Thrills of Tomorrow (1954 Harvey) comic books 1950-1959

Cover by Howard Nostrand. Stories and art by Joe Certa, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, and Rudy Palais. Numbering continues from Tomb of Terror (1952) #16. As the social tide turns against horror comics, Harvey renames Tomb of Terror to this less-horrific title, but continues with grisly stories reprinted from Witches' Tales. In one of the most egregious examples, a cruel Caribbean governor executes criminals by having them eaten alive by crabs. A couple purchases a grotesque statue in a curio shop that curses them to destroy each other. A men's club doesn't expect the Devil himself to show up at their weekly seance. League of the Damned; Ghost Doctor; Curse of the Statue; Six Chances to Die; The Blood Plant; Invitation to Doom; Screaming City. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Joe Certa, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, and Warren Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A ghost awakens to resume his old life with a murder, but doesn't reckon on the murder victim's ghost returning as well. Scientists discover something living deep beneath the Earth's crust - something evil. Puppeteers buy strangely lifelike puppets from an odd little man. The Dead Awaken; The Thing from the Center of the Earth; The Little People; Wax Museum. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. As the Comics Code goes into effect, Harvey retools its horror titles to milder fare. This issue features reprints of the Simon and Kirby character Stuntman from 1946. The origin of Stuntman, as Stuntman seeks the truth about deadly circus "accidents." Stuntman infiltrates the Chalker Rest Home to rescue Don and Sandra and finds a crazed fairy-tale world, in a story that opens with a justifiably famous two-page Simon and Kirby spread. Also, a two-page text story featuring the origin of The Boy Explorers. Killer in the Big Top; The House of Madness; The Boy Explorers Meet Commodore Sinbad. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. As the Comics Code goes into effect, Harvey retools its horror titles to milder fare. This issue features reprints of the Simon and Kirby character Stuntman from 1946, and even these have been purged of violent content, just to be on the safe side. Stuntman tries to protect Don and Sandra from a faceless killer who stalks the theater from behind the scenes. Danger on the set of a Robin Hood film gives Simon and Kirby the excuse to combine knights and pageantry with superhero action, featuring another great opening two-page spread. First issue to feature the Comics Code seal on the cover. Curtain Call for Fear; The Producers; The Rescue of Robin Hood; Guns on the Chisholm Trail; Jack McGregors Bluff. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.