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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

WEIRD WEDNESDAY - "THE BLACK TARANTULA"



Hey there, Comics Fan!

It's me again,

THE APOCOLYTE!

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Our Weird Wednesday story today is a bizarre little horror tale from 1950 called "THE BLACK TARANTULA". It's the story of Count Zoraster Rorret, who is really, really, really evil. Why, in a surprising coincidence, his name "RORRET" spelled backwards is "TERROR!" Huh! Go figure! I wonder if he knows that?

The story and art are by...unknown, according to GCD.
It originally appeared in a one-shot comic by Fox called

There is plenty of weird stuff  here, and a nifty full page panel of something eeeviiil eating some villagers. Yum yummy yum!

Let the WEIRD-ness begin!

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THE BLACK TARANTULA was reprinted two years later in 1952 in 
STARTLING TERROR TALES #11, minus two pages. 
Below is the sweet L.B. Cole cover art.


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I will be back soon with more great comics, and more WEIRD WEDNESDAY stories!

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before I forget, 

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