Showing posts with label Occult Files of Doctor Spektor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Occult Files of Doctor Spektor. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Countdown to Halloween 2023 OCCULT FILES OF DOCTOR SPEKTOR "Masque Macabre" Conclusion

Doctor Spektor, his friend and companion Lakota Rainflower, and his cousin, Annie, are invited to participate in the annual Rutland Halloween Parade.
The parade is a trap!
Annie is possessed by the spirit of the sorceress Princess Neffram who animates statues of Spektor's deceased foes and other creatures who then hypnotize cosplaying paradegoers into serving the sorceress!
Note: These two are not the actual Owl or Doctor Solar: Man of the Atom, but cosplaying parade-goers!
Written by Don Glut (who wrote almost all the 1970s Gold Key Multiverse tales) and illustrated by Jesse Santos, this story from Gold Key's Occult Files of Doctor Spekor #18 (1975) was typical of the admittedly less-dynamic, but still quite entertaining material the company produced.
BTW, this was the only Rutland Halloween Parade-themed comic done by any comic company in 1975!

Next Week: a recap (with links) of every Rutland Halloween Parade tale we've run both here and on other RetroBlogs!
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Countdown to Halloween 2023 OCCULT FILES OF DOCTOR SPEKTOR "Masque Macabre" Part 1

Our final terror tale for Halloween 2023 begins in a multiverse far from those of Marvel and DC...

...specifically, the multiverse of Gold Key Comics!
Yep, It's The Purple Zombie and "The Lurker" aka the Golden Age Heap, both of whom we told you about yesterday!
Count Wulfstein had appeared as a host (as Dr Spektor originally did) in short stories in Mystery Comics Digest.
The other characters shown had already appeared (as villains) in this series and had all been killed!
Note that Parade founder/host Tom Fagan, who usually appears in these tales, isn't in this story, replaced by Thomas Sikes.
Do We Have to Tell You...to be Concluded...TOMORROW!
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