"Sky Music" and "Song of the Undead" More Insane 1950s Horror

   "Henry Valpin set down the sounds of the heavens and wrote them into a devastating harmony, which he called ... Sky Music.

   Here is a factual story that is indeed stranger than fiction ... If you find it difficult to believe, I will not blame you!  But I swear to its truth and write it now just as I saw and heard it happen!"

    (from Sky Music, 1956)

  "Eerily, like music from another world, the magic notes hung in the air! Dorothy and John Blaik shivered as they watched the strange, evil-looking vampire girl sing the "Song of the Undead!"

    (Song of the Undead, 1952)

Yes indeed, we're back with another duet of terror tales this week for the Comic Supplement here at BotB. One is a hearty pre-comics-code dish, and the other, our lead story, is of the later not-quite-so-grisly variety, toned-down so as not to upset the kiddies.  I think you'll find both of them amusing, though, and their songs will echo in your mind until our next meeting here in two weeks, when we will head in another direction genre-wise to serve up more music-and-media-related vintage comic book goodies.

As usual we'll start off with a light dish before we serve up the heavier stuff. Our first course comes from Unusual Tales number four, from good ol' Charlton Comics, July 1956 issue. Written by Joe Gill and with  art chores most likely handled by Rocco Mastroserio. It's an odd one!

Well, that's one way to find an audience!


Below, the fun and surreal cover (which is a stand-alone image, not related to any of the issue's stories) by Bill Molno, with inks by Vince Alascia.

And for our final course, let's go ahead and begin with the front cover and title page, by Harry Lazarus and Everett Raymond Kinstler, respectively. Feast your eyes on this treat from Eerie #8, September 1952. Author unknown, art by Vince Alascia.

A couple more great finds from the Digital Comic Museum, with some added editing and cleanups by me.


Be here again in two weeks for more comic book madness!