Number 969


The Thing In the Fog


Jack Kirby and Joe Simon do a creepy entry in the legend of the ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman, from Prize Comics' Black Magic Volume 2 Number 1 (whole number 7), in 1951. While reading this moody tale I can even hear a ship's bell ringing in the distance...no, check that. It's just Mrs. Pappy on the phone telling me to put the casserole in the oven so it'll be ready when she gets home. She can sure spoil a mood.

Steve Ditko did another version of the legend, shown in the Ditko blog, with this story from Charlton's Out Of This World #6, from 1957. It begins with a similar premise to the Simon & Kirby story, but then sails in its own direction.