comic book form. It will fuck you up, and if you are turned off by that language SKIP THIS REVIEW . Because Crossed will make you infinitely more unsettled than a few bits of harsh language. With that ...

Halloween 2019 Post-A-Day 29 Horror-ible The House of Secrets #106 The crème in the middle Assistant Editor – E. Nelsoen Birdwell Editor – Joe Orland March 1973 I personally never saw much of the Silver Age first series of House of Mystery. Not certain I would have been much impressed with it, to tell the truth. The title ran for ten years, from 1956 to 1966, but seemed to bend more toward mystical superhero shorts than horror anthology. Featuring bits showcasing modern-dress sorcerer Mark Merlin, the dual (and dueling) personality super-villain Eclipso, and Prince Ra-Man the Mind-Master, the title bears little resemblance to the book I grew up fondly afraid of. What’s that you say? Me, the son of an Elder God AFRAID of something? Oh, most certainly! Because you see that second series that began in August of 1969 bedeviled me to no end. I only had a couple of issues, but they were on the spinner racks when I visited the store every other weekend. With their covers by Neal Adams, Berni...