Over at Innsmouth Free Press, G.W. Thomas writes “I recently came across what I consider to be the first Mythos comic” and he links to The Pulp Beacon. Â The comic is a bit small to read there, so I’m posting larger versions below.
It’s corny but fun! Â Click to enlarge.
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I like how the most titanic battle in the history of mankind apparently happens between panels.
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Dr. Styx appeared in TREASURE COMICS # 2-6. Story is from #2. None of the other stories have direct Mythos links, but the story in #5, “the Case of the Dissected Soul,” has a Jekyll/Hyde plot similar to Robert Bloch’s “The Suicide in the Study.” All the cited issues of TREASURE COMICS can be found here;
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?cid=1025
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I’m not sure this counts, but DC’s Dr. Fate encountered fish-headed men led by one Nyarl-Amen in More Fun Comics #65, March 1941. Lovecraftian chants are used in other Fate comics, too.
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Rather reminds me of a cross between Hodgson’s Carnaki and Seabury Quinn’s Dr. DeGrandin.
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Geez, if treasure comics #2 is correct, Lovecraft just missed it – came out in 1945. He probably wouldn’t have been into comics, but it would be interesting for him to know that he stuff was seeping into popular culture.
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I believe it’s issue #4.
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Enjoyed the story in these pages, but it is obvious the approach was more Derlethian than Lovecraftian – I wonder what HPL would have made of this tale here…the Derlethian school of cosmic horror is, however, more family-friendly, and thus more appealing to publishers of comic books, I wager.
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Is that Treasure Comics #2?
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Yes it is 🙂
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Apparently he appeared in issues 2 through 6
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