Tuesday, November 5, 2024

RAR #79: THE TOTEM

Issues 74 and 75 of STRANGE TALES contained a two-part story by Steve Ditko, beginning when a stone statue called The Totem comes to life to attack a couple of convicts who menace an Indian tribe.



The second part then shows the Totem relentlessly turning on its own people, at which point the old shaman who summoned the demon banishes it.



MONSTER MASHUPS #111

 Found this cover online but haven't read the actual story referenced.




CROSSOVER MADNESS

 This blogpost mentions at least two literary characters, Scott's Rob Roy and Fielding's Jonathan Wild, showing up in an 1884 dime novel called THE BLUE DWARF.

MONSTER MASHUPS #110

 I only came across this mashup by chance, in which an episode of YOGI'S TREASURE HUNT dragged out yet another hoary cliche from Hanna-Barbera's own moldy treasure-chest. Features a spoofy Drac, a Franky, and a lady vamp.