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Post by dbutler69 on Oct 28, 2020 14:13:42 GMT -5
Last year for Halloween around this time I read all of the Rutland, VT/Tom Fagan comics I could find, which was most of them.
Any ideas out there for more classic Halloween comics? I suppose and issue of House of Secrets, House of Mystery, Ghost, Tomb of Dracula, or Werewolf by Night would do. Anything stand out as a memorable Halloween comic, especially something that not a horror themed comic to begin with?
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 28, 2020 15:41:30 GMT -5
There were a bunch of Little Lulu Halloween specials...  |
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Post by brutalis on Oct 28, 2020 17:22:22 GMT -5
Archie comics will usually do a Halloween story or special Halloween Digest/collection.
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Post by profh0011 on Oct 28, 2020 19:49:10 GMT -5
They seem to do one of these every year...
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 29, 2020 15:13:33 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2020 20:42:19 GMT -5
I tend to always make a bunch of lists of horror type comics to read during October. Inevitably, I end up reading virtually none of them. This year I heard about the story "Nightmare Nursery" from Life With Archie #125 on one of my podcasts and knew I had to track it down.  It's reprinted in the recent Betty & Veronica Double Digest #277, which I grabbed digitally so I could read the story. But it's still sitting there unread. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2020 1:58:02 GMT -5
I tend to always make a bunch of lists of horror type comics to read during October. Inevitably, I end up reading virtually none of them. This year I heard about the story "Nightmare Nursery" from Life With Archie #125 on one of my podcasts and knew I had to track it down. It's reprinted in the recent Betty & Veronica Double Digest #277, which I grabbed digitally so I could read the story. But it's still sitting there unread. All right, updated time. Read the story amongst the many others in the issue. It was incredibly good. Would have fit right in with those great House of Secrets/House of Mystery stories except for the inclusion of the Archie characters. I do wish that the level of the other stories would have been able to hold a candle to that one though. They we okay, but a little lacking alongside that one. |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 30, 2020 6:47:40 GMT -5
I strongly recommend our old Long Halloween 2014 event, where members listed their top 5 favorite horror comic stories of all time. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 30, 2020 8:17:59 GMT -5
There were a bunch of Little Lulu Halloween specials... How I went from no girls allowed/girls are yucky, to how I feel about them now is one of the biggest Halloween scares of my life. Sorry Michael Myers. |
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Post by MDG on Oct 30, 2020 8:51:44 GMT -5
I tend to always make a bunch of lists of horror type comics to read during October. Inevitably, I end up reading virtually none of them. This year I heard about the story "Nightmare Nursery" from Life With Archie #125 on one of my podcasts and knew I had to track it down. It's reprinted in the recent Betty & Veronica Double Digest #277, which I grabbed digitally so I could read the story. But it's still sitting there unread. All right, updated time. Read the story amongst the many others in the issue. It was incredibly good. Would have fit right in with those great House of Secrets/House of Mystery stories except for the inclusion of the Archie characters. I do wish that the level of the other stories would have been able to hold a candle to that one though. They we okay, but a little lacking alongside that one. I picked up this issue (I think it was this one anyway) and read it to check it out before I sent it to my grandson. (I also sent him a Gold Key Twilight Zone since I couldn't find--in a buck bin anyway--his favorite, Gold Key UFO Flying Saucers). Similar to what you describe above in that it's a code-approved "mystery" tale w/ the Archie characters.
Reading it, some surprises: 1) This was apparently a TV-show 2) There was (or is) something called the Pax Network 3) Even though this is 20 years old, I kept thinking of it as "new"
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Post by dbutler69 on Oct 30, 2020 11:12:52 GMT -5
All right, updated time. Read the story amongst the many others in the issue. It was incredibly good. Would have fit right in with those great House of Secrets/House of Mystery stories except for the inclusion of the Archie characters. I do wish that the level of the other stories would have been able to hold a candle to that one though. They we okay, but a little lacking alongside that one. I picked up this issue (I think it was this one anyway) and read it to check it out before I sent it to my grandson. (I also sent him a Gold Key Twilight Zone since I couldn't find--in a buck bin anyway--his favorite, Gold Key UFO Flying Saucers). Similar to what you describe above in that it's a code-approved "mystery" tale w/ the Archie characters.
Reading it, some surprises: 1) This was apparently a TV-show 2) There was (or is) something called the Pax Network 3) Even though this is 20 years old, I kept thinking of it as "new"
Never heard of Pax network, but I do remember catching one or two episodes of Archie's Weird Mysteries about 10 or so years ago. And yes, to me a 20 year old comic is "new".  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 30, 2020 11:17:23 GMT -5
For MDG, courtesy the ever reliable Wikipedia... "The PAX Television Network was a cable television channel created in 1996 in response to the pervasive presence of violence, nudity, commercialism, homosexuality, atheist values, and liberal bias on television. The network manifesto was to provide quality, wholesome programming for the whole Christian family. After an inspirational 9 years of transmission to its dedicated viewers, the PAX network changed its name to ION network and overhauled its programming lineup. As their new secular name would suggest, the replacement programs strayed from the original orientation of the network by including occasional violence and strong language." |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2020 11:21:24 GMT -5
The free app TUBI has all the episodes of Archie’s Weird Mysteries on demand with commercials.
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Post by shaxper on Oct 30, 2020 11:51:05 GMT -5
For MDG, courtesy the ever reliable Wikipedia... "The PAX Television Network was a cable television channel created in 1996 in response to the pervasive presence of violence, nudity, commercialism, homosexuality, atheist values, and liberal bias on television. The network manifesto was to provide quality, wholesome programming for the whole Christian family. After an inspirational 9 years of transmission to its dedicated viewers, the PAX network changed its name to ION network and overhauled its programming lineup. As their new secular name would suggest, the replacement programs strayed from the original orientation of the network by including occasional violence and strong language." Stop. Conservatism doesn't pay? |
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Post by MDG on Oct 30, 2020 11:59:08 GMT -5
For MDG , courtesy the ever reliable Wikipedia... "The PAX Television Network was a cable television channel created in 1996 in response to the pervasive presence of violence, nudity, commercialism, homosexuality, atheist values, and liberal bias on television. The network manifesto was to provide quality, wholesome programming for the whole Christian family. After an inspirational 9 years of transmission to its dedicated viewers, the PAX network changed its name to ION network and overhauled its programming lineup. As their new secular name would suggest, the replacement programs strayed from the original orientation of the network by including occasional violence and strong language." Stop. Conservatism doesn't pay? Not conservative entertainment. Conservative "news" on the other hand... |
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