"The Corpse Macabre" and "Forever Dead"

Let’s crack open Tales From The Tomb Vol. 2 No. 1 like a desiccated skull and see what leaks out. Actually, the insides of this issue are far juicer than the contents of an old skull. Honest.

Cool cover! I love all the spare body parts and hanging corpses our artist keeps around for reference, as well as the jar of blood for those lifelike reds. Don’t let those hands caress your cheek!

The Table of Contents says this about our first story, The Corpse Macabre: "When the beckoning grave calls, there is no escape from the festering, slimy terror in the endless darkness (God, I love that line). No, don’t! . . . Your hands are cold and without skin . . . Please ----- aaaieeee!"

Readers Fukitor and Mike H have identified the artist as Chic Stone; and Stone does Eerie proud with that splash panel. Headless Carolyn has the classic, Eerie jugular vein hanging and spurting!

Let’s just make this the Reunion Post! Forever Dead takes a slightly different take on lovers staying faithful, whatever the cost. Table of Contents says: ”When the thing knocked at the door, he screamed. And so would you, if you saw a vile, fleshless thing beckoning you into an open hole in the ground! Ye-ech!” I found the wife of this tale of love, Dolores, very touching in her festering concern over her appearance. Honey, do I look dead in this?

Was that good for you? I know I couldn't post again if I had too. Even if I was tied up and . . . well, let me tell you about next post which will have two more severed heads from the same issue: The Bloody Thing and Gruesome Shock! Be careful until then. They really are out to get you. They've told me so.