With no fan press to speak of, I felt blindsided when National cancelled DIAL H FOR HERO and began running mystery/horror short stories in HOUSE OF MYSTERY instead. I vowed never to buy the title again. It was MY loss. Not only did some of the best veterans and upcoming stars begin appearing there but the covers alone were often worth the meager price of the book. Here’s a spooky selection of nearly 50 by Adams, Wrightson, Kaluta and others!

http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/11/house-of-mystery-batch-of-covers-from.html

The ever-entertaining Brian Cronin is in the middle of compiling the Top 75 Most Iconic DC Covers of All time. A lot to choose from and, like most of these exercises, one can argue more about what’s left out. Some truly great comic book design work on display here including Carmine Infantino’sclassic BATMAN cover above that broke several cover conventions of the day such as “Always make sure your title can be seen at the top.”

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/category/top-75-most-iconic-dc-covers/

Sticking with our cool covers motif, NeilAlien presents a look at four trouble-making covers of Marvel’s DOCTOR STRANGE including the infamous paste-up cover and the notorious Amy Grant lawsuit cover! Read newer posts to discover the story behind that paste-up one.

http://www.neilalien.com/doc/archive/2009/11/index.html#a091109

Okay, enough with the covers. If you want something a tad more filling, here’s a quick and creepy 1958 Steve Ditko story from Charlton’s TALES OF THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER. For what promises to be tons more Ditko, watch for Craig’s latest book, THE ART OF DITKO, hitting stores very soon! Or you can order your copy today here: http://theartofditko.com/

http://ditko.blogspot.com/2009/11/unusual-tales-little-boy-blue.html